ive just gone through a 4 week long tooth saga that my dentist, an endodontist, and an ear nose & throat guy with nary a clue from one of them as to what the problem was. that was until the bone popped thru the gum in the area where the pain was coming from. Then a trip to an oral surgeon for removal of dead bone from the lower jaw in an area where a molar had been removed 25 years ago. OS stated there appeared to have been infection in there for a number of years
, just not causing any discomfort. the bone was whacked down lower on my jaw, infected flesh scraped out and stitched back up just last fridee. feeling better almost immediately..
OS said that the lower jaw bone area does not get good blood flow so any healing is questionable at best, and can get infection occasionally. for the statement above regarding letting the bone regenerate?? not so fast...