I have had this root canal for 9 years I now have fracture across one root this is lower back tooth. Can this root be removed and tooth survive with one root The other root is fine ?
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August 19, 2013
Answer: Saving a Root Canal Tooth....can one bad root be removed?
Your question reminds me of a survey once given at a dental conference a number of years ago. The dentist lecturer passed out paper to all the dentists in the audience, and there were well over one hundred dentists there. Half of the room had a question on the paper, "If this were...
A swallowed crown will pass through the GI tract and exit at the other end. The concern is if the crown was not swallowed but in fact aspirated. This would mean that the crown entered a lung. Is your husband certain that he swallowed the crown? If not, a chest x-ray may...
Depending on the amount of damage on a tooth the dentist decides how to restore it. Rot canal is not always necessary before a crown, but if a tooth needs a POST build up to "build UP enough tooth structure for it to hold a crown, then it WILL need root canal.
Also , it is best to have...