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03-01-2016, 04:55 AM | #1 | ||
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I'm in the UK and we don't have oral surgeons we can go to. I'm relying on the nhs and my dentist is all I have. I really don't know what else to do. Every time I go back I just get told it's healing fine. She never cleaned the fistula out at all just removed the tooth and said the lumps would stop when all the pus had drained. I'm a very nervous patient and I'm petrified of loosing more teeth. I really don't know where else to turn.
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03-01-2016, 07:38 PM | #2 | |||
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Jules,
If I'm not mistaken there are oral surgeons in the UK. They may be in private practice, but I'm pretty sure you have them. Perhaps you can google oral surgeons and find one that way? Bryanna Quote:
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03-09-2016, 08:09 AM | #3 | ||
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Quick update after several more trips to dentist and gp with severe pain got called in today to see the clinical lead. The fistula is from my sinus cavity and have a bad infection which my dentist had left untreated. Now have antibiotics and the strong possibility of surgery. At least I'm on the road now.
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03-09-2016, 11:00 AM | #4 | |||
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Jules,
It is highly likely that this sinus infection is related to the original tooth infection, which means it has been brewing for a long time, and the dentist who extracted the tooth did not perform a thorough surgical debridement of the area. FYI... this type of infection is commonly associated with upper root canaled teeth. The main problem is that the infection and the fistula needs to be surgically removed .... by an oral surgeon..... as the antibiotics are generally not enough to eradicate it. An example would be.... having a splinter embedded in your hand that has caused an infection. Until that splinter is removed, the infection will remain irrelevant of how many antibiotics you take. I still urge you to consult with an oral surgeon for proper evaluation and treatment. Bryanna Quote:
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