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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS
Good luck Dave, sorry to hear that you are going through this misery.
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Thanks Chris.
The dentist told me that the infection in my jawbone was more extensive than was expected. The area affected beneath my lower front teeth was about the size a marble. The entire front wall of my jawbone was gone and the rear wall was paper thin. Apparently only the top portion of the lower jawbone was left. The dentist was amazed that I had not been in serious pain for quite a while.
My dentist called in a big-time oral surgeon from New Jersey who peeled back my gums, scraped out the infection and filled the big hole with a bone graft/putty mixture that will take 3 or 4 months to set. Then on to the fake-tooth implant and crown. Maybe this ordeal will be over by Thanksgiving...