Gosh Baz...
I know I was bloviating on teeth stuff last night...
But you didn't have to pull your tooth to make me feel good....
Sorry it seemed to be a fracture. You took it in good spirits. Not everyone does. I was glad to see the tooth in front is already crowned.
Based on that I guess the other side second molar (tooth 31 is crowned as well)
Sometimes even crowning teeth isn't enough.....
The tooth that was extracted #18 (or as you stated #17 - a third molar) was crowned as well. I think it's #18, but it doesn't matter...(assuming the Dentist's pics were aligned correctly) What matters is it was crowned before the root canal was done (hence the hole in the crown seen in pics.). Not knowing the history, I'm guessing the tooth was cracked, needed a crown, nerve died, needed a root canal, endodontist drilled hole in crown, did rct, yet even that wasn't enough. Sometimes, the tooth can crack further with all the right things done. Seems like this was the right endpoint- hope you are doing okay.
When you walk into the dentist's office next time, pat your self on the back for being such a good patient. Seriously!
Based on the pics- looks like the left side is shored up. (tooth #19- the molar to the left of the molar extracted- already has a crown.) Good.
Make sure the right side is shored up. Not giving advice- but there is more bone than I was expecting on the left side- perhaps- if you are interested, you are an implant candidate.
The bone loss patterns are not what I expected, but the probings the dentist made would tell it all.
Take it easy bro! Don't lean down to do any auto work for a week or two. Get better!
For a happy naptime tale... listen to leakyseals...
"once upon a time, there was a dentist, who would work for other dentists who were practice owners. Leaky's own dad was a dentist, and the business side of things soured leaky's interest in ownership. Instead, Leaky never took on a 1 million loan to own such a debt.
Instead, he worked under other practice owners.
Which is kind of cool/ kind of not.
While Leaky was pi$$ing his time away here, and enjoying life....
Turns out, the practice owners were so stressed out, they never took the time to care for their own teeth. Sadly, they were under so much stress, the practice owners (i.e. - bosses) cracked their own teeth and needed care. Enter me- the associate, coming in and doing the very same procedure to my bosses. I have hemisected, trisected, rct's ext'd more bosses teeth than you could imagine."
Not an enviable task.
Hope you feel better.
Take care,
Ron