I have had a root canal done a few years ago. Like say about 10 yrs ago. Recently the root canal has been brakeing off sence April of this year. I don't think its broken off anymore though. The Silver thing is showing whatever it is.Its sorta sore When I chew on it but it don't hurt. IT feels weird. Also I was brushing my teeth %26amp; I noticed theres a little blood there while I was brushing. I don't know if it was there before or after. Can Anyone tell me what I should do?
Root Canal - I had a root canal done a few years ago?
GO TO THE DENTIST! :)
Reply:Seek yor dentist, my sons root canal top has come off also.
The bleeding could be gum disease/gyngivitis.
Mediacde only cover it once, so I have to pay the biggest sum to have the cap rplaced.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Root Canal - I had a root canal done a few years ago?
I have had a root canal done a few years ago. Like say about 10 yrs ago. Recently the root canal has been brakeing off sence April of this year. I don't think its broken off anymore though. The Silver thing is showing whatever it is.Its sorta sore When I chew on it but it don't hurt. IT feels weird. Also I was brushing my teeth %26amp; I noticed theres a little blood there while I was brushing. I don't know if it was there before or after. Can Anyone tell me what I should do?
Root Canal - I had a root canal done a few years ago?
Your root canal isn't what's breaking off. It's either a filling or crown, which ever the dentist put on the tooth that he gave a root canal. Fillings and crowns don't always last forever, go to the dentist and he can put a new crown on your tooth. Don't wait too long, you don't want an abscess or to loose the tooth all together.
Reply:HELLO APRIL,
THIS MAY BE A ROOT FRACTURE. SEE A DENTIST A.S.AP.
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Root Canal - I had a root canal done a few years ago?
Your root canal isn't what's breaking off. It's either a filling or crown, which ever the dentist put on the tooth that he gave a root canal. Fillings and crowns don't always last forever, go to the dentist and he can put a new crown on your tooth. Don't wait too long, you don't want an abscess or to loose the tooth all together.
Reply:HELLO APRIL,
THIS MAY BE A ROOT FRACTURE. SEE A DENTIST A.S.AP.
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Root canal question?
Later this week I'm to go and have a root canal done on my front teeth. I'm supposed to be having root canals done on my three upper front teeth and later have crowns put on. I wanted to know if they would do all three teeth the same day or just do it to one tooth at a time. I've never had a root canal done and I've heard some horror stories.
Root canal question?
I've had two root canals and three crowns done! I survived and lived to tell you about it!
The oral surgeon (or regular dentist) who will be performing the root canals usually only does one root canal at a time. You will be given Novocaine to numb the area. You won't feel the pain, but it just feels like it is taking forever and someone is putting pins in your gums. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half. If you are having any toothaches at the moment, the good thing is that after the root canal that pain is gone!
A temporary crown will be placed over the tooth where the root canal was performed. It takes about 10 days to two weeks to get your permanent crown. So you will probably go through one procedure at a time.
You'll be okay. I was really afraid the first time. Then by the second time I knew what to expect.
Good luck!
Reply:my mom's a dentist - it's no big deal. How many you want done in one day is up to you. It really is no big deal.
Reply:Root canals are the biggest rip off dentist have been doing for years. I will garrentee you that when you go to a dentice he will tell you you need a root canal. That's the way dentice get you to come back to them, you have no choice once they start, The horror stories you heard are true. Nine times out of ten you don't really need a root canal. I would get a second opinion and the first thing I would say to that dentice is " don't say I need a root canal " and just watch the expression on his face when you say that. He will know you have done some reshearch on root canals and won't try to sell you one, yes I said sell you one, it's all about money and sales and not about your teeth.
Sincerely yours,
Fred M. Hunter
Root canal question?
I've had two root canals and three crowns done! I survived and lived to tell you about it!
The oral surgeon (or regular dentist) who will be performing the root canals usually only does one root canal at a time. You will be given Novocaine to numb the area. You won't feel the pain, but it just feels like it is taking forever and someone is putting pins in your gums. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half. If you are having any toothaches at the moment, the good thing is that after the root canal that pain is gone!
A temporary crown will be placed over the tooth where the root canal was performed. It takes about 10 days to two weeks to get your permanent crown. So you will probably go through one procedure at a time.
You'll be okay. I was really afraid the first time. Then by the second time I knew what to expect.
Good luck!
Reply:my mom's a dentist - it's no big deal. How many you want done in one day is up to you. It really is no big deal.
