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jk1211
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Have first extraction ever tomorrow on lower first molar #30. It has a previous root canal that failed with access as the apex of a root. Which is draining out the small drain point in my gum between 31 and 32. Not much is draining really anymore after the dentist initially opened it about 2 weeks ago and was on 10 days of 500mg amox 3/day.
My periodontist is doing the extraction. Both my dentist and him didnt think the chances of retreatment were high (dont know why but both said it) There was definitely a 10mm+ pocket in the tooth so maybe there is bone loss going on, I dont know.
Anyway it is obviously a surgical extraction- cut the gum remove a little bone maybe. And section the tooth due to the root canal making it brittle. None of that bother me. Have 4 root canals in my mouth total, full top crowns, and full top crown lengthening (in 1 sitting and no issue or pain) with this perio, so the drill sound is nothing.
My fear is, and I know its irrational but no matter how many times I tell myself, has flared my anxiety for days now- is the pressure pulling the tooth. I hate the thought of pressure against my tooth and feeling it.
I assume with the root canal and sectioning that there wont be anywhere near the pressure of pulling a healthy regular tooth to try to avoid breaking it or the roots (not that I know how that feels either). But I've seen it done online with physics forceps and an elevator.
The physics forceps just look way more painful with that rotational motion and constant pressure. Are they normally used for a root canal tooth extraction? (sounds odd with how brittle the tooth is).
The real question is how much pressure will I reasonably feel or probably very little when numb due to the sectioning and trying to avoid breaking the tooth/roots due to them being dead?
My periodontist is doing the extraction. Both my dentist and him didnt think the chances of retreatment were high (dont know why but both said it) There was definitely a 10mm+ pocket in the tooth so maybe there is bone loss going on, I dont know.
Anyway it is obviously a surgical extraction- cut the gum remove a little bone maybe. And section the tooth due to the root canal making it brittle. None of that bother me. Have 4 root canals in my mouth total, full top crowns, and full top crown lengthening (in 1 sitting and no issue or pain) with this perio, so the drill sound is nothing.
My fear is, and I know its irrational but no matter how many times I tell myself, has flared my anxiety for days now- is the pressure pulling the tooth. I hate the thought of pressure against my tooth and feeling it.
I assume with the root canal and sectioning that there wont be anywhere near the pressure of pulling a healthy regular tooth to try to avoid breaking it or the roots (not that I know how that feels either). But I've seen it done online with physics forceps and an elevator.
The physics forceps just look way more painful with that rotational motion and constant pressure. Are they normally used for a root canal tooth extraction? (sounds odd with how brittle the tooth is).
The real question is how much pressure will I reasonably feel or probably very little when numb due to the sectioning and trying to avoid breaking the tooth/roots due to them being dead?