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Dental bone graft, scared out of my mind URGENT
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 553435"><p>A few things are bothering me...no one knows what's wrong and that two dental assistants have told me that it is inappropriate to put in a graft immediatley after an extraction. </p><p>The other thing thing is that when I was a child, a young man down the block died after getting his teeth cleaned, and no one ever figured out what was wrong.</p><p>A few years ago, my neighbor (mid 40s), got some dental work, and the next day had a low grade fever. As far as I know, they never got to the bottom of it. A week or so later, she had a major heart attack and a few weeks after that, she had a major stroke. A few weeks after that, she passed away.</p><p>Ok, true, these are really odd things to have happened. But it stuck in my mind...although I have never had any personal problems until this last year and this has been harrowing.</p><p>I didn't post it, but I had NO/NADA/ZERO problems with this tooth, but my original dentist absolutely did mess up and this is what caused trauma to the tooth and left me needing a root canal. Then, the rc specialist (endodontist) in the middle of the procedure announed I had a crack in the tooth. But that is all he said. Later, I found out he left an open canal in the tooth, but never told me this. He did write in my chart that the crack was in the canal and that is why he left it open. I spent almost $3,000 for this procedure that was totall useless to me, because with the open canal and crack, I still had an infection. My current dentist...overcharges and should not have done the graft immediately after pulling the tooth. The more I research, the more information I discover about things not done exactly right, or dentists leaving their patients in the dark or worse, in trouble and then not offering to recitify the situation. So, I see now it is best (like all things) to be as informed as possible and to get recommendations ALWAYS. This article is very good. I saw a dentist that I really liked, but she is something like 8 years behind the times and doesn't have digital xrays. She even admitted to me that she just purchased the equipment very recently because she thinks in about two years, she will be required to have it. The film equipment exposes patients to excess radiation and does not provide nearly as good of a result. When I asked her when her staff might have the digitial xray equipment up and running, she was insulted. She is many many years behind the times and it was a fair question. I even said...could I have a rough idea? It was simply because I wanted her as my dentist, but wanted to wait until she was up and running with the current equipment. Oh well. Again, best to do good research (esp. with medical care) and get recommendations!!!!! Step2....I agree, good ones and bad ones, but for some odd/sad reasons, I've had great trouble finding good ones of late in my area.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/27/secrets-your-dentist-doesnt-want-you-to-know/?a_dgi=aolshare_email" target="_blank"><span style="color: #315771">http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/...aolshare_email</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 553435"] A few things are bothering me...no one knows what's wrong and that two dental assistants have told me that it is inappropriate to put in a graft immediatley after an extraction. The other thing thing is that when I was a child, a young man down the block died after getting his teeth cleaned, and no one ever figured out what was wrong. A few years ago, my neighbor (mid 40s), got some dental work, and the next day had a low grade fever. As far as I know, they never got to the bottom of it. A week or so later, she had a major heart attack and a few weeks after that, she had a major stroke. A few weeks after that, she passed away. Ok, true, these are really odd things to have happened. But it stuck in my mind...although I have never had any personal problems until this last year and this has been harrowing. I didn't post it, but I had NO/NADA/ZERO problems with this tooth, but my original dentist absolutely did mess up and this is what caused trauma to the tooth and left me needing a root canal. Then, the rc specialist (endodontist) in the middle of the procedure announed I had a crack in the tooth. But that is all he said. Later, I found out he left an open canal in the tooth, but never told me this. He did write in my chart that the crack was in the canal and that is why he left it open. I spent almost $3,000 for this procedure that was totall useless to me, because with the open canal and crack, I still had an infection. My current dentist...overcharges and should not have done the graft immediately after pulling the tooth. The more I research, the more information I discover about things not done exactly right, or dentists leaving their patients in the dark or worse, in trouble and then not offering to recitify the situation. So, I see now it is best (like all things) to be as informed as possible and to get recommendations ALWAYS. This article is very good. I saw a dentist that I really liked, but she is something like 8 years behind the times and doesn't have digital xrays. She even admitted to me that she just purchased the equipment very recently because she thinks in about two years, she will be required to have it. The film equipment exposes patients to excess radiation and does not provide nearly as good of a result. When I asked her when her staff might have the digitial xray equipment up and running, she was insulted. She is many many years behind the times and it was a fair question. I even said...could I have a rough idea? It was simply because I wanted her as my dentist, but wanted to wait until she was up and running with the current equipment. Oh well. Again, best to do good research (esp. with medical care) and get recommendations!!!!! Step2....I agree, good ones and bad ones, but for some odd/sad reasons, I've had great trouble finding good ones of late in my area. [URL="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/27/secrets-your-dentist-doesnt-want-you-to-know/?a_dgi=aolshare_email"][COLOR=#315771]http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/...aolshare_email[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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