Had bone grafting done on right lower jaw Aug. 27. Since then the tooth next to the graft site which covers an area that once held 3 back teeth, has become very painful to the touch and it throbs constantly despite taking Ibuprofen. The graft site is still swollen and a bit tender but not excessively so. However, the tooth adjacent to the graft area is extremely painful.
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Placing bone graft material into an extraction site is considered to be state-of-the-art treatment for several reasons.If you decide that you would like to place an implant into the extraction site the the graft will create a better surgical site. Even if you choose initially to not place an...
Definitely.Bone starts to shrink the moment the tooth is removed. These situations are very difficult to manage, but invariably a bone graft and soft tissue graft will be required to build up the site and enable a proper implant placement. As far as the reason for wanting an implant? Did th...
Pressure from finger used for examination (no matter how hard it may be)doesn't damage the bone or bone graft. Your body did not take up the bone graft and the area is occupied by granulation tissue ( inflammatory tissue)and so even a little pressure might have triggered the...