Reply:Root canals are the biggest rip off dentist have been doing for years. I will garrentee you that when you go to a dentice he will tell you you need a root canal. That's the way dentice get you to come back to them, you have no choice once they start, The horror stories you heard are true. Nine times out of ten you don't really need a root canal. I would get a second opinion and the first thing I would say to that dentice is " don't say I need a root canal " and just watch the expression on his face when you say that. He will know you have done some reshearch on root canals and won't try to sell you one, yes I said sell you one, it's all about money and sales and not about your teeth.
Sincerely yours,
Fred M. Hunter
Root canal tooth broke surgury needed before postcrown can be done should I allow DDS or should I see speclist
I went to a dentist DDS and he did a root canal on a tooth that did not really need it. After the root canal was done it was eating and 1/2 of the tooth broke above the gum line. I went back to him he said that I need some sort or surgury where they would need to cut the gum and the bone before they could do the post and crown because most of the tooth is gone. My question is he is offering to do the surgury for $150 but he said he is not a specalist or I can go to a oral surgury and he said if I go to a specialist it will run me $550. I went to a root canal specialist this morning he said I should see a gum specialist. I really want to know even though he is not a gum specialist is it safe to allow him to this surgury or should I just pay 550 and go to a specialist? since you are a dentist would you do a surgury like this for a patient ? could it be that he knows how to do it but just isn't a specialist?? is something like this safe to have done by a DDS? please help I am so confused I just want to save my tooth...
thanks in advance
Mia
Root canal tooth broke surgury needed before postcrown can be done should I allow DDS or should I see speclist
Hi Mia! I've been in dentistry for over 20 years and this does happen. What you need to have done is called "crown lengthening" and it usually runs about $500-700 depending on where you live. I have had this done on several of my own teeth and always had a periodontist do it. Most dentists are NOT trained to re-shape the root so the crown "sits" down right and has no open margin that would allow for decay over a period of time and cause you to lose the tooth. My feeling is this.
Get a second opinion by a periodontist and ask straight forward if this procedure can be done and save the tooth. You need at least 5mm of tooth and additional prepared root to save the tooth. The question is HOW much of the root is still good? It this is not by 1 1/2, the answer is NO. Make sure you get this in writing and get a commitment that there is enough of the crown of the tooth to cap after the procedure so the root is NOT top heavy.
Alternative. Factor the cost of surgery, crown and and find out HOW much would an implant cost? If it is not too far apart, remove the tooth and get an implant. It will take more time, but out live you. AND you never have to ever worry about it again.
Any tooth that is root canaled, has maybe a 10-15 year life expectancy tops. And then the tooth is gone. If the tooth is that brittle, expect 5 years at best. THEN you are looking at a bridge or implant. Cutting down the side teeth is crazy if they are healthy and intact. SO, I would also see an Oral Surgeon and have h/her evaluate the tooth and he will probably tell you an implant is the smarter, long term way to go and solve the problem once and for all and have a great looking tooth for life. I have 9 implants BY choice as a root canal, post and core and crown is the same cost and to remove the problem and put in a implant is the long term way to solve it once and for all. Good luck, if you have any other questions, please ask. ~M
Reply:do not let him do the surgery.. he already messed up your mouth once.. you need to let someone qualified do it.. pay the extra $ let the specialist do it ...
Reply:I would definitely have a specialist or periodontist do the surgery, an oral surgeon is not skilled at gum surgeries or crown lengthening.
I also agree that you should consider an implant since the price could be the same, but you avoid paying for it twice. Implants usually take 10-14 months to finish.
Reply:I have to do that too! I had a root canal and my tooth is too short for them to put a crown on. It's called crown lengthening surgery, I am going to a specialist with mine because I don't want to risk it. They have to use tools to cut your gum and bone that I highly doubt dentists use on an everyday basis. It is more expensive (and I have no money), but it's worth it. I also went to a root canal specialist for my root canal and I thought she did a way better job than my regular dentist.
thanks in advance
Mia
Root canal tooth broke surgury needed before postcrown can be done should I allow DDS or should I see speclist
Hi Mia! I've been in dentistry for over 20 years and this does happen. What you need to have done is called "crown lengthening" and it usually runs about $500-700 depending on where you live. I have had this done on several of my own teeth and always had a periodontist do it. Most dentists are NOT trained to re-shape the root so the crown "sits" down right and has no open margin that would allow for decay over a period of time and cause you to lose the tooth. My feeling is this.
Get a second opinion by a periodontist and ask straight forward if this procedure can be done and save the tooth. You need at least 5mm of tooth and additional prepared root to save the tooth. The question is HOW much of the root is still good? It this is not by 1 1/2, the answer is NO. Make sure you get this in writing and get a commitment that there is enough of the crown of the tooth to cap after the procedure so the root is NOT top heavy.
