Our topic in the last weeks was root canal treatment and its risks! (10/10)
The last report showed three different pictures!
Pic 1
The molar has never received root treatment, just root tip resection and retrograde filling. After a bridge was inserted, the patient complained of pain, and some weeks later, the dentist skipped performing root treatment in favor of root tip resection, in order to avoid damaging the bridge. Two years later, the tooth can no longer be saved, because this faulty treatment could not prevent the spread of the inflammation – and this caused the bone to recede. The tooth is no longer surrounded by bone, but by inflamed tissue!
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Pic 2
The back root is evenly filled to the tip – unlike the front root!
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Pic 3
The front tooth (shown by the green arrow) is well-filled, while the back tooth (red arrow) has not been treated at all, and you can clearly see the inflammation progressing in the bone.
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More on x-rays and dental films and pictures here!
