Hello.
I have a history of sinus issues that sometimes cause dental pain, mostly left side, upper and lower jaw.
Last year June 2015 I stared having pain in #18 lower left molar that eventually led to a crown prep, based on diagnosis of tooth crack. Things got worse, so diagnosis was changed to root crack and extracted in July 2015. The extraction was somewhat difficult.
I am also concerned that I react badly to deep bone injections for numbing. Since I had a lot of lasting jaw pain after this process, (and after injections for replacing filling upper right, I had jaw pain and local tenderness that lasted a couple weeks). During the initial crown prep injections, evidence of infection/pus came up through on of the injection channels as its "way out", which relieved much of the original pain.
After extraction, graft materials was packed for implant prep. First couple days post-op seemed on track, but got worse and eventually became persistent infection/dry socket. Things eventually calmed down after the dentist cleaned out socket and much antibiotics. Amox and clindamycin.
I hate taking antibiotics. They wreck my insides. I have taken to much in my life already. A second opinion I got said to do augmentin and flagyl, but I resisted and my main doc prescribed the clindamycin. (I just took another round for strep last month).
Now after months and an image he says the graft survived and is ready for implant.
However, I still experience dull deep pain from that area from time to time. It could be lingering sinus issues which are flaring up. It could be psychosomatic due to the gap in my teeth.
What i am concerned is that there is a lingering issue, maybe deep persistent infection, nerve damage, something like that. So that when he does the implant, it flares up and I end up with a failed implant and then cascading into a bridge, with no guarantee that does not continue with the failures.
My life experience is that I am that one-in-a-million person who has the rare side effects and adverse outcomes, especially on elective surgeries. I am the guy who gets the dry socket after a routine extraction.
Advice and comments are appreciated.
Thanks.
I have a history of sinus issues that sometimes cause dental pain, mostly left side, upper and lower jaw.
Last year June 2015 I stared having pain in #18 lower left molar that eventually led to a crown prep, based on diagnosis of tooth crack. Things got worse, so diagnosis was changed to root crack and extracted in July 2015. The extraction was somewhat difficult.
I am also concerned that I react badly to deep bone injections for numbing. Since I had a lot of lasting jaw pain after this process, (and after injections for replacing filling upper right, I had jaw pain and local tenderness that lasted a couple weeks). During the initial crown prep injections, evidence of infection/pus came up through on of the injection channels as its "way out", which relieved much of the original pain.
After extraction, graft materials was packed for implant prep. First couple days post-op seemed on track, but got worse and eventually became persistent infection/dry socket. Things eventually calmed down after the dentist cleaned out socket and much antibiotics. Amox and clindamycin.
I hate taking antibiotics. They wreck my insides. I have taken to much in my life already. A second opinion I got said to do augmentin and flagyl, but I resisted and my main doc prescribed the clindamycin. (I just took another round for strep last month).
Now after months and an image he says the graft survived and is ready for implant.
However, I still experience dull deep pain from that area from time to time. It could be lingering sinus issues which are flaring up. It could be psychosomatic due to the gap in my teeth.
What i am concerned is that there is a lingering issue, maybe deep persistent infection, nerve damage, something like that. So that when he does the implant, it flares up and I end up with a failed implant and then cascading into a bridge, with no guarantee that does not continue with the failures.
My life experience is that I am that one-in-a-million person who has the rare side effects and adverse outcomes, especially on elective surgeries. I am the guy who gets the dry socket after a routine extraction.
Advice and comments are appreciated.
Thanks.