I had implants installed 8 days ago..Dr now on vacation. This is causing severe pain. I am rinsing to keep clean and cannot eat all all only sip liquids. Pain will not stop. I talked to dr via phone he says keep clean and it is ok at this time. No sleep for last 6 days. Any and all thoughts helpful
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Unless there is infection or some cause of pain or severe alignment issues, you want to avoid removing a healthy tooth. From the information you provided it sounds like there is room for the implant and if you have a healthy tooth above the implant be worth the investment for chewing purp...
Unfortunately, I see no way to save this tooth. It appears by the time you go through a root canal and gum surgery to allow crowning the tooth and spend the dollars on trying valiantly to save the tooth, you could place an implant and crown at less than the total cost of trying to save the ...