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My Dentist has referred me to an Oral Surgeon, why can’t my dentist do the work instead?
Q.
I have a tooth which has a post crown and is infected. My dentist has referred me to an oral surgeon for an apicectomy. Why can he not just redo the root filling?
A.
Your dentist has referred you after careful assessment of your tooth. It is likely that he has judged the risks of trying to remove the post crown to redo the root filling to be too high, with a chance that the root could fracture during this procedure meaning the tooth would have to be extracted. An apicectomy avoids the need for the post crown to be removed and your dentist feels that this gives your tooth a better chance of recovery.
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