Route Canal/Extraction

mum2one

i'm going through both your options at the mo, I had one tooth removed, bottom left, and I'm due a root canal upper right, it be 3rd root canal and then i need a crown, 3rd crown, - i don't like dentists, but the one I have now is absolutely brilliant, I take his advice.

I always think that dentist stories are like childbirth your get those people that had the labour from hell and never again, then the person who says it like shelling peas.

For me the root canal didn't hurt, what I felt yucky was the drill as i can't stand the sound or feel of drills.

I just had a tooth out on Monday, and need to go back in 3 weeks for the root canal to be finished off.

I def echo the others see what the dentist says, what ever happens they know best xx

aggypanthus

brook2jack wrote: »

Because nhs dentistry is not about what looks good but what secures dental health. A metal crown will hold a tooth together perfectly well it just wont look as nice.

The laboratory fee for a good White back crown is much more than that for a nhs metal crown. However there are sitauations ie right at the back of the mouth where gold is a better bet as less tooth is removed and it resists the massive stresses of the bite there better.

Thanks, I have a while to decide.
does it feel weird having a metal one, what feedback have you had?

another question, would it have to private to re do very old dark fillings which are visible on the bottom teeth?

elsien

If you're going down the root canal option, take an ipod along with you. I found that made the time pass an awful lot quicker.

brook2jack

aggypanthus wrote: »

Thanks, I have a while to decide.
does it feel weird having a metal one, what feedback have you had?

another question, would it have to private to re do very old dark fillings which are visible on the bottom teeth?

Metal crowns feel no weirder than porcelain crowns which have metal underneath anyway.

Replacing amalgam fillings with White has to be private as it is cosmetic work. I personally though am not happy to take fillings out just to replace with White as it can stir up alot of trouble. Although as fillings need replacing then it's not a problem but again you would pay privately for White.

aggypanthus

Brook you have been very helpful , thanks a lot x

Fazzy

This is my first ever post so hope I am doing it correctly! I have looked after my teeth very carefully for many years now (I am 53) but lots of damage was caused as a result of my younger years - mum worked in cake factory and dad in sweet factory and I was not encouraged to clean teeth! As a result most of my teeth are heavily filled and I also have a few crowns and one extracted molar. (The extraction was 6 months ago and I was going for implant but I got used to absence of tooth and it's absence doesn't actually show.) I returned to my dentist last week as I had been having some severe tooth pain. Dentist said that the nerve was dying in second premolar from the front on my lower left side. I was told the options are a root filling or extraction. I am confused about which to go for as the tooth was filled less than a year ago at a cost of over two hundred quid. At the time the dentist thought that this would avoid a root filling but has clearly not done so. Dentist explained that root filling would be circa £450 inc the emergency work and £950 including crown. I explained that money is an issue for me and he said that I could just opt for filling with a view to crown later if necessary. I told him that I did not want to go down this option if he thinks that there is any liklihood that I will ultimately need extraction. He said he thought tooth was eminently savable and I have agreed to filling (day after tomorrow with an hour and 30 min appt) with no crown at present. However, on reflection I wonder if I should just have the extraction and be done with it. I don't think the absence of the pre-molar would show as it is squashed in a bit from my other teeth - (in fact I never had a second pre-molar on the right hand side of my jaw so I think the one on the left has never been well accommodated.) Advice would be most welcome.

keeleyjadex

Just an update - I opt'd to have the tooth taken out! I simply couldn't afford the root canal work! Anyway, it wasn't as awful as I thought. My dentist was really lovely about it all. The tooth just slipped right out with very little tugging so makes me think it was ready to go all along! Anyway, thanks for everyones input, and until next time..!