Dental Advice Please

mejjo203

Toothsmith wrote: »

Actually - this does sound like a good option.

But the first appointment will be for an initial examination.

I'm as sure as I can be that you will need a second appointment to actually have the tooth out - and I'd still be surprised if that was before Xmas.

It's all going to depend on how busy they are yep, I had another though, this second densit i'm going to is actually the dentist my wife is registered at (we both kept our original dentists ) And she went for her 6 month checkup a few months back and the dentist x-rayed and pulled a tooth there and then for her.

Fingers crossed he will do the same for me, either it will work or it won't, but i can only hope.

Candy53

I have an inherited problem where my teeth take ages to get out. It depends on how strong the dentist is. My original dentist wasn't strong, and it took him 20 mins to get a molar out. He referred me to his partner, and he got them out after 5 mins.

I think your dentist is copping out. Mine always said to me that he would get them out because he didn't want me to have to go to hospital, and he always has. My roots are enormous, and that's why it's difficult. I should try another dentist. They do have techniques to getting them out.



Candy.

Toothsmith

mejjo203 wrote: »

It's all going to depend on how busy they are yep, I had another though, this second densit i'm going to is actually the dentist my wife is registered at (we both kept our original dentists ) And she went for her 6 month checkup a few months back and the dentist x-rayed and pulled a tooth there and then for her.

Fingers crossed he will do the same for me, either it will work or it won't, but i can only hope.

There are easy teeth and difficult teeth.

There are times when I 'just pop' a tooth out for someone if it looks really easy. But an anxious patient rocking up with a sore tooth that someone else had tried to get out and failed has so many alarm bells ringing that there is no way I'd dive in without very careful planning and plenty of time to spare!!

littlerock

I realise this is not technical but my ex had teeth which were very hard to extract he said they had little hooks on them. the official term was ascending apex or something but I may have got that wrong. anyway they found out after the first time when he had two extractions, one because he had too many teeth and another growing up in the gum, he had to go into hospital and have any future teeth out by a surgeon. he had at least one more out and they paid him to be a question in an oral dentistry exam!!!!

mejjo203

Thank you all for your help,

I have the appointment with the other dentist on Monday, I called them a little while ago and the receptionist explained to me that they have dentists that are surgeous, So that's a relief that they quite possibly may remove the tooth there for me.

Such a nigthmare at the wrong time of the year

welshdent

Just to clarify something... All dentists in the UK are dental surgeons and are all trained for surgery. It's just sometimes some surgery is easier than others and some dentists are better at tbe more difficult types than others. I myself am trained to take out impacted wisdom teeth... But I don't. If I had to I could but there are far better people than I .. but they may feel I do better root fillings! Doesn't make either of us bad dentists it just means we have different strengths.

BucksLady

I would always listen to the advice given to me by my dentist - because I trust him. Although for most people tooth extraction is a relatively easy process, for some there can be complications and I wouldn't want to take any unnecessary risks.

http://trigeminalnerve.org.uk/patient-resources/what-are-tn-injuries/

mejjo203

Hello everyone,

Just to give you a bit of an update, I had an appointment with the second dentist on Friday just gone and learnt some interesting things about my current upper molar problem.

This dentist was lovely, she took an x Ray of the tooth and said the infection is still there, she asked me if the other dentist did an x Ray before pulling it, I told her no, the only x Ray he did was at my initial appoinement for the abcess, upon going back a week later after completing a course of antibiotics he never x rayed it before attempting to pull it out. It seems he should of taken another x ray to see how well the antibiotics cleared up the infection.

She also said I can save the tooth and eliminate extraction, she said she will need to give me some more antibiotics and go back a week later and see how the infection is, she said she can then decide more clearly on wether the tooth can be saved or needs to come out, however she said she is more inclined to saving it.

The pain has eased quite a bit since she gave me these different antibiotics, the tooth very hardly hurts when biting down now. I am deciding to avoid going back to the first dentist from now on as it seems he has just causede problems.

I will come back to let you all know if I manage to keep the tooth thank you all for your replies!

Toothsmith

In just a week, there is not likely to be any difference between the two xrays, and I'm not quite sure why this second dentist said this. To make a difference, bone would have had to reform - and that's a very slow process. After a root filling, you generally wait 6 months to a year to re-xray it to judge if the root filling to judge the success.

I certainly wouldnt criticise the first dentist for this.

Other than that - if you're happy with this new treatment plan - then go for it. Always better to save teeth if you can.

justme111

Sounds like a lot of tosh to me. To save the tooth it should have root canal treatment done, infections dont just disappear for good from antibiotics. And no , your dentist shoyld not have repeated xrays as if it was decided to take it out presences or absence of "infection" would not make any difference , all your dentist needed to know he would have seen clinically. For the record "infection" is not a physical object to be seen, it is a process. What is seen on an xray is a difference in bone density which is a result of inflammatory process which is a result of "infection" most likely .