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Immune Suppressed, need root canals

Transplants | Last Active: Feb 14, 2023 | Replies (3)
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@loribmt

Good morning, @hello1234 and @rosemarya. I’m with Rosemary on this one…get in touch with your transplant team to see about antibiotics starting soon. What the endodontist is seeing is a little cyst like development at the end of the root tip. It stays intact for a bit but it can release the purulent material into your blood stream if it opens.

So, if you have an abscess, it needs to be treated right away with antibiotics not wait until a couple days before your appt.

I’m not sure about your protocol but there is often a recommended prophylactic dosage of 1 to 3 days given for certain patients such as knee replacements and implants. So what the endodontist prescribed sounds more for that purpose than to keep the current abscess from developing further.

Are you still in a lot of agony? And why, if only one tooth is showing an abscess do both teeth require root canals?
Yes, I’m nosy…30+years as a CDA (certified dental assistant)

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hello1234 | @hello1234 | Feb 14, 2023

Good morning @rosemarya and @loribmt ❤
THANK YOU sooo much for your excellent advice! After receiving your posting, I called the endodonist office and spoke with the nurse again to remind her that I am an immune suppressed kidney transplant patient with an abscess.
I BEGGED for an earlier appointment. She offered to do the root canal with another doctor tomorrow if I would travel 45 minutes. I took the appointment for tomorrow! She told me to start the amoxicillin immediately.
If all goes well with this new doctor, I will make an asap appointment for the next tooth.
I started the amoxicillin at lunch and I am supposed to take to three times a day for 10 days.
Hopefully, tomorrow will go well. She said occasionally it's done in two appointments, but they always try to finish in one appointment.
I will definitely update you after my appointment tomorrow!
Again, thank you so much for the little push. Sorry to say, I am not that great at advocating for myself without a push. I checked with my transplant nurse and she said amoxicillin is okay for transplant patients.
What's interesting is the painful tooth is not showing the abscess. They are going to do the abscess tooth first (tomorrow). and then the painful tooth.
THANK YOU BOTH and I will keep you posted!! Love and Hugs 😊

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