Hi sarajmb,
Perhaps I misunderstood your last statement.. <<I guess it would have possibly gone differently if they did the xrays before the extraction. >>
DID THE DENTIST REMOVE THE TOOTH WITHOUT TAKING XRAYS?
The dentist legally has to turn your xrays over to you within 7 days of the request. She is allowed to charge you a fee for them, but she cannot hold them if you request them. The same goes for your written records. Did you request these things in writing? That can sometimes gets things moving quicker. Also, it is important that she release the original xrays and not a printed copy. If they were digital xrays she can email them very easily.
I would press her for these things and not take the wait and see approach. Irrelevant of whether she has anything to hide or not, she has to release them. It is common for this type of request to go unnoticed for several weeks by the dentist and her staff .... it's not always at the top of their priority list and if there are any concerns on their part they just hope that the patient forgets about it.
The soft bone that was removed from the socket was diseased necrotic bone from the infection. So that should have been removed. I just wanted to reiterate that to you
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by sarajmb
Hello Bryanna,
No apologies are necessary. Thank you so much for answering these questions. Yes the OS that was on call the other night repeated what the consulting OS advised, to use a nasal spray decongestant along with oral decongestant but then he changed his mind because it would not mix well with my ADHD medications. They both continued to suggest Afrin spray. I actually had a a couple minute conversation with the on call OS about it because I still wasn't using it a few days after my consultation with the OS. I have been unable to obtain my xrays and scans from the first DDS, and since I "don't have food and liquid coming out of my nose" they are only treating me for a dry socket, but they stated they do have perforated sinus walls treated the same I'm now being treated with them. An extra week of antibiotics, because the first DDS only prescribed one week. I am so glad someone finally explained it to me. The first DDS told me that she wouldn't tell because I didn't need know (which is bizarre to me, it's my body) and I think it's just a guessing game for the OS because I went there referred by the DDD I went to in order to get a second opinion. I felt like there were more precautions I needed to take ... More antibiotics to prevent another ...separate infection, ...something....besides just a yearly xray. I also had no idea what was going on, all I knew was that something was not okay. I really am concerned about this sinus pressure I getting and this only started a week ago. A took the antibiotics exactly as prescribed and was prescribe another week by the OS because he said he always prescribes two weeks. Anyhow, maybe it will become easier for the OS to treat me if the first DDS release my xrays and records. They have not done so yet, so we are all guessing at what the DDS found, performed, and saw on the xrays...since she would not tell me except that my sinus walls goes really low, there may be a hole in the sinus wall, and that there was soft bone around the tooth that the had to file away. She did say it was good that I came in when I did because it would have been a lot worse had I waited.... But then she became worried again after the looked at the xrays they took a few days after the extraction. I guess it would have possibly gone differently if they did the xrays before the extraction.
Thank you so much Bryanna!
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