Root Canal Infection: Cyst, Extraction & Prep for Dental Implants
In this case, the patient had previously gotten two old-fashioned root canals at another dentist, one of which had failed and created a nasty infection.
What the Yuck?! Octopus Tooth Edition
This looks kind of gross. It seems the patient’s previous doctor did a root canal and shoved the rubber filling material into the bone.
What the Yuck?! – Don’t Hate Bruh Edition
Look at the gross growth off of the side of this extracted tooth. It’s comprised of some really terrible bacteria.
What the Yuck?! – Extraction With Infected Tissue Edition
Let’s continue with this week’s What the Yuck series! Here’s the story of a poor lady that had extreme pain around her root canal.
What the Yuck?! – Fungal Edition
This is NOT a zombie prop from The Walking Dead. This extraction was cultured for fungus, and tons of other pathogens!
Fast Healing Bone: Laser, Ozone, PRF & Sticky Bone
Here’s a great example of how all the modern technology we use can really heal bone quickly in preparation for placement of a new dental implant.
Big Cyst Removal
Sometimes I feel like the Dr. Pimple Popper of dentistry. I have a friend who tells me all the time that I should do a TV show. This past Monday, I removed a big cyst. The patient had some (traditional) root canals and a crown done a few years ago at another dentist. He had…
Extraction Shows Infection Plus Green Chunks
This tooth came out along with green, granular particles that came out in chunks.
You see it stuck at the apex of the tooth?
Taking Out & Replacing Teeth in One Day
I’m excited to be taking out and replacing teeth today, so I wanted to run you through the process for this same-day case.
Does This Scare You? It Should.
Sometimes teeth can be dead and/or infested with harmful bacteria – but you’d never know because the infection is below the gums.
Wisdom Tooth Wednesday
Tooth extraction methodology at Moonlight Beach Dental invovles an advanced laser and PRF to accelerate healing.
What the Yuck?! – Bacterial Mat Edition
It sucks to lose a tooth. But sometimes your teeth are failing and you don’t even know it!
During COVID, a bacterial mat grew at the tip of the root (that we can not reach or see with instruments) and grew to a larger infection.
After a tooth extraction, how do dentists close the hole that remains?
When a tooth is significantly decayed and infected, it needs to be extracted. But what is done with the huge hole where the tooth used to be?
Wisdom Tooth Extraction PAC-MAN Middle Finger PRF!
After an extracting these wisdom teeth, PRF (similar to stem cells) from the patient’s own blood was used to help him heal faster.
Extraction & New Pontic Tooth in One Visit
A fractured tooth required extraction (hence the “bruise”). Less than an hour later, a new “pontic” tooth was bonded in.
Another Dentist Took This Root Canal Too Far
This patient wasn’t feeling well. She told me she had previously gotten a root canal at another dentist, but now she wanted a out for health reasons. What we found was pretty surprising.
Toxic Thursday: Test Your Amateur Diagnosis Skils
Let’s play a game: If you don’t happen to be a dentist or physician, I bet you can still see what’s wrong in the x-rays here. All is revealed in this post.
Does This Look Healthy To You: Rotten Corn Nuts Edition
Some patients develop allergies to metal posts in repaired teeth. This can leech out into the tooth. Even worse: It can fracture the teeth!
Does This Look Healthy To You: Infected Tooth Extraction Edition
Until there was pain, the patient didn’t know there was a big infection in a tooth. The previous dentist never said anything about it to the patient
Does This Look Healthy To You? Toxic Pus Sac Edition
Between the roots on this molar, that’s a sac of pus. Incredible the things that we can find when using 3D imaging / CBCT.
Does This Look Healthy To You? Hidden Root Infection Edition
When you’re done staring, let me educate you on one what’s going on here:
See that long dangling bit on one of the roots of this tooth?
That’s a hidden infection coming from an old (failing) root canal.