Alternative. Factor the cost of surgery, crown and and find out HOW much would an implant cost? If it is not too far apart, remove the tooth and get an implant. It will take more time, but out live you. AND you never have to ever worry about it again.
Any tooth that is root canaled, has maybe a 10-15 year life expectancy tops. And then the tooth is gone. If the tooth is that brittle, expect 5 years at best. THEN you are looking at a bridge or implant. Cutting down the side teeth is crazy if they are healthy and intact. SO, I would also see an Oral Surgeon and have h/her evaluate the tooth and he will probably tell you an implant is the smarter, long term way to go and solve the problem once and for all and have a great looking tooth for life. I have 9 implants BY choice as a root canal, post and core and crown is the same cost and to remove the problem and put in a implant is the long term way to solve it once and for all. Good luck, if you have any other questions, please ask. ~M
Reply:do not let him do the surgery.. he already messed up your mouth once.. you need to let someone qualified do it.. pay the extra $ let the specialist do it ...
Reply:I would definitely have a specialist or periodontist do the surgery, an oral surgeon is not skilled at gum surgeries or crown lengthening.
I also agree that you should consider an implant since the price could be the same, but you avoid paying for it twice. Implants usually take 10-14 months to finish.
Reply:I have to do that too! I had a root canal and my tooth is too short for them to put a crown on. It's called crown lengthening surgery, I am going to a specialist with mine because I don't want to risk it. They have to use tools to cut your gum and bone that I highly doubt dentists use on an everyday basis. It is more expensive (and I have no money), but it's worth it. I also went to a root canal specialist for my root canal and I thought she did a way better job than my regular dentist.
Root Canal or not?
About 3 months ago I went to the dentists as an emergency (up until this point I had not been registered with a dentist for a VERY long time) as my tooth had suddenly started breaking down. A hole had developed in the centre of it, and while eating something one day, little pieces of tooth from the edges started breaking off too so I was left with the tooth still there, but with a hole in the middle and lowered edges (compared to the other teeth). The dentist said I could either have a root canal or have the tooth pulled, I opted for a root canal but ended up missing my appt. and have been too busy to make another.
Fast forward to now: I'm sitting here just finished a bowl of cereal for breakfast when I notice, with my tongue, that one corner of said tooth has broken down further, so that the outside ... side of my tooth is now sloping, and has a corner missing.
my question: as the tooth is so broken down now, is it worth going in for a root canal when there is so little to save?
Root Canal or not?
Hi, right now, i have the same problem as you do, with my tooth broken. Im thinking that it would be best just to have it pulled. If there was more to it, yea, save it, but whats the point if not much of the tooth is left. Im going to have mine pulled after the holidays. good luck and i hope you're not in too much pain cause of your tooth. Take care
Reply:The dentist will always opt for you to save the tooth. They will make more money by preforming a root canal and crown then extracting a tooth.
If the tooth in question is a very, very back molar, most likey no one will miss it and it sound not effect your bite on the opposite side too much. If its on another spot your DDS may recommend an dental implant that will cost $3500-$5500 dollars for just one, if you want to extract it.
Quite honestly (without trying to sound too insensitive) if you haven't been to DDS in a long time, and missed an very expensive appointment at your DDS expense, it sounds like you might have a fear of the dentist. This will only cause you more money and more time in the dental chair if you avoid going on a regular basis. Because really your tooth did not "suddenly break down" as you think, it may have been caught early on. Ask your DDS about a drug called Halcion which you can take before your appointment (u cannot drive while on this med) which will really relax you! Or the use of Nitous Oxide, these things can really help :-)
Fast forward to now: I'm sitting here just finished a bowl of cereal for breakfast when I notice, with my tongue, that one corner of said tooth has broken down further, so that the outside ... side of my tooth is now sloping, and has a corner missing.
my question: as the tooth is so broken down now, is it worth going in for a root canal when there is so little to save?
Root Canal or not?
Hi, right now, i have the same problem as you do, with my tooth broken. Im thinking that it would be best just to have it pulled. If there was more to it, yea, save it, but whats the point if not much of the tooth is left. Im going to have mine pulled after the holidays. good luck and i hope you're not in too much pain cause of your tooth. Take care
Reply:The dentist will always opt for you to save the tooth. They will make more money by preforming a root canal and crown then extracting a tooth.
If the tooth in question is a very, very back molar, most likey no one will miss it and it sound not effect your bite on the opposite side too much. If its on another spot your DDS may recommend an dental implant that will cost $3500-$5500 dollars for just one, if you want to extract it.
