Originally Posted by Susanb1960

Hi...

Your forum is incredible! Thank you so much for making it available to people like me.

I am currently sitting in my hospital bed with right sided facial Cellulitis. It was extremely aggressive but fortunately it did not enter the orbit of my rt eye which was confirmed by a CT scan. Through the CT scan, the doc also ruled out a sinus infection being the cause of the cellulitis and after speaking with an EMT doc today, have a feeling this is due to a root canal gone bad.. After a few days of IV antibiotics I am looking forward to going home tomorrow (YEA!!) but am now looking for clarity as to what to do next and am hoping you can help. Let's rewind back 8 months...

I sought out dental care for my rt back molar due to extreme pain. There was no ulcer on my gum but the dentist advised me that I had a "pretty bad" infection in the bone beneath the infected molar. Due to my health condition (Fibromyalgia) and a compromised immune system, I questioned if the tooth was even worth saving. Additionally, being disabled, my finances were/are horrible which I shared since the cost of the root canal and crown exceeded 2,000. Because I am missing the molar before the infected one, I was filled with horror stories as to why I should keep the tooth, so being fear stricken, I signed the paperwork for Carecredit and opted for the root canal.

Because the infection was in the bone, the dentist prescribed a round of antibiotics. After I finished taking them and returned for treatment I told the dentist that the tooth was still really sensitive. He said it must still be infected and prescribed another round
of antibiotic, a really strong one. After completing the 2nd dose of antibiotic the tooth and jaw were still sensitive, but he said it would be fine. I again asked if he felt this would be successful given the infection and he assured me it would.

I have had root canals in the past without complication so trusted his medical opinion even though my gut told me otherwise.

The root canal itself was horrible and after it was all done, with crown in place, he said it would take some time before the sensitivity in the tooth would go away.

Fast forward two months after the completed root canal on rt back molar. The entire right side of my face blew up, was red, hot and extremely painful. This is the firsttime I was diagnosed with facial cellulitis and was treated with oral antibiotics by my family doc.

A couple of months later I went to see another dentist (one I was more familiar with) for a different tooth and asked him to take a look at the rt back root canal molar because it was still pretty sensitive. After taking the xray he asked me if I was aware that there was a piece of file in my tooth. No, the other dentist never told me that.

4 months later here I am with the cellulitis again. The obvious solution is to get the tooth pulled. Can I ever know for certain if it is the tooth causing the multiple infections in my face? Additionally, can there still be infection in the bone that needs to be addressed and, if so, how is this done? And, what about the dentist that did this? Can I do anything legally? As you can imagine, this whole experience has been horrible, except for the wonderful people that have been taking care of me here at the hospital.

Any input you can provide would be really appreciated. Lol, and yes I know, I should have listened to my gut.

Many thanks.

Susan

Originally Posted by evacap

On my last visit to a dentist (my visit was unrelated to this), I was told that I have a bone infection under a tooth that had a root canal over 15 years ago, and I need to see a dental surgeon (an appointment was made for me the same day) to have it extracted, or have another root canal in that place.
I have no pain, abscess or any other symptoms that would indicate an infection. I feel very suspicious about that diagnosis.
Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by Robert Lindblad

I have the natural and effective way to get rid of the need for a root canal operation that costs a few tablespoons of salt. Talking about root canals ... over 20 years ago I felt the extreme pain of time to go to the dentists for my third root canal. I called the dentist on Friday night and was told by the dental assistant that i had to wait till Monday but in the meantime she suggested that I rinse my mouth with a cup of lukewarm water and a half a teaspoon of salt for about two minutes once a day till Monday. I figured rinsing with salt water is harmless so I decided to put 3 tablespoons of salt in a cup of lukewarm water and rinse my mouth with it for 15 minutes straight every hour applying pressure with the cheeks and tongue to make sure the salt water made it through the poors to kill the bacterial puss building up against the nerve that causes the pain. Spit the water out after doing this. After three hours of doing this the pain was gone. I still continued to do this every hour till I went to bed . The next morning I continued to do this even though there was no more pain every hour till I went to sleep. On Sunday I woke up with no pain at all. However to make sure all bacteria had been killed I continued to do it all Sunday. Monday morning I called the dentist and cancelled my root canal operation... havent had a root canal problem since

Originally Posted by ginnie

Robert has a post that follows. Would you respond to this? Information about RC is extremely important, and information contrary, may hurt folks. Keep in touch with me Bryanna, and thanks for all the information you provide. ginnie