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Gum Disease lead to Extraction

  • 24-04-2021 12:41am
    #1
    MuffinTop86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    I’d appreciate some thoughts on this.
    I consistently go to the dentist every year for cleanings and check ups since 2017. Before then I missed a year here and there.
    I’ve had them do root cleanings twice, once in 2011 and again in 2015 at their suggestion, as they said my gums were inflamed and pockets were starting to form.
    In 2019 the dentist said I had bone loss around one of my teeth and that it doesn’t grow back.
    In 2020 I had a year of invisalign for cosmetic changes (had braces younger but didn’t wear retainer),
    After that she says the bone is nearly completely gone around one tooth. I said the other dentist said the same.
    She referred me to a pariodontist who just pulled it today and it’s looking to cost me a fortune.

    I keep wondering could it have been saved with a bone graft if the first guy referred me when he saw it, given that the bone doesn’t regenerate.
    Wondering should I find a better dentist, or is this the normal thing to do.

    Thanks!


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