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katkat
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Hi,
My brother (age 28) felt pain on his right first premolar and decided to go to the dentist.
Soon the dentist discovered a gumboil and pus coming out.
He took an X-ray and found out that he has an supernumerary tooth
(another premolar).
The supernumerary premolar was exactly above his permanent premolar and the dentist decided to extract the permanent tooth in order to give space to the supernumerary one to come down.
It is 1 month now since the extraction and my brother still has pus coming out (the doctor did not give him antibiotics,he said that there's no need to cause we should not take antibiotics to much).
Anyway...i was a little worried about the whole thing so i called my uncle who is a dentist to get a second opinion...
He told me that maybe the dentist SHOULDN'T extract the permanent tooth but remove the supernumerary tooth instead.
And the reason is that in that age (28) supernumerary teeth usually do not come down in adult people!!
And he advised me that now if the extra tooth don't come , my brother should visit an orthodontist to carefully pull the tooth down with orthodontic devices.
Any suggestions about all these???
Thank you
katkat
My brother (age 28) felt pain on his right first premolar and decided to go to the dentist.
Soon the dentist discovered a gumboil and pus coming out.
He took an X-ray and found out that he has an supernumerary tooth
(another premolar).
The supernumerary premolar was exactly above his permanent premolar and the dentist decided to extract the permanent tooth in order to give space to the supernumerary one to come down.
It is 1 month now since the extraction and my brother still has pus coming out (the doctor did not give him antibiotics,he said that there's no need to cause we should not take antibiotics to much).
Anyway...i was a little worried about the whole thing so i called my uncle who is a dentist to get a second opinion...
He told me that maybe the dentist SHOULDN'T extract the permanent tooth but remove the supernumerary tooth instead.
And the reason is that in that age (28) supernumerary teeth usually do not come down in adult people!!
And he advised me that now if the extra tooth don't come , my brother should visit an orthodontist to carefully pull the tooth down with orthodontic devices.
Any suggestions about all these???
Thank you
katkat
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