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Annie364
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I have a large silent abscess on each side, very high up, hidden away pushing into my sinuses. They were only found recently on a CBCT scan and had been there for years without me knowing. The pulp had died a long time ago.
My teeth and gums look OK in my mouth, with no swelling or inflammation, and no swelling visible on my face either. The abscesses are completely hidden away and inaccessible, up above the roots on each upper arch.
I am undergoing a root canal on the tooth on each side causing the problem. The 1st half is done where the pulp was removed and temporary dressing put in. I will be going for the 2nd and final half soon.
I was told the abscesses will take up to one year to go down. Because of their location they can't be drained.
The bacteria are affecting me systemically and have done for a long time. My endodontist did not think antibiotics are needed. I can see that a course of 5 days of antibiotics is not going to do anything, as the abscesses would still be there after the course ended.
I am concerned about the long term effects of having this infection around the new root canals, for up to a year. The two slowly healing abscesses will surely be leaking infection into the area around the newly done root canals. Won't this infection for up to a year affect my newly done root canals and infect them, causing long term problems with low level infection in the root canals?
I have spoken about this to my dentist and he said the abscesses would just heal on their own, but I would really appreciate some more opinions on this as it's been bothering me. Please be kind, as I'm having a pretty bad time at the moment.
My teeth and gums look OK in my mouth, with no swelling or inflammation, and no swelling visible on my face either. The abscesses are completely hidden away and inaccessible, up above the roots on each upper arch.
I am undergoing a root canal on the tooth on each side causing the problem. The 1st half is done where the pulp was removed and temporary dressing put in. I will be going for the 2nd and final half soon.
I was told the abscesses will take up to one year to go down. Because of their location they can't be drained.
The bacteria are affecting me systemically and have done for a long time. My endodontist did not think antibiotics are needed. I can see that a course of 5 days of antibiotics is not going to do anything, as the abscesses would still be there after the course ended.
I am concerned about the long term effects of having this infection around the new root canals, for up to a year. The two slowly healing abscesses will surely be leaking infection into the area around the newly done root canals. Won't this infection for up to a year affect my newly done root canals and infect them, causing long term problems with low level infection in the root canals?
I have spoken about this to my dentist and he said the abscesses would just heal on their own, but I would really appreciate some more opinions on this as it's been bothering me. Please be kind, as I'm having a pretty bad time at the moment.
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