Symptoms of residual root after tooth extraction

summary

There are a lot of patients suffering from dental disease, often appear pain, treatment is invalid, will choose to extraction, and extraction to the dental technology now, is a very simple thing, but there will be an accident, such as extraction, sometimes there will be some unexpected situation, such as tooth root broken, not pulled out, residual in the tooth, at this time how to do? Many patients are worried about infection and other complications. In fact, the treatment of this situation depends on the specific situation. Next, let's see how to do with tooth extraction and broken root.

Symptoms of residual root after tooth extraction

On the one hand, it may be caused by the doctor's problems, such as improper force during tooth extraction, or incorrect placement of forceps and braces; There is also the patient's own situation, such as the degree of crown damage is relatively large, or dead teeth, or root shape variation, tooth and surrounding bone tissue adhesion, which can lead to tooth extraction and root fracture.

When the patient feels that the tooth root has not been removed completely, do not deal with it privately to prevent bleeding or infection of the wound. You can go to the hospital to take X-ray and continue treatment after the diagnosis. The broken tooth root is easy to hinder the healing of the extraction wound, which will lead to pain and swelling. Sometimes it will also cause chronic inflammatory lesions, leading to infection, so the extraction should be clean as far as possible after the diagnosis.

However, not all the broken roots need to be treated. Whether the broken roots should be removed again depends on the location and the size of the residual roots. For example, some broken roots are relatively small, only the apical area is broken, and there is no inflammation, so they can not be pulled out. In this case, broken roots can exist for a long time, and will not cause inflammation, infection or wound healing. It is suggested that patients should follow the dentist's advice through examination.

matters needing attention

The problem of broken root after tooth extraction can be handled according to the doctor's advice, but no matter what, some nursing work after tooth extraction still needs attention, so patients should pay attention to maintain oral health, pay attention to the nursing of tooth extraction wound, in order to prevent wound infection and cause some complications.