On June 7, I had oral surgery performed to locate and remove
jawbone cavitations. A Cavitat Scan had shown three
locations on the lower left jawbone, and two on the lower
right jawbone. Both were in the area of the wisdom teeth. My
wisdom teeth had been extracted approximately 38 years ago.
The remainder of my teeth were removed in Feb. 2001.
The surgeon located an area of "unnatural" soft bone in a
ribbon pattern spanning three tooth sockets on the left
side. He scraped this area clean of this material. On the
right side, he found a cavity in the bone filled with a
"most unusual foreign material". He removed it and explained
that it appeared to be the remnants of the periodontal
ligament lining the wisdom tooth socket. An incomplete tooth
removal had caused this cavitation to exist For 38 years. It
is not so much an infection in the bone, but as a necrosis
or gangrene (dead tissue) in the bone marrow, as a result of
impaired blood flow (ischemia). This condition referred to
as neuralgia inducing cavitational osteonecrosis (NICO). It
can be the underlying cause of systemic disease.
I had been told by other people who have had this corrective
surgery, that there are usually some immediate results. I
experienced a number of signs of improvement. I had been
suffering another upper respiratory infection that was
compromising my ability to breath and I couldn't walk more
than 10 feet before having to rest. After this surgery I was
able to walk out of the Dentist's office without the feeling
of shutting down airways. My left leg always becomes swollen
and discolored when I have to sleep sitting in a chair. I
had been sleeping in a chair for 3 or 4 days and my leg had
become extremely swollen and a bluish red color. After this
surgery my leg was reduced in size by 1/3rd and is a gentler
shade of pink. My saliva glands began to function again. I
had been complaining to my wife of a tingling pain in my
right shoulder, during the two hour drive to the dentist. In
the operating chair I told him that I needed to adjust my
position because the pain in my shoulder was uncomfortable.
As he cleaned out the right cavitation site that pain
disappeared.
I was dancing around in the street with joy afterward, and
then the freezing began to come out and I remembered that I
have a week of healing to go through. It is now the next
morning. I slept sitting up (recommended for healing
process) by choice, not necessity. I still have my upper
respiratory infection, but it is not restricting my activity
as it was yesterday. Now my antibiotics will kill it and I
will have my life back.