Zoltan Finks wrote: > Curt, I know the upper ones can get into the sinuses, but I thought that the > risk of the lower roots getting onto or around the lower jaw area risked > permanent numbness, and I wonder, maybe worse (like paralysis, i.e. drooping > lip, etc.). My dentists says that the latter stuff doesn't happen. I've also > heard horror stories of broken jaws. My surgeon at the said he had not > broken a jaw in several years.
When I had mine removed they gave me a sheet with warnings about all that stuff, including the possibility of numbness or a broken jaw. I imagine a broken jaw is most likely to happen to older people with brittle bones. They also warned me that my lower roots were "curvy" and they might have to leave a piece of root in, if it broke off. I'm not sure what the consequences of that would be.
