Roro1
Aug 20, 2010, 12:33 AM
I went to the dentist to replace an old cavity from a tooth that was bothering me. Dentist found it infected & had to do a root canal. Cleaned out 3 of canals, 4th canal had calcified. She could not get through to clean it. Put medication in all to dissinfect. I was given antibiotics. Visit too 1 &1/2 hrs. Went back yesterday to prep for crown. Yet, there was more cleaning, with file done. The calcified canal never opened. Dentist did another x-ray. Showed everyone that she was able to pull out a post back. I think it was a post. But it had gone through root, then she pulled it back out & the new X-ray showed it was not as deep now. But the older X-ray done an hour earlier showed it had gone through bottom of root. I asked her if that could cause infection or problem now. She said no because she had sealed it. This visit took 2 hrs. I thought I was just going for a crown prep & it would have been shorter than initial visit, which I thought, that was the root canal. Now I am to go back for a short 1/2 appt in 2 weeks for the crown placement. I am wondering if this root perforation always causes problems down the road, or if, as the dentist said, by sealing it, should be fine. Please advise.