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Originally Posted by Apex Paul

Apicoectomy is nothing you are going to need. Basicaly, cut a flap in your tissue, peel it back, cut a hole in the bone where the tip of the root should be, then remove the end of the root.

Periapical means "around the apex" or at the tip of the root. Lesion means sore, more or less. So, a sore at the tip of the root.



That would be between you and the person doing the work. I am not there to check it out, so I can't really say.



You should definitely get them cleaned if it has been more than a few months.

As for money, dentists make a decent living. The average guy that owns his own practice and has been around a couple of years takes home about $275K. The average dentist (including those that work for other people/corporations) makes about $178K/yr according to the last ADA news that said anything about salaries. It varies widely, depending on where in the USA, where in each State, rural/city, procedures they do and how well they can manage an office and their staff. I know guys that make less than $100K/yr and I know guys that take home ten times that.

I don't make a penny

So if that's the case, how are you not making a penny? How can you afford a camaro?