Quite honestly (without trying to sound too insensitive) if you haven't been to DDS in a long time, and missed an very expensive appointment at your DDS expense, it sounds like you might have a fear of the dentist. This will only cause you more money and more time in the dental chair if you avoid going on a regular basis. Because really your tooth did not "suddenly break down" as you think, it may have been caught early on. Ask your DDS about a drug called Halcion which you can take before your appointment (u cannot drive while on this med) which will really relax you! Or the use of Nitous Oxide, these things can really help :-)
Root Canal - Improve Results?
About 2 years ago I had a root canal (done twice same tooth) which has been a complete failure. That tooth stills hurts to this day. Now I am faced with having to have another root canal or having my molar removed on another molar. I am reluctant to do the root canal thing again because of my past experience, but I don't want to loose my tooth. This is for my #2 molar. I had the silver fillings removed and replaced with the white filling. It broke off 3 days ago. As you can see I've had some bad dental experiences lately. Looking for advice.
Root Canal - Improve Results?
you should do anything to save your teeth..only way to know for sure what to do is talk to your dentist and ask him his real opinion on the situation...he will give you the best advice from his experiences with past situations...tell him how you feel and explain that you dont want to waste money!!ask him is it honestly better to have the tooth romoved to avoid that headache...if he is a good dentist he should give you an honest answer....dentists are supposed to help you not take your money and try to work on teeth that are constantly failing root canals..it may be simple and it was just an extra nerve that was in your tooth(ask your dentist this) usually when you have a root canal your tooth is dead.thats the point...you should feel anything unless its an infection...you put crowns over root canaled teeth to protect them from breaking..or if a tooth is chipped conciderably you get a crown to cover and protect that from breaking more. you are right to feel the way you do but dont give up you are on the right track for caring!!!at least you care enough to ask this question..im pround of you!!try and giving it another shot:)wishing you better luck:)
Reply:I've been thru it all, if the tooth is real bad, get it out and focus on taking care of the teeth you have left. Don't let them put in a cap over the dead tooth, it will give you trouble in a year or so. I have couple of missing teeth in back now, I'm 41, but the good thing is i can brush the surrounding teeth better now.
Reply:It could be that the tooth is cracked; they don't always see the crack on xray. If you had 2 root canals on a tooth and still have pain then perhaps its time for extraction. You can get an implant and crown to replace it. Root canal therapy is very successful but not always. Make sure you go to an ENDODONTIST for a second opinion.
Baby Teeth
Root Canal - Improve Results?
you should do anything to save your teeth..only way to know for sure what to do is talk to your dentist and ask him his real opinion on the situation...he will give you the best advice from his experiences with past situations...tell him how you feel and explain that you dont want to waste money!!ask him is it honestly better to have the tooth romoved to avoid that headache...if he is a good dentist he should give you an honest answer....dentists are supposed to help you not take your money and try to work on teeth that are constantly failing root canals..it may be simple and it was just an extra nerve that was in your tooth(ask your dentist this) usually when you have a root canal your tooth is dead.thats the point...you should feel anything unless its an infection...you put crowns over root canaled teeth to protect them from breaking..or if a tooth is chipped conciderably you get a crown to cover and protect that from breaking more. you are right to feel the way you do but dont give up you are on the right track for caring!!!at least you care enough to ask this question..im pround of you!!try and giving it another shot:)wishing you better luck:)
Reply:I've been thru it all, if the tooth is real bad, get it out and focus on taking care of the teeth you have left. Don't let them put in a cap over the dead tooth, it will give you trouble in a year or so. I have couple of missing teeth in back now, I'm 41, but the good thing is i can brush the surrounding teeth better now.
Reply:It could be that the tooth is cracked; they don't always see the crack on xray. If you had 2 root canals on a tooth and still have pain then perhaps its time for extraction. You can get an implant and crown to replace it. Root canal therapy is very successful but not always. Make sure you go to an ENDODONTIST for a second opinion.
Baby Teeth
Root canal or not?
I live in Melbourne, and I've heard so many bad things about root canal. My husband is about to get one (on the way), the doctor's had his previous filling taken off and have one temporary filling to replace, and in between that she's done something to the tooth which my husband doesn't know but he's sure she hasn't perform any root canal yet. He got his appointment rescheduled to the coming Tuesday and it's been 1 1/2 weeks since the last visit. He's experiencing heart pain and he had headache a couple of days ago. I asked him to have the tooth pulled out instead but he didn't want to because it's going to cost so much. And now it's me sitting here wondering what I can do to persuade him and it's hurting me so much to know all the things that will/might happen to him after the root canal. Will the alternative (to pull the tooth out instead) cost so much more? He hasn't got insurance and can't afford to be on the waiting list. Advices please? What's with the pain?
