hi I'm patient at Maryland Holistic Dentist I am 38 years old and today
I'm going to talk about having my root canal teeth extracted and replaced with
dental implants I had two root canal teeth in my mouth
one was an upper left molar the other was a bottom left bicuspid the molar I
had for about ten years prior to having it extracted and the bicuspid I had for
about four years and I saw dr. Adams at natural dentists associates because I
had done research about root canals and how the health in my mouth correlates to
the health of my overall body and based on what I learned I no longer felt
comfortable having the root canal teeth in my mouth when I had the root canals
time I was just told by my dentist at the time that it needed to be done
because it was more decay than could be taken care of with the filling but I
never really understood that when I had a root canal that I now had a dead tooth
in my mouth so once I understood that I had that teeth in my mouth essentially
and really what that could do to my body and immune system I realized that it
wasn't something that I wanted anymore so I went pour a consultation with dr.
Adams and he really did a great job explaining to me all the pros and cons
of extracting the root canals and having them replaced with dental implants he
also did x-rays just to see if there was anything going on right now in my mouth
because of the root canals any infection or anything like that so dr. Adams
didn't see any signs of infection around the root canals that were visible from
the x-rays but he really respected the personal decision that I had made to
want to have them extracted anyway and so I decided to go forward with the
procedure to have the root canals extracted and replaced with dental
implants so I scheduled a visit to come back to the office it was about a
90-minute visit I was really nervous having it son
because prior to that I I've had my wisdom teeth extracted I had teeth as a
child extracted some of my permanent adult teeth but it had been a really
long time since I had had anything like that done and I was probably had just
normal jitters going into it and I also felt a little emotional about having my
adult teeth removed but everyone at the office was really nice and comforting
and dr. Adams really took the time to explain the whole process to me and
really make me feel comfortable with with what I was going to be going
through so the day of the tooth extraction and implant placement it took
I was there for about 90 minutes and basically I decided not to do any type
of sedation but they did offer it to me I just decided just to do the local
anesthetic and I did bring headphones and listen to music while I was having
it done which was calming I it took about 90 minutes had my teeth extracted
implants put in for the implants I got a zirconia one in the bottom because it's
tooth colored and I was concerned for cosmetic reasons that there could be
some metal sheen through the gum if I went with the titanium one and in the
molar sight I went with a titanium implant just based on dr. Adams
recommendation that that was the better implant for that site because it was a
large tooth that he was replacing and that the titanium implants hold up
better in molar sites where they're getting a lot of force from chewing and
things like that so I like I said I was there for about 90 minutes and then
after I didn't require any sutures or anything like that I went back to the
office about a week later to have post-operative visit and everything
really healed well I was obviously a little bit sore afterwards I didn't take
any of the prescription strength medication but I did take ibuprofen
every six to eight hours and then I took the antibiotics that they prescribed and
I would say because people always ask me when I talk about that I got dental
implants they think it's such a major procedure and what is the recovery like
it really wasn't that big of a deal for the first day I was just eating on the
other side of my mouth I didn't work out for a couple days I kind of took it easy
and I had the procedure done on a Friday and by Monday I was totally fine to go
back to work and by Monday you know the next day I wasn't chewing on that side
either but about two days later I was soft foods and and I was totally fine
the one thing that I would say that takes a little getting used to is it
does feel a little weird not having teeth in your mouth
because when you have the implant it is flush with the gum line so I know dr.
Adams told me if it was one that really showed with my smile that they had like
temporary options they could give but since both of mine were really you
couldn't see when I smiled I just didn't have anything there so it definitely did
take a few days to get used to not having those teeth there so during the
procedure one of the things that really caught me off guard was when my first he
removed my lower tooth and everything was pretty uneventful put the implant in
and it was took less time than I expected but when he removed the upper
molar tooth there was the most horrible smell you could ever imagine and the
taste in my mouth was just putrid horrible the truth actually had a really
large cyst on it one that couldn't be observed in the x-ray because we had
x-rayed the tooth about a week before when I had come in for my initial
consultation with dr. Adams so that was really after I saw that it really
validated for me I had made the right decision by having
the root canals removed so now I am more than four months out from my initial
procedure and I actually have my final crown on
I'll see it's this tooth right here and I couldn't be happier with it
actually have some gum recession from some TMJ issues that I have which I'll
talk about in another video but the gum around my implant tooth is better than
the gum around the rest of my teeth I'm so I'm really really happy with the
final result I did decide about the time that I got the final crown for my lower
implant that I didn't want the titanium implant in my mouth I did more research
on having metals in my mouth and I just decided for me that I didn't want any
metal in my mouth and I was really actually pretty embarrassed that I had
just had it done and then felt like I wanted to have it out and dr. Adams was
so understanding that's one thing that I really liked about the practice they
really listen to their patients and what they you know really consider what the
patient feels is best for them and he understood my the way that I felt and he
actually removed the titanium implant and for anyone who wants to know what
that process is like it was just very similar to having a tooth extracted and
it was done about four months after it was placed so it had integrated a lot
with the bone but not fully so he was able to get it out without creating any
additional bone loss and then it heal just as an extraction site would heal so
it was a pretty easy process and now I'm fully healed and I'm getting ready to
get it replaced with a Sur Konya implant so that was my overall experience I'm
really glad that I had it done especially when I saw the
big cyst that was on my upper left molar and I would definitely say for anybody
considering having it done you know never hurts to educate yourself
and explore all of your options so I just encourage you to do research online
make an appointment with one of the dentists at natural dentists associates
and go in and have a consultation inform yourself and just make the decision that
you feel is right for you I'm really glad I made the decision that I did I
can say that I am really happy with my decision to have my root canal teeth
removed and replaced with dental implants especially once I saw the cyst
that was on my molar tooth when it was extracted that was really validation
that day that I made the right decision but I've also for a very long time had
this like phantom itching right behind my root canal tooth and I never really
knew why it was there I thought maybe it had something to do with having a wisdom
tooth there and then then it was gone but ever since I've had that root canal
tooth extracted the itching isn't there so for me that's just you know more
validation that my body really was reacting in a negative way to having the
root canal tooth there and I'm really happy that I made the decision that I
did