Dentist Question

66z

Toothsmith wrote: »

Option 1.

Get loads of inaccurate guesses from people on a web site that can't see exactly what's happened here. Some of these guesses will probably terrify you, some will be overly optimistic.

Option 2.

Wait 3 days and get an accurate assessment based on what a proper dentist can actually see.

Well, true that, there's no making decisions based on virtual knowledge, or taking anything for granted -- but then there's also nothing wrong about researching the subject a little so the conversation with a dentist has potential of being a little more meaningful than "mhmmm".

We probably all have made a fair share of mistakes relying on professional opinion at one time or another. That's also why I'm here, digesting the dental threads of MSE

welshdent

66 the problem is no one CAN give advice because treatment options are directly dependent on the state of the remaining tooth. As such We could say you can have an ivory crown on a platinum base. Its meaningless until we actually know what things look like.

I had a patient yesterday who had a crown with decay around the margin of it and a failed root filling. If they came on here someone would say oo I had that and my dentist just removed the crown and decay, did a new root filling and put a new crown on. Great. The problem is had any dentist SEEN the tooth in question they would more than likely be unanimous in saying "hopeless take it out".
Dentistry is not like walking in to tesco and buying what you want. Even eliminating operator skill as a variable we are completely bound firstly by the technology and materials at our disposal but more importantly, what the foundations are like i.e. the tooth and the hygiene and motivations of the patient. Saying a veneer is loose doesnt mean a lot to us it could mean the veneer can be refixed, may need a new one, may need a crown may even need to come out. No one can advise on it because no one knows. THAT is the point that TS was making. By all means ask for advice but until you have been given a diagnosis with suggested options then all the conversation CAN be is "mmhhh"