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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / October 2006Part root not extracted
My daughter has had a bottom back tooth removed , but was told because the roots were splayed so much, it was a difficult extraction and part of the root has been left. Apparently she was told she can leave it and it should be fine. I am worried about a part of a root just left in the gum could someone tell me if this is true and what happens if it is not. > My daughter has had a bottom back tooth removed , but was told because > the roots were splayed so much, it was a difficult extraction and part > of the root has been left. Apparently she was told she can leave it and > it should be fine. I am worried about a part of a root just left in the > gum could someone tell me if this is true and what happens if it is not. Leaving a root tip (as in doing the extraction at all) is a surgical judgement. I'm assuming this was a permanent and not a primary tooth. It is of course preferable to get the entire root out. But sometimes the root is near a structure (say, the inferior alveolar nerve or perhaps the floor of the sinus) and the surgeon judges that getting it out poses a risk of bigger problems. Sometimes these root tips are left in (I've seen it many times) and they seldom cause any problems, esp. if they are deep in the bone. If the root is right below the gum however it should be removed. Steve Dear Steve Thanks for you reply - it is a permanent tooth, she's in her 20s. The dentist took the tooth out as the filling over it had given her great pain. She was told it might help her wisdom tooth to come through now easier as well. I was just worried that having a bit of root left there might be a problem in time to come even though she was told that it should just cover over and not be a problem. > > My daughter has had a bottom back tooth removed , but was told because > > the roots were splayed so much, it was a difficult extraction and part [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Steve > Dear Steve > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > might be a problem in time to come even though she was told that it > should just cover over and not be a problem. Her dentist is almost certainly right. Occasionally a retained root will work its way to the surface (sometimes years later) and if this happens it's usually an easy thing to remove at that point. Steve >>>My daughter has had a bottom back tooth removed , but was told because >>>the roots were splayed so much, it was a difficult extraction and part [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >>Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 |
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