Since my last post, I have seen my new endodontist twice. First thing I must say is that i absolutely adore him. He has some of the best bedside manners that I have ever experienced (and I've seen a lot of doctors). He is extremely thorough, takes his time, and ensures that you understand fully what condition you have.
He believes my second molar to be fine. He thinks that my original root canal tooth is still the problem. After the first visit, he put me on a round of antibiotics for 10 days. He suggested that after the antibiotics, if I was still swollen he would retreat the tooth. I went back to see him last week following my antibiotics, and I had drainage at my surgical site. It had been two weeks since surgery, and therefore drainage (especially while having been on antibiotics) was extremely unusual. He said that he was very concerned (although I am an unusual case). He spoke with my oral surgeon for about twenty minutes while I was in the exam room. They decided that the next course of action would be to take me off of the antibiotics entirely and reevaluate in 1 week. He told me that if I am still draining and/or swollen, he will retreat the tooth. After the tooth is retreated, if I am STILL draining and/or swollen, I will have to see my oral surgeon to discuss pulling the tooth & draining the cheek.
Needless to say, I am not out of the woods yet and I am not through my journey. For those of you reading this and second guessing your orthognathic surgery, let me encourage you. After all of the trauma I've endured, I still do NOT regret my decision to undergo surgery. I was so self conscious about my overbite, that I would do this over again in a heartbeat.
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