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Hello everyone. I am new here but wanted to post a question. I had a dental infection 4 months ago. I didn't know it. I had a filling on tooth #4 3 months ago. The sensitivity never went away after and the dentist told me not to worry about it. Then 10 weeks ago I found a painful lump (gum boil/abscess) in my gum that shot pain to the root tip. I was given 16 days of 500 mg keflex 4x per day.
Fast forward. An attempted root canal 14 weeks ago turned into a broken tool in my root. Which turned into an extraction. I had very firm thick roots. The dentist said it was the toughest extraction he has ever done out of 6000. Almost the whole tooth came out with a crunch though they did have to dig out one root tip. The dentist said to get ready for pain. And pain it was. For two weeks excruciating pain. Checked multiple times, no infection was visible. It seemed to be healing normally.
4 weeks post extraction and it was still hurting. Very painful to push in the gums toward the front of my mouth in my gun line. Went back to the dentist. He said we was almost positive my buccal bone was fractured when the tooth came out because of how it came out. He said it could hurt for 6 to 8 weeks. No imaging was performed.
6 weeks post op and it is still very painful to push on though fine otherwise. The actual extraction site didn't hurt. When I pushed on the front of the gum line where the tooth extracted it is very sensitive and painful.
After this (5 weeks ago) I went to another dentist for a second opinion... He did a 360 degree x ray and found a piece of infected root tip. It was extracted almost 4 weeks ago. It was very swollen and painful when he extracted, and some pus came out. He cleaned it out. Since then it has stopped throbbing. However now even with slight pressure on the inferior gum of the tooth adjacent to it there is intense pain. It only hurts when I push on the inferior gum. The dentist did say a lot of gum tissue was moved around. But should it still be hurting that badly to slight pressure on the gums? Any advice is helpful. Thanks.
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jane29413 Themagicman
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May I ask how much it cost to have your 360 degree xray please?
ive had a dental problem for 10 months now. I've seen both a Dental and an ENT Consultant but i have only had an Xray which showed the teeth and their roots but i really think i need the sinuses to be seen too. Did your Xray show a large area including the facial sinuses?
I feel extremely worried about my problem but feel as if I'm not being taken seriously and my qualms are falling on deaf ears!
Ideally I'd like an MRI scan but how??
Thanks
Themagicman jane29413
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hi. I think it was $75. It did show some of the sinuses as well as the root that had been left in. I'm guessing an MRI would need to be done by an oral surgeon. sorry about what's going on!
jane29413 Themagicman
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Thank you so much for your reply.
I live in England and I'm pretty sure a 360 degree Xray would cost an awful lot more than the equivalent of $75.