Does anyone have any information or experiences of intensive Lyme-related dental procedures?
I think they are called cavitations?
Any other Lyme-related dental experiences?
Any comments or links greatly appreciated!
s_pax Posted by hardynaka (Member # 8099) on :
Do a search.
Gigi has posted a lot about that.
Posted by SunRa (Member # 3559) on :
hey there!
yeah, just type in "cavitations" or "teeth", etc and you'll find hours and hours of reading material.
GiGi's member # is 259...others have also added interesting posts.
the decline of my health all began with my wisdom teeth surgery.
several years later, I found out I had osteomyelitis/osteonecrosis (cavitations) and felt it was important to address in order to make progress with the systemic infections. there was no blood flow through my jaw, giving the bugs a nice hiding spot. The Rocephin was much more effective after the surgery.
I'm also dealing with increased decay and an absurd amount of cavities that I didn't have pre-lyme. (and I don't eat much sugar, so that's not the cause) There's definitely a connection with lyme/systemic illness.
Posted by dguy (Member # 8979) on :
In the past few years, I've experienced what seems to be an unusual number of broken and chipped teeth.
I chalk it up to the infection making my vitamin 1,25D too high, and that leads to excess turnover in bone, and bone weakness.
Posted by santa_pax (Member # 8318) on :
Thank you very much Hardynaka, Sun Ra, dguy for the comments and tips; I'll take a shot at the search.
s_pax
Posted by Yashin (Member # 11159) on :
thats's really intersting beacuse when I first got sick I had an episode of decalfication a few days before all of my symptoms started.Iwonder if it was related.
Posted by debbiet (Member # 10608) on :
santa-
I have had 3 cavitation surgeries. I am still battling osteonecrosis on tooth #8. I did not get a lyme diagnosis until after my 2nd surgery. The 2nd surgery saved my life. I had lost my drive to breath every time I ate. I had cavitations on teeth 14,13, and 19. I still have more to go.
Debbie
Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
Four days prior to the illness from hell striking me, I had a molar removed. That tooth had cost me $$$$ trying to save it for 5 years.
Finally after days of constant throbbing I went and told them to remove it now. Didn't know what I know now. I believe there was a serious bacteria (strep) surrounding that tooth and when he removed it the bacteria spread to other areas.
Did he give me abx for a possible bacteria infection? No! I'll never know if this was the straw that broke the camels back.
Pam
Posted by debbiet (Member # 10608) on :
Pam-
That dentist probably opened up a cavitation site. That happened to a friend of mind. Her throat swelled to the size of a tennis ball.
Deb
Posted by MommaK (Member # 10376) on :
Hi!
This is not exactly what you are talking about, but just wanted to throw in my two cents.
My daughter had never had a cavity until becoming sick with lyme and co-inf. She had a very small one shortly after becoming sick. We attributed it to being so sick and in the bed all the time that her brushing habits had slipped. Maybe there is more to the story...
She also had oral surgery (wisdom teeth removal) 5 months before becoming sick.
Keep on Keeping on!
MommaK
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
I personally have had a bad experience with a biological dentist using a cavitat machine and giving me misinformation.
A cavitat machine can be manipulated by the operator to make it look like you have cavitations even if you do not. Choose your dentist wisely.
Check out how they do the surgery very carefully. Just cutting and scraping the bone down is not a good method. I will try to find the research article I read and post it.
quote:Originally posted by hiker53: I personally have had a bad experience with a biological dentist using a cavitat machine and giving me misinformation.
A cavitat machine can be manipulated by the operator to make it look like you have cavitations even if you do not. Choose your dentist wisely.
I do agree with doing your research before jumping into this with just any bio dentist.
Mine was dx'd on panoramic x-ray by an oral surgeon very skilled in reading them (there are few) and although I trusted him, I still got a 2nd opinion.
He wasn't a fan of the cavitat machine either. I don't know if it was due to the reasons above or something else.
Posted by santa_pax (Member # 8318) on :
Wow! Thank you guys for these comments. Im glad there are a few different viewpoints.
This dental stuff is totally confusing
Debbie, what is involved with the cavitation surgery? Are the teeth removed? Do they have to put in materials to replace bone or tissue they remove?
Posted by johnlyme1 (Member # 7343) on :
Withe the state that we are all in, I would never have this surgery unless the same results came up by 3 different methods of diagnosis. My homepathic doc also uses the cavitation machine. I would see what came up on this and go to 2 other dentists, one a natural and then a good standard oral surgon.
Then I would also make sure that I was the healthyest I counld be before any cutting.
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