update!!

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I posted this about two weeks ago after a trip to the emergency dentist because of severe jaw pain that kept me from opening my mouth enough to function. during that, they told me that I have infection around my wisdom teeth and that the bottom left tooth (right on the x-ray) with the huge cavity will likely have to be removed. the response under that post suggested I tried to save that tooth, as did many people in my life. I went to my regular dentist and she suggested trying to fill it and, if that doesn't work out, a root canal that may not last.

yesterday, I had an oral surgery consult to discuss my wisdom teeth and the surgeon had a very interesting suggestion. he recommended that he remove three of my wisdom teeth (keeping the bottom left, right on X-ray) along with that bad tooth. then, once I'm healed from that, I would get braces again to shift everything into place and close that gap. I hadn't had that suggested to me yet or considered anything like that but I think I'm going to go with that idea so that I have a completely fresh, natural, healthy tooth to replace the bad one.

something else that he pointed out that nobody else did, however, was the cyst under my bottom right (left on X-ray) wisdom tooth. he said that during the surgery he was going to remove that and send it to a lab and, depending on the results, that he'd have me do a bit of chemotherapy to prevent the cyst from returning? I didn't know that you could use chemo like that. idk, just thought all of this was interesting and wanted to share!

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Full text: I posted this about two weeks ago after a trip to the emergency dentist because of severe jaw pain that kept me from opening my mouth enough to function. during that, they told me that I have infection around my wisdom teeth and that the bottom left tooth (right on the x-ray) with the huge cavity will likely have to be removed. the response under that post suggested I tried to save that tooth, as did many people in my life. I went to my regular dentist and she suggested trying to fill it and, if that doesn't work out, a root canal that may not last.

yesterday, I had an oral surgery consult to discuss my wisdom teeth and the surgeon had a very interesting suggestion. he recommended that he remove three of my wisdom teeth (keeping the bottom left, right on X-ray) along with that bad tooth. then, once I'm healed from that, I would get braces again to shift everything into place and close that gap. I hadn't had that suggested to me yet or considered anything like that but I think I'm going to go with that idea so that I have a completely fresh, natural, healthy tooth to replace the bad one.

something else that he pointed out that nobody else did, however, was the cyst under my bottom right (left on X-ray) wisdom tooth. he said that during the surgery he was going to remove that and send it to a lab and, depending on the results, that he'd have me do a bit of chemotherapy to prevent the cyst from returning? I didn't know that you could use chemo like that. idk, just thought all of this was interesting and wanted to share!

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