Erika

Erika

Tooth 14 extraction initial post-op complications

assessment plan describing the object as a "bone spur" that may "exfoliate"
The sentence "I recommended alveoloplasty of the bone spur versus observation as this may exfoliate with time" is difficult to understand. It sounds like Dr. Patel is saying he recommended a surgical procedure called alveoloplasty, when my recollection is he recommended that I wait and see if it "dissolves." Also, he told me he thought it was a bone "chip" while in the notes it's described as a "spur." I would think that this would be a significant difference, since a chip is something that flakes off of something else, while a spur is a type of growth from the bone.