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Dr. Alan G. Wasserman
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Alan G. Wasserman, DMD, FAGD, AADSM, AASM, FADI, works at West Boca Dental Associates Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida. He is an expert in both general dentistry and sleep apnea treatments. His goal is to bridge the gap between dentistry and medicine, by giving each patient a comprehensive oral cancer check with each dental exam. Also the founder of the South Florida Sleep Apnea Center, created to meet this public demand of oral appliances for sleep apnea.
Dr. Alan G. Wasserman
- Boca Raton, Florida
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
- Accepting new patients
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Can an infected root canal tooth be saved?
Infected root canal teeth can be saved depending upon the amount of caries and the amount of sound tooth structure remaining after the caries have been removed and the root canal READ MORE
Infected root canal teeth can be saved depending upon the amount of caries and the amount of sound tooth structure remaining after the caries have been removed and the root canal is complete. If it's too far sub osseous it must be extracted. If it is fractured it must be extracted. Sometimes you need soft tissue removal and other times you need a hard tissue crown lengthening. It is most important to create a full ferule and shoulder for the crown restoration to sit on. Usually, I find, that a cast post and core are preferable to a direct post and core build-up. I prefer a PFM crown rather that a PFZ.
