Patient should avoid brushing the operated area and rinsing your mouth vigorously if you want to heal properly. avoid eating crunchy foods, hard foods, and you should avoid smoking. Avoid lifting lip and examining the area as well. This may loosen the stitches and disrupt the blood clot that is important for recovery.

There will numbness in the area for several days or even weeks after the surgery. You should tell your dentist about this numbness but it eventually goes away anyway. Stitches will be removed after a week or two from the procedure and the soreness and swelling should be gone in about two weeks as well. apicectomy is a surgery although people say that it is easier to recover from it than root canal treatment.

Your endodontist will review the risks of the procedure during your consultation. One of the main risks of the surgery is that it will not work. If this is the case then your tooth may have to be extracted instead.

Depending on the location of the tooth, there will be other risks like if the tooth is located in the back of the upper jaw then your sinuses may be affected. Your dentist may have to prescribe some antibiotics in order to prevent infection. You may also have to take some decongestants as well.

If the apicectomy will be done on the back teeth close to the lower jaw then major nerves will be at risk. Surgery on one of your back teeth will carry a risk of nerve damage. In order to manage this risk, your endodontist will use x-rays to determine how close these nerves are to the teeth. With this information, the chances of nerve damage are significantly reduced. Apicoectomies are usuallt permanent solutions and they will last for as long as the tooth is there.