Shelby Dentist: Endodontic Surgery to save an infected root canal tooth

December 9, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

Providing Dental Services n Shelby Twp. Michigan and in the Sterling Heights area, Dr. Antolak has a wide variety of dental procedures that he is capable of doing including saving teeth that may need to be removed.  The following video shows such a dental procedure.  There is some graphic video present so if you are squeamish about blood than you may not want to watch this.

When a root canal fails you may develop drainage  and swelling at the end of the root and into the cheek area.  The drainage is puss and is a sign of an infection.   This swelling can come from a lack of coverage over the crown of the tooth and bacteria enters the root, contaminates the root canal filling and enters the bone.  It can also fail due to a fractured root,  poor fill or for a number of reasons.

The pressure from the puss will create a hole in the bone and then balloon out the soft gum tissue.  This usually will require extraction and replacement with an implant.  Sometimes under the right circumstance it may be possible to have this dental procedure done to save the tooth.
If you have any questions you can call our Shelby Twp. dental office at 586.247.3500.

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Broken front tooth replaced by immediate implant

October 30, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

at www.TheGentleDentist.com in Shelby Township Michigan we will typically replace broken down root canal teeth with a single tooth implant. In this case you will see an x ray where the front tooth didn’t have a post and it literally sheared off. Without any tooth above the gum line it was not possible to redo the crown.
The benefit if replacing a tooth with an implant is that an implant will be stronger than the brittle root from a root canal tooth. It is necessary to have enough natural tooth above the gum line to properly restore it so that it lasts a long time.
In this video you will see some blood as we show the implant going in and you will see the root of the tooth. A major benefit of an immediate implant is that the implant is placed at the same time as the root is removed so that he didn’t have to go without a tooth in the front.
At the end of the video he is interviewed at his one week follow up and did great. If you have this type of need and are located in the Macomb or Oakland county area of Michigan please give us a call at (586)247-3500.

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Shelby Dentist: Long term tooth pain, jaw pain and ear pain fixed with bite adjustment

October 14, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

http://www.thegentledentist.com located in Shelby Twp. Michigan  is the place to go if you are at your end of the rope with your existing Michigan dentist who ignores your request that something is not right with the way your mouth feels.  This becomes evident when things feel different, if you have a tooth pain or have ear/jaw joint pain after dental procedures have been done.  This patient drove a distance because he has been suffering with consequences from an improperly adjusted crowns and fixed bridges.  He had ringing in the ears, tooth aches, inability to eat properly and jaw pain all caused because his previous dentists didn’t listen to his concerns or didn’t have the proper training to treat his bad bite.  This testimonial was done right after the equilibration and is live and genuine.  If these issues describe you then call our Shelby dental office at (586)247-3500.

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