what is an apicoectomy? Do they put you to sleep?
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Surgical removal of a dental root apex. Also called root resection.
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Yes, I had that. It is local anesthesia, it drills a little through bone. I didn't have any pain but it takes a while.
An Apicoectomy, or Root-End Resection, is the removal of the root tip and the surrounding infected tissue of an abscessed tooth. This procedure may be necessary when inflammation and infection persists in the area around the root tip after root canal therapy or root canal retreatment.
there is a failure rate with this procedure, ask the endodontist about it!
There will more than likely be some discomfort following the procedure which your dentist should give you a pain medication for. Make sure to take it as prescribed. Also, you can expect some swelling to occur. for this use an ice pack for 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off.
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