Is it possible to treat an infection underneath a root canal without re-opening the tooth and doing a whole new expensive retreatment? Medical consensus seems to be that lack of blood flow into the region underneath the teeth makes it tough to treat those infections indirectly, via medication.

But is that entirely true? Are there other methods beyond direct re-treatment?

Sue your previous dentist and get it done for free again.

Use a nightguard. Works for me.

>>16694964 (OP)
Inject tea tree oil

If it’s lack of blood flow, you can take angiogenic supplements ahead of time, melatonin, vitamin D, and something for nerve regeneration, pgc1a. Probiotics to fight the bad bacteria. Something that promotes M2 macrophages.

>>16695056
How is blood flow supposed to help, you buffoon?

>>16694964 (OP)
Eat penicilin. You can easily make it at home if you can't get a doctor to sign you a prescription.

>>16695072
How is blood flow supposed to help living tissue?
is this why dentists aren't doctors?

>>16695150
If your tooth was cleaned out properly, then there's no blood in it.
Secondly, if there was, that would just move bacteria to the rest of your body, I'm sure that's a brilliant thing to happen to you when you get septic shock and die before you can schedule an appointment with a profession that doesn't struggle with finding patients.

>>16695153
Confirmed. This is why dentists aren't doctors. This idiot actually thinks infection means no blood flow.

>>16695072
NTA but since OP was asking about being able to treat an infection without opening the location of the infection, getting an antibiotic or other medication into the blood stream is usually the way to go. Difficult for that to work if there's no blood flow through the infected area.

OP is asking if you can operate through the gum, you fucking... doo doo heads

>>16695324
I looked at an anatomy book once and I am an expert now, here's my verdict: no, you cannot. do that.

>>16695153
wouldn't the infection just go to the lymph nodes on your neck

>>16695833
Infections rot tissues, and it can easily spill to your blood either way.

>>16695838
i'm saying that the infection can be fought then the result will be swollen lymph nodes, there are people who live with bad teeth for decades

>>16695842
I know, I had a broken tooth for 8 years that I couldn't get fixed because of shitty parents until it became unbearably painful and finally got it done myself. Somehow I avoided infection this entire time, because it didn't really hurt anything like that before then.
Also during root canal treatment, there's 0 bleeding, despite some blood vessels going into the tooth, what is there to say about lymph.

>>16695844
check your neck on the side of the bad tooth, it's probably more swollen than the other side, how exactly did they remove it

>>16695847
It isn't. Lymph clears up the infection itself. Which once again leads to the fact that lymph is worthless against teeth infections. This is why this whole thing is so expensive.

>>16695850
then why are you asking about an infection when you claim to have already treated it

>>16695854
I don't remember being OP.

>>16695855
what do you mean you did it by yourself ?

>>16694964 (OP)
around 15 years ago, a dentist office told me i'd need a filling. my mom at the time told them 'no thanks', because she had a friend that had a filling pop out so that was her reasoning (perhaps silly I know). as we left, the receptionist told us "you're ignoring a problem, and if you continue to ignore it, it will lead to a root canal in the future". so i lead back to my former point that this was 15 years ago. i do have minor pain in my jaw sometimes, but it only happens if i either consume cane/fructose/splenda sugar types. if i eat normally i don't experience pain.

but as to address your core question, herbs like gotu kola and supplements like ubiquinol can help tooth and gum health and healing. along with a supplement of around 1,500mg of vitamin C, daily..

>>16695882
So why don't you get root canal done now?

>>16695882
do you chew using that side of the jaw?