Will root canal work for a tooth that was knocked downward?

From: John Clarkson (john.1.clarkson_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: 26 Jun 2004 18:11:42 -0700

Hello, I realize that advice on USENET without an examination is of
limited application. I would, nonetheless, like an opinion on whether
root canal or extraction is better for my situation.

On June 12 I was hit with a bat in the face in a random gang assault
(seriously). Three teeth were lost outright and were extracted by the
oral surgery clinic attached to the ER that treated me. For a week or
so I lay about healing, then I saw my dentist, who noted that the
tooth adjoining the 3 lost teeth is darkening and wants to assess it
for a possible root canal in a few weeks. He did not x-ray it at the
time, and I have only now realized, through my fog, that the tooth is
somewhat lower (it is a top-row incisor) than it once was. It is also
slightly loose. Nobody in the ER, or the university's oral surgery
clinic, or worst of all, I, caught this. Remember, the injury occurred
on June 12.

On Monday, June 28, I will see an oral surgeon as a consult for those
implants. I will ask him about that tooth, but I would like to know
what you think here: can a tooth that was knocked out of its position
a few weeks ago be saved by root canal? Can the root-canal dentist
manipulate the tooth to its original position? Or should I have it
yanked and replaced with an implant along with its 3 missing
neighbors, so that I can skip the inevitable failure of root canal?

Thanks for whatever suggestion or opinion you can formulate.

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