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sumerluv asked in HealthDental · 9 years ago

why does an abscessed tooth have to be pulled after the infection goes away?

this tooth cost $400.00 to prepare it for a partial. Now the dentist wants to pull it and add the partial to the next tooth. This will leave me with only 4 teeth on the bottom to support the partial. am I just throwing good money after bad? Am on penicillin for the infection for 10 days. Thanks for any input.

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  • 9 years ago
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    The best time to pull an abscess tooth is immediately. There is no need to wait until the infection goes away unless it is an upper tooth and getting a local anesthetic will not work because the abscess is preventing it from reaching the tooth. The dentist may be trying to save you money because it would be cheaper to pull the tooth and have one added to a partial than to have a root canal done and keep it. However, the more natural teeth you have the more stable the partial and the less natural teeth you have, the less stable the partial.

    Source(s): DDS
  • 9 years ago

    Because the bad tooth is the source of the infection--it will never go away unless the source of the infection is dealt with. That means either extracting it or performing a root canal on it. Penicillin won't deal with the tooth--only the symptoms.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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