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The Root Canal Treatment, Gum Infection
and Apicoectomy
by: George Meinig
When a root canal filling develops a granuloma, cyst, or some other
infected area at the end of the root, dentists will sometimes endeavor to
save the tooth by performing an operation called apicoectomy. The area of
infection seen on x-ray pictures is actually a hole in the bone of the jaw
eaten away by bacteria and toxins. It contains pus, bacteria and infected
tissue.
The apicoectomy surgery is done using a local anesthetic. An incision is
made in the gum and the dentist invades the infected area and curettes
away the diseased tissue.
In order to be able to remove all infected tissue surrounding a tooth's
root end, it is sometimes necessary to also remove a portion of the
tooth's root end (apex). This is done with a surgical dental burr or
drill. The term apicoectomy was adopted because the end tip of the root is
so often removed during this procedure.
Two or three stitches are used to close the wound. These areas experience
some swelling for two or three days but generally heal with very little
discomfort. Usually new bone immediately begins to grow and fill in the
jaw at the end of the root, and after six to 12 months one can no longer
distinguish the location of the infection sight. In other words, the
area's appearance is now normal.
At times when cysts or other large areas of infection are found, dentists
will elect to do the root canal treatment and apicoectomy at the same
sitting. Generally I preferred doing both procedures simultaneously
because it was much easier to clean out the root canal that way. In
addition, we could spray a disinfectant through the root canal and vacuum
the debris and infected material out from the root-end surgical area.
It was also easier to get a good dense root canal filling as any
overpacking could easily be removed.
In my practice I did a fair number of these apicoectomy surgeries and I
cannot recall any which did not show full healing at the end of the root
of the tooth, usually within the period of one year. We were not
universally successful with teeth treated nonsurgically.
A couple of case history reports from my files will allow you to see how
well infections responded to the apicoectomy procedure.
The first is of a woman who came home from a trip to Mexico with severe
diarrhea and intestinal involvement. When a leading Beverly Hills
gastroenterologist was unable to cure her intestinal infection, the
patient, knowing I was doing nutritional counseling, sought my opinion.
Oral examination didn't indicate any obvious pathologic conditions or
tooth decay, but there were many fillings present. Full mouth x-ray
examination disclosed large abscesses from accessory canals on both of her
upper lateral incisors (the teeth next to the two front teeth).
Copyright 2006 SSLI Health Group
About The Author
Dr. George Meinig,D.D.S.,F.A.C.D. is a Founder of the Association
of Root Canal Specialists Discovers Evidence That Root Canals
Damage Your Health Learn What to Do.
Learn how Dr. George Meinig discovered that a meticulous 25 year
research program, conducted by Weston A. Price, DDS, under the
auspices of the American Dental Association's Research Institute
was buried.
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