Re: OT: Cavitat Scan necessary for cavitations?

[Guest guest]

-Well here's the thing, usually cavitations only ocurr where a tooth

has been extracted or root canaled and had a long running infection.

This causes the bone not to heal up in that area and black space shows

up on x ray. Both of my cavitations are in places where I had teeth

removed. (Wisdom) and consequently they both had dry socket and took

forever to heal. Versus the other wisdom tooth spots that did not get

dry socket and healed up quickly.

So if you had any extractions, and they did not heal up right...then

you may have a cavitation in that area. Some people put stock in

cavitat machines, but my Huggins dentist does not use one. X rays were

used and were pretty clear. I could see it easily.

So in your case if he told you that you had one where an old root

canal was..he is very likely right. Those don't usually heal up due to

the infection that persists in root canaled teeth for years. A

panoramic x ray shows the jaw bone..so it should be able to show any

areas that did not heal. Which would only be in places of extractions

anyway. Your not going to have a cavitation where a natural tooth is.

What does your gut tell you? I would probably try out the cheaper guy,

have the panoramic x ray and see what he says. If you don't agree, you

don't have to have the procedure done. The x ray and visit should be

covered on your insurance...so hopefully not too much $ lost in

finding out.

-- In frequent-dose-chelation , " toowittybird "

wrote:

>

> Is a cavitat scan machine necessary to check for cavitations or can an

> experienced dentist see them on Panoramic xrays? I am trying to choose

> between 2 dentists : one charges between $1800 - $2000 per quadrant ,

> uses cavitat scan; the other dentist charges between $500 - $900 per

> tooth but uses only panoramic xrays to look for cavitations - and he

> did find one under my extracted root canaled tooth - I was told by the

> assistant that he is v. experienced in cavitation surgery.

> Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

-Well here's the thing, usually cavitations only ocurr where a tooth

has been extracted or root canaled and had a long running infection.

This causes the bone not to heal up in that area and black space shows

up on x ray. Both of my cavitations are in places where I had teeth

removed. (Wisdom) and consequently they both had dry socket and took

forever to heal. Versus the other wisdom tooth spots that did not get

dry socket and healed up quickly.

So if you had any extractions, and they did not heal up right...then

you may have a cavitation in that area. Some people put stock in

cavitat machines, but my Huggins dentist does not use one. X rays were

used and were pretty clear. I could see it easily.

So in your case if he told you that you had one where an old root

canal was..he is very likely right. Those don't usually heal up due to

the infection that persists in root canaled teeth for years. A

panoramic x ray shows the jaw bone..so it should be able to show any

areas that did not heal. Which would only be in places of extractions

anyway. Your not going to have a cavitation where a natural tooth is.

What does your gut tell you? I would probably try out the cheaper guy,

have the panoramic x ray and see what he says. If you don't agree, you

don't have to have the procedure done. The x ray and visit should be

covered on your insurance...so hopefully not too much $ lost in

finding out.

-- In frequent-dose-chelation , " toowittybird "

wrote:

>

> Is a cavitat scan machine necessary to check for cavitations or can an

> experienced dentist see them on Panoramic xrays? I am trying to choose

> between 2 dentists : one charges between $1800 - $2000 per quadrant ,

> uses cavitat scan; the other dentist charges between $500 - $900 per

> tooth but uses only panoramic xrays to look for cavitations - and he

> did find one under my extracted root canaled tooth - I was told by the

> assistant that he is v. experienced in cavitation surgery.

> Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

I am also looking at haveing cavitations cleaned. I just had a Cavitat

scan ($145 per quadrant) done in addition to a Panorex. The costs for

this dentist quoted for the extraction of on root canal molar was $489

and the cavitational surgery for that area plus a previous extracted

molar is $1789 each. This seems high to me. This is phase 1 to treat

the worst areas. I have other extractions and another root canal that

that look problematic.

If anyone out there can give me some feedback on their experiences with

cavitational surgery, I would appreciate it. I need more justification!

thanks,

Bill

> Is a cavitat scan machine necessary to check for cavitations or can an

> > experienced dentist see them on Panoramic xrays? I am trying to

choose

> > between 2 dentists : one charges between $1800 - $2000 per

quadrant ,

> > uses cavitat scan; the other dentist charges between $500 - $900 per

> > tooth but uses only panoramic xrays to look for cavitations - and he

> > did find one under my extracted root canaled tooth - I was told by

the

> > assistant that he is v. experienced in cavitation surgery.

> > Thanks

> >

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Is a cavitat scan machine necessary to check for cavitations or can an

> > experienced dentist see them on Panoramic xrays? I am trying to choose

> > between 2 dentists : one charges between $1800 - $2000 per quadrant ,

> > uses cavitat scan; the other dentist charges between $500 - $900 per

> > tooth but uses only panoramic xrays to look for cavitations - and he

> > did find one under my extracted root canaled tooth - I was told by the

> > assistant that he is v. experienced in cavitation surgery.

> > Thanks

> >

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