Originally Posted by
TCR Rider
That's terrible. An infection was (is) my biggest concern. About 5 weeks after my surgery I got an abscess in a tooth which really freaked me out. I was worried it would travel down to the knee. Started taking antibiotics and went to the dentist the next day. Seems as if a week on the antibiotics knocked it out.
There has been quite a few studies on that and based on the research the ADA has concluded that there essentially is no risk of that happening but it nevertheless is concerning to us patients. In most instances it's the hospital that gets blamed, probably because of the high degree of variability between them.