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Question:
Abscess affecting hip implants?I have at least five untreated tooth abscesses, the result of severe tooth decay.
After about a week of swelling and pain a sort of painless encapsulation ensued. I'm considering implants, but I'm concerned that these abcsesses could not be cleaned up or removed adequately, pockets of infection clinging, leaking out at any time in the future; or that they have bored out cavities that would make the implants fail.
Also, I must have hip implants. I wonder how the abscesses and the lurking infection in my mouth could spread, pouring bacteria and whatnot into the bloodstream, raising havoc in my hip implants.
...Visitor from NV
Answer:
Have the teeth in question extracted. Ask the dentist / surgeon to remove the pockets of infection with a surgical scaler.
Start a ten day course of amoxicillen 500 mg. Have artificial bone placed in the sockets to preserve bone for implants.
Now relax and stop thinking of your mouth as a b grade horror flick.
Edward Leventhal, DDS
Baltimore Cosmetic Implant Dentistry
8860 Belair Road
Baltimore, MD 21236
(410) 256-7300
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