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Super Engenheiro asked in HealthDental · 1 decade ago

What is your opinion about this image? What is happening?

You can find the file in address: http://osmeusficheiros.no.sapo.pt/yahoo/Comparacao...

The image in the left is of 2001. The image in the right is of this year.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It looks like mandibular resorption. You need to see an oral surgeon.

  • Dale
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    In my opinion it shows root damage to a tooth. To me it would indicate some sort of care be taken. I am not sure if root canal work is the answer, but something has to be done before it gets any worst and infection and/or loss of tooth is the result. In fact maybe extraction just might be the only thing left or scaling under the gum line.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It looks as if the tooth is infected. Does the tooth bother the person. It may also be a cyst. I see that you had a filling done. and I also see that on the right hand side of the tooth, it is starting to lose the root. Make sure you are brushing your teeth. Only calculus (or plaque) can cause that, unless everyone in your family has bad teeth.

    Source(s): Dental student
  • 1 decade ago

    It looks to me like an infection has developed that would require a root canal or an extraction. OOPS Mrs Smarty Pants wasn't there when I wrote this, but I think she is right on the money. However if this is your tooth or somebody you know, you need to have a dentist's opinion and not rely on the people on answers.

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  • 1 decade ago

    This is a severe tooth abscess! It looks really progressed. This tooth will need a root canal, but before that can be done, the person will need to start on antibiotics and be on them for at least one day before the procedure is done. Who ever this tooth belongs to really needs to see the dentist and have this done, a tooth abscess, left untreated can leak toxins in to the blood stream and you can get VERY ill and sometimes die. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    This radiograph appears to have a developing radio-opacity. Depending upon many factors, a diagnosis could then be made.

  • 1 decade ago

    Looks as though you may have an abscessed tooth... or you caught a ghost image????

  • Haven
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Maybe it's a tumor growing under the gum?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I'm not a dentist or anything like that but they looked similar to mine when I needed a root canal.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't even see what the image is?

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