Dental crown too big led to extraction? (Photo)

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Hello, I'm a 40yr old male, based in Sydney but I have been regularly using a Colombian dentist whenever I visit Colombia that my wife ( who is Colombian) uses when I need any more complex procedures and are very good only due to the extremely high prices of Australian endontistry. Past history is that had had to large infections above the root of both my back molars that already had root canals and crowns , a procedure was made ( I can't remember the exact name) where she cut the

Kerem Turgut Atasoy, DDS, PhD · Answer

Hello, the infection at the root tip of your two teeth in the upper left most posterior region has not healed despite root canal treatment. Although the root canal treatment performed by your Colombian doctor looks good radiologically, unfortunately, sometimes small canals, which we call side canals, can lead to failure to heal. In addition, I have to say that your lower left wisdom tooth, which I saw by chance on the X-ray, is leaning on the root of the second molar and should be extracted.

Dental crown too big led to extraction? (Photo)

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