What are the new problems regarding drug-eluting stents?

Root Canal or Tooth Extraction and Health. Does any doctor have an opinion regarding chronic health problems?

• I had a root canal in 1998. Retreatment one month ago The infection was prfound. I thought I would feel better after the root canl. Ringing in my ears for over six months and thought that the root canal would help alleviate the problem. I also have had muscular pain in right arm (which is the side of the molar in question. The MD prior to the root canal thought I had fibromyalgia. When the infection was released I immediately felt better. However, I did get worse healthwise since the infection was outside the tooth.. I have had dizzy spells and some cognitive problems. There is so much on the internet regarding controversies in root canals and its impact on your overall health. I do not know whether to finish the root canal procedure or have my tooth pulled. The endodontist indicated that a resdiual infection can take as long as two years to rid itself from the body. I have read about the mercury problem in root canals. Are their any professionals who can offer opinions?

• Answer:

  I strongly disagree with the coment above. No one can say weather a RCT was done the right way or the wrong way based on a narrative description. How does the answerer even know a Root Canal was Done. Patients often misunderstand treatment even when it is spoken in their own native tongue. I can't count the number of time a patient has said "I had a root canal last year. yet on the X-ray there is no evidence of an root canal ever being done. Patients misidentify Pulpal Therapy (pulpectomy) with Root Canals. they go to the dentist. The dentist is busy talking in dental tongue and he or she nods and goes home. They go in with pain, go home out of pain, " oh , yeah must have been a root canal." that said. Even the best Root canals even fail, done by the best Specialist. You can't say so & so did wrong based on the patients impression. As far as this question is concerned. If you have had it retreated and you are still having problems with it. then yes you need to seek additional consultation with an MD. A few years ago, I had a patient presented with a tooth infection in the upper jaw. We did the RCT. pain went away then came back. He ended up in the hospital 1 month later on IV Antibiotics. The pulled the tooth and symptoms seemed to subside. I'm think Oh **** what did I miss. Anyway, later he went back to us in pain again. After a third look by a specialist, it turned out he has brain cancer and survived. So, You never know what is going on, especially here, in this forum.