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I am a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon with over 24 years of experience. The majority of my practice involves dental implants, removal of wisdom teeth, treatment of areas of oral pathology. Please note that this site is designed for general information and I can not give you medical advice specific for you.
I have over 24 years of private practice experience
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fellow American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Diplomate National Dental Board of Anesthesia, Fellow American Dental Society for Anesthesia
BS, University of Illinois with honors DDS, University of Illinois, with high honors Board Certified, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Yes a second procedure will remove additional bone and potentially jeopardize the future possibility of an implant. In addition to this, second apicoectomy procedures have a much lower success rate than
The reason for the confusion is based on the fact that there is a difference between lingual nerve injury (the nerve to the tongue) and inferior alveolar nerve injury (the nerve to the teeth and lip/chin)
It sounds as if you have a pretty standard post-operative infection that happens when some debris gets under the flap of tissue created to extract the tooth. This is easily treated by opening the area
This is not a known risk of removal of third molars (wisdom teeth) and in my some 30 years of practicing oral surgery, I have not seen any patients have this problem. My suggestion is that you look into
Best bet is to contact the surgeon taking care of you but I doubt that this is anything abnormal. Again, with regard to the rinses, every surgeon has different feelings about this and how long you should
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