I keep getting an infection underneath my wisdom tooth but the dentist keeps assuring me it doesnt need to be?

Question

pulled? This sounds strange to me any thoughts? And the dentist was actually a dental surgeon,.

Answer 1

get a second opinion!
i developed bacterial endocarditis from a dental infection. the result was open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve.

Answer 2

if the tooth is abcessed, it needs pulled. go to a biologic dentist so you don't get a cavitation. antibiotics can make the pain and infection subside for a while, but it will always come back.

EXTRACTIONS

Extractions have to be done well. Normally they pull a tooth out, stick a piece of gauze in there and say bite on it. After the tooth is removed, the socket has to be completely cleaned so that complete healing can occur. If tissue such as torn pieces of ligaments or periosteum is left in the socket and covers the bone, the bone will tend to heal over the top, leaving a hole in the bone, and new bone cannot form. This hole can persist for the rest of the patient's life. It is a chronic infection that is called an alveolar cavitational osteopathosis or cavitation. This means that there is an infected cavity in the bone. These bone infections are only now being seriously researched. If they are fairly easy to prevent by proper socket cleaning, why is this not being done? But many if not most dentists have never heard of cavitations.


CAVITATIONS

A cavitation is an unhealed hole in the jawbone caused by an extracted tooth [or a root canal or an injury to a tooth]. Since wisdom teeth are the most commonly extracted teeth, most cavitations are found in the wisdom tooth sites. Please see the graphic and photo below to get a glimpse of what may be in your mouth and the effects it is having. The photo and diagram demonstrate the destructive and pathologic consequence of a routine tooth extraction. Dentists are taught in dental school that once they pull a tooth, the patient's body heals the resulting hole in the jawbone. However, approximately 95% of all tooth extractions result in a pathologic defect called a cavitation. The tooth is attached to the jawbone by a periodontal ligament which is comprised of "jillions" of microscopic fibers. One end of each fiber is attached to the jawbone and the other end of the fiber is attached to the tooth root. When a tooth is extracted, the fibers break midway between the root and the bone. This leaves the socket (the area where the root was anchored in the bone) coated with periodontal ligament fibers.

There are specialized cells in the bone called osteoblasts. Osteoblasts make new bone. The word "osteoblast" means bone former. They are active during growth and maintenance. However, the periodontal ligament prevents the osteoblasts from filling in the tooth socket with bone since the periodontal ligament fibers lining the socket act as a barrier beyond which the osteoblasts cannot form bone. In other words, an osteoblast "sees" a tooth when it "sees" periodontal ligament fibers. Since there are billions of bacteria in the mouth, they easily get into the open tooth socket. Since the bone is unable to fill in the defect of the socket, the newly formed "cavitation" is now infected. Since there is no blood supply to the "cavitation" it is called "ischemic" or "avascular" (without a blood supply). This results in necrosis (tissue death). Hence we call a cavitation an unhealed, chronically infected, avascular, necrotic hole in the bone. The defect acts to an acupuncture meridian the same way a dead tooth (or root canal tooth) acts. It causes an interference field on the meridian which can impair the function and health of other tissues, organs and structures on the meridian. Significantly, the bacteria in the cavitation also produce the same deadly toxins that are produced by the bacteria in root canals (see Root Canals). These toxins are thio-ethers (most toxic organic substance known to man), thio-ethanols, and mercaptans. They have been found in the tumors in women with breast cancer.

Answer 3

You can always get a second opinion. The dentist is probably correct but if you are still skeptical, visit ANOTHER dental office.
You have the right to get a second opinion else where. And then you will know for sure if he was correct or not.

Answer 4

I have the same prob. A couple of dentists said it wasn't a prob, then I happened to get a new one who referred me immediately. (I was getting infections every 6 months or so.)
I think you should ask to get it pulled (if you want thet is - you could keep taking antibiotics every time it erupts but it will kepp erupting)- they can't deny you it. However I've been on the hospital waiting list about 6 months...

Answer 5

Definitely get a second opinion. Since you have gotten this infection more than once it sounds as though this tooth is trapping bacteria and needs to be removed.

Answer 6

Get a new dentist, This happened to my dad and he ended up needing extensive surgery because it was not caught in time.

Answer 7

the infection could get better on it's own. It's called the immune system.

you should be happy. most dentists would be happy to pull your tooth and get the money.

Answer 8

wisdom teeth does not play any rule for chewing ,it should be removed when it causes any troubles ,as when it causes infections more than twice a year.you should keep only if its needed ,like bridge work,when the next one is missing for example.

Answer 9

Trust your dentist.

Answer 10

It never hurts to get a second opinion.