Posts Tagged ‘dead root’

How Easy Is It For A Dentist To Spot An Abscess?

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
Q.

Hi Andrew. I hope you can help me. I underwent an initial root canal treatment for a lower molar, the dentist also discovered an abscess which he removed.

Two weeks prior to the root canal treatment he X-rayed my tooth and proceeded to fill it, he hadn’t noticed the abscess or the dead root. How easy are these to spot? He then had to remove the new filling and start the initial root canal procedure.

However two days later my jaw and glands are still extremely swollen and sore, is this normal, or at least is it to be expected?

I look forward to receiving your response.

Regards.

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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Why did my sons root die?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Q.
my 11 year old son needed his first small filling, after the filling he started to get absess and it was found that the root had died, why has this happened, could the dentist not cleaned the tooth out properly before putting in the filling? He now faces root canal surgery or abstraction,
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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Is it possible for me to have braces again to close the small gaps? Or would it affect my dead tooth?

Monday, May 24th, 2010
Q.
I was in a car accident and my front right tooth died and had a root canal. I had braces before the car accident but didnt wear my retainers so now my teeth on the side have tiny gaps. My question now is if its possible to get braces again to close the gaps and would that affect in any way my dead tooth? Plz help,
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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Should I have lava crowns?

Monday, March 29th, 2010
Q.
I had root canal treatment on my front tooth but all the root could not be removed the dentist showed me this on xray. The tooth was discoloured and I had veneers on both front teeth which looked good. The tooth is now discoloured again and the dentist explained that it was the dead root reflecting through and has suggested lava crowns.Could the same happen if I had the lava crowns.,
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Dr Julian Caplan – Director on the board of the BACD View My Profile Dr Caplan