[Leica] any dentists here?

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Jun 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Phil Swango wrote:

> Vick Ko wrote:
> - take x-ray, says that it is infection, now recommend root canal.   
> I'm
> concerned that the root canal means redoing the inlay
>
> I'd much rather spend the money on an 80mm Summilux-R.
>
> What do you dentists think - can I "wait and see" on the tooth  
> situation
> and the infection goes away?
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> Hi Vick.  I'm a dentist, although my career has been more in  
> research (NIH)
> than clinical practice.  Sorry, but there's no way you can safely  
> ignore an
> infected tooth.  They *never* heal without intervention, and when the
> infection spreads there are important organs (like the brain) in the
> neighborhood (read more here: http://tinyurl.com/6dwuyq) .  In the  
> past year
> or so there have been two deaths reported in children whose dental
> infections were neglected.  I can't address the issue of the inlay  
> needing
> to be replaced -- if it can be removed without damage or distortion  
> it might
> be recemented,  Your dentist will have to be the judge.

as a physician and patient,  I can only share what my dentist has done  
for me...he followed x-rays and clinical status...

Plan was : if there are no complaints of pain or a loose tooth, do an  
x-ray, then a follow-up x-ray in 3-6 months...no pain, no looseness,  
no progression of destruction on the x-rays...all is good...

and if pain, looseness, or x-ray destructive  progression occurred,  
then it was time to act.

Steve




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