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Acheygirl
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Thanks for reading.
I had a visit with an implant specialist today and one question I forgot to ask him was, do you remove the periodontal ligament? I will follow up with him on this but I was just curious is it customary for a surgeon who is performing an extraction and implant on a tooth that had a failed root canal to remove the periodontal ligament? I had read it should come out but wondered if this is standard procedure in this situation? I am told I have no infection "yet" however there is tooth pain and pressure on biting. The endo wanted to do an apioectomy but my heart tells me to pull the troubled tooth.
I see some holistic doctors urge removal of the ligament. Is this a standard train of thought in dentistry across the board? Is it difficult to remove the ligament or does it just come out easy? Thank you again for reading.
I had a visit with an implant specialist today and one question I forgot to ask him was, do you remove the periodontal ligament? I will follow up with him on this but I was just curious is it customary for a surgeon who is performing an extraction and implant on a tooth that had a failed root canal to remove the periodontal ligament? I had read it should come out but wondered if this is standard procedure in this situation? I am told I have no infection "yet" however there is tooth pain and pressure on biting. The endo wanted to do an apioectomy but my heart tells me to pull the troubled tooth.
I see some holistic doctors urge removal of the ligament. Is this a standard train of thought in dentistry across the board? Is it difficult to remove the ligament or does it just come out easy? Thank you again for reading.