What causes dental root coming out from the gums after tooth extraction?
Patient: Hi all and one,I just had a tooth extraction done Monday just gone. Was glad to find that I don't have a dry socket but several things are worrying me: Firstly it looks like 2 roots have been left in there, can this be right? Will it have complications later on? As the tooth was suppose to be taken out due to pus being developed on the gum and was infecting everything around it,..?Secondly, the tooth next to it it's gum split...one side is flopping around? Will it grow back together?Shall I be rebooking to go and see the dentist? Thank you in advance Doctor: hello thanks for the consult at hcm..Was extracted tooth -molar or premolar and was it very difficult to extract?? Since you think 2 roots are left behind,, firstly let the infection in the region come down..hope you have taken antibiotics and analgesics,,for the gum split --you can review back with your treating dentist for compression of buccal and lingual cortical plates,,and also a suture could be placed at gum split region  for faster healing,,hope it helps,,take care,,