root canal treatment - NHS and private costs & pros and cons

Bf109

Toothsmith wrote: »

If having teeth is important to you - go private.

Hi Toothsmith - can I direct my question about crowns following a rout canal?

Does the crown have to be done immediately or can a temporary fill be put in place until I can scuttle off somewhere cheaper?

Thanks?

Toothsmith

Bf109 wrote: »

Hi Toothsmith - can I direct my question about crowns following a rout canal?

Does the crown have to be done immediately or can a temporary fill be put in place until I can scuttle off somewhere cheaper?

Thanks?

There are different schools of thought on this.

Some dentists feel root filled teeth should be crowned straight away, others feel it's best to wait a while.

Even then, there can be modifying factors that point towards a particularly badly broken down tooth needing to be crowned very soon after root filling, or for a particularly nasty infection on a tooth to be given time to see if it settles before crowning.

So without seeing the tooth, it would be hard to give a definative answer.

One thing to say though, is that you will get the best dental care by finding a dentist you trust, whose prices are affordable to you, and who you stick with over the long term.

Everybodies mouths are different. People eat in different ways, using different bite forces and people recover from things differently.

If a dentist gets to know how certain things affect you, then he will be able to plan your treatment better as he builds up more experience of you.

If you swap and change dentists for different treatments based on price, then all that dentist will be able to go on is statistics. How well that treatment works in a percentage of cases. Not how it's likely to work for you.

If you go to S.A. a lot, then it's perfectly valid to have a dentist in S.A. If you're here most of the time, it would be more sensible to have a dentist in the UK.

If you have bits done in one country and bits done in another, it will be very hard to get a consistant plan over the long term, and that may well cost you more money than it would save you.

DANNYBOY1_3

.....hmm not such good news,went back today for part 2 of RCT,2 canals were fine,but the 3rd is too long and curved for dentist to reach the last few millimetres with the equipment he has....offered to refer me to a specialist but this would be another £600,so we have agreed to an extraction next week.....very decently he has only charged me £180 for the treatment so far,nothing at all for his efforts today,and is not going to charge for the extraction (he is a Private dentist).......what I would say however to anyone nervous about RCT is that it's worth a go....it is time consuming but shouldn't be any more uncomfortable than a normal filling.....just be prepared for an hour or so with your mouth wide open!!!

hethmar

Sorry to hear that danny, must be upsetting for you. At least once its out there will be no more pain.

Olympika

Sorry it didn't work out DANNYBOY1 - virtually the same thing happened to me least you tried though. Very decent of the dentist not to charge you the full amount, mine did! though I did get the extraction fee refunded :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Bf109

DANNYBOY1 wrote: »

..it is time consuming but shouldn't be any more uncomfortable than a normal filling....

Thats about as reassuring as "shouldnt hurt any more than having your toenails pulled out one by one!" :eek:

I'm due in on tuesday.

Bricking it big time!

Olympika

Bf109 - honestly, it's absolutely fine. I know the idea of it is yuck, but once the injection is in that's it, it's just very boring! I know it's easy to say and hard to believe but I would rather go through 10 root canals than have an extraction!

~Chameleon~

I'm still getting some pain (electric shock type pain) when eating/drinking particularly if it's either very cold or hot. Could this be due to the filling being so deep (on the nerve) rather than anything untoward going on?

If so, I think I might need that RCT sooner than I thought

Olympika

Oh Chameleon am sorry to hear you're still having trouble

hethmar

Im sorry too Chameleon. Youve certainly had more than a fair dose of toothache. Give them a ring again. xx