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Annie364
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I had a big abscess form over the roots of UR6 but unfortunately didn't know it was there. I had bad facial pain and was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia and had recurring bouts of it for over 10 years.
The abscess was then found by x-ray and I had the tooth root-canalled in 2021. The trigeminal neuralgia pain stopped.
It was a big abscess that had been there a long time, so it was expected to heal slowly. The root canal itself was done really well, so there is no problem with the dental work done.
I had a 2nd CBCT scan a year later in 2022, and the endodontist said that although there is some healing of the abscess, around the roots it is almost as large as it was originally. He recommended another scan 18 months later to check it again.
It's now over 2 years since the 2nd scan and I will be getting a new CBCT in a few months time with my new dentist. I do get pain around the tooth area from time to time, but not that bad pain. I think there is still infection and inflammation in there and I suspect the abscess will have healed up some more but still be there.
I would like to know if this kind of chronic unhealed abscess, as shown in the 2nd CBCT in 2022, can affect general health and the immune system, and make you feel not as well as you could be?
And could it be worth considering extracting the root canalled tooth, cleaning out all the infection as much as possible and then letting the body clean up all the rest of it, and then placing an implant?
These are two different views of the same tooth UR6, showing the abscess in 2021 just before the root canal, and the same abscess a year later in 2022:
Many thanks.
The abscess was then found by x-ray and I had the tooth root-canalled in 2021. The trigeminal neuralgia pain stopped.
It was a big abscess that had been there a long time, so it was expected to heal slowly. The root canal itself was done really well, so there is no problem with the dental work done.
I had a 2nd CBCT scan a year later in 2022, and the endodontist said that although there is some healing of the abscess, around the roots it is almost as large as it was originally. He recommended another scan 18 months later to check it again.
It's now over 2 years since the 2nd scan and I will be getting a new CBCT in a few months time with my new dentist. I do get pain around the tooth area from time to time, but not that bad pain. I think there is still infection and inflammation in there and I suspect the abscess will have healed up some more but still be there.
I would like to know if this kind of chronic unhealed abscess, as shown in the 2nd CBCT in 2022, can affect general health and the immune system, and make you feel not as well as you could be?
And could it be worth considering extracting the root canalled tooth, cleaning out all the infection as much as possible and then letting the body clean up all the rest of it, and then placing an implant?
These are two different views of the same tooth UR6, showing the abscess in 2021 just before the root canal, and the same abscess a year later in 2022:


Many thanks.