hi,there was pain in my teeth, so I went to dentist.he gave some medicine and said u need to remove three teeth beccause those three teeth got infected.I m 58 yrs old.I have already removed few teeth earlier.now I dont want to remove any of my teeth.can my infected teeth can be corrected by medicine?
Hi! Welcome to Chat Doctor. I read your query. As you have infection in your teeth, it results in bone loss and pus formation. This is detected with the help of x-ray and examination of affected teeth by a dentist. If the bone loss or pus is more, extraction of teeth is best suggested as the infection may recur again and again. Taking medicine reduce infection and may give you relief for some time, but permanent treatment is decided by dentist based on your examination. If you have been advised extraction, I suggest you go ahead with it and get fixed or removable denture for missing teeth. Delaying extraction may lead to spread of pus and further bone loss thereby resulting in less stability of artificial denture in the future. Hope the answer helps you. Thank you!