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I had my last lot of extractions today & 1 of my teeth broke & there's a bit of root left inside my gum that he can't get out.

His taken a photo & is going to send it to my ortho to see if it's going to get in the way or if it can be left in there. If it needs to come out then I'm going to have to have my gum cut open to get it out.

I didn't think they could leave any of the root in????????

I asked the question & he said anything under 3mm is fine to leave in.

I'm so worried ....... What if its left in & later on when my teeth are beautifully straight it causes problems & needs to come out. Means I'll have to loose another healthy tooth just to get to it & I can't afford to loose anymore teeth. Plus it means I'll have spent all this money for nothing.

Has this happened to anyone else & if so did they leave the bit of root in?

Any problems occur?

HELP PLEASE SO WORRIED!!!!!

I had my root break during an extraction also. My dentist took it out but it wasn’t a little bit left it was a big part of the root left maybe yours is so small it doesn’t matter.