Root canal or not?
Pulling the tooth is much cheaper than a root canal. Root canals suck. I have had two, and both are stuffed. I just had a tooth ripped out two days ago that had a root canal on it. The other root canal i had, the 'shell' (i dont know how else to explain it lol) cracked and it was a mess, so now its just botched up with the filling stuff, and im hoping that i wont need that one taking out too. Seriously, i would never get a root canal done ever again. After going through the pain, and the big pain of paying the bill, then having them only last a few years, its just not worth it. I live in Queensland, so i would assume prices would be similar being that we're in the same country. The in between bit your husband is probably talking about could have been removing the pulp of the tooth? im not sure. If your dentist is good though, you can just ask up front, whats the cost of taking a tooth out, and the cost of the root canal. I know mine cost $100 to take out (plus the $40 consultation fee and i had an xray too, dont think that was for the extraction though, cos i had a filling the same day, but yeah the xray was $30 and the friggen filling was $130). Thats with me with no health insurance. I have a health care card, but yeah, how can you wait for 4 years to see the dentist?
With the pain, im assuming you mean with getting a tooth taken out the pain? Its not that bad, nothing a big boy cant handle lol. You get needles to be numbed up of course, and you just have to take it easy, and take some painkillers. My jaw is a little achy still (i got it taken out on saturday morning) but thats about it.
Root canal or not?
Pulling the tooth is much cheaper than a root canal. Root canals suck. I have had two, and both are stuffed. I just had a tooth ripped out two days ago that had a root canal on it. The other root canal i had, the 'shell' (i dont know how else to explain it lol) cracked and it was a mess, so now its just botched up with the filling stuff, and im hoping that i wont need that one taking out too. Seriously, i would never get a root canal done ever again. After going through the pain, and the big pain of paying the bill, then having them only last a few years, its just not worth it. I live in Queensland, so i would assume prices would be similar being that we're in the same country. The in between bit your husband is probably talking about could have been removing the pulp of the tooth? im not sure. If your dentist is good though, you can just ask up front, whats the cost of taking a tooth out, and the cost of the root canal. I know mine cost $100 to take out (plus the $40 consultation fee and i had an xray too, dont think that was for the extraction though, cos i had a filling the same day, but yeah the xray was $30 and the friggen filling was $130). Thats with me with no health insurance. I have a health care card, but yeah, how can you wait for 4 years to see the dentist?
With the pain, im assuming you mean with getting a tooth taken out the pain? Its not that bad, nothing a big boy cant handle lol. You get needles to be numbed up of course, and you just have to take it easy, and take some painkillers. My jaw is a little achy still (i got it taken out on saturday morning) but thats about it.
Root Canal - I had a root canal done a few years ago?
I have had a root canal done a few years ago. Like say about 10 yrs ago. Recently the root canal has been brakeing off sence April of this year. I don't think its broken off anymore though. The Silver thing is showing whatever it is.Its sorta sore When I chew on it but it don't hurt. IT feels weird. Also I was brushing my teeth %26amp; I noticed theres a little blood there while I was brushing. I don't know if it was there before or after. Can Anyone tell me what I should do?
Root Canal - I had a root canal done a few years ago?
not trying to sound smart or anything, but i'd go back to my dentist and get it checked out, especially when it's breaking off. maybe you need a new one?
Root Canal - I had a root canal done a few years ago?
not trying to sound smart or anything, but i'd go back to my dentist and get it checked out, especially when it's breaking off. maybe you need a new one?
Root canal question?
I read online from many sources that root canals can make your health worse and that it is better/more healthy to have it pulled. I have an appointment in about a week to do a root canal but I'm wondering what to do. Has anyone reading this had a root canal and did they get sick after?
Root canal question?
It all depends on a persons system. I've have had a couple of root canals, did not get sick, but had to return to have the temp. filling removed to relieve the pain. A root canal should be done in stages not at one visit to your dentist. Ask you dentist about the side effects of a root canal.
Reply:root canal is better because NOTHING can replace a grown in tooth.
What you've heard is hooey.
Reply:No, I dont believe that. Ive had them, my hubby has had them, my dad and mom and others in my family, and have never noticed it doing anything like that.
Reply:I had to get a root canal once. I did not get sick.
Reply:See the links below...the consequences of non-action seem to make it worth the "experience".
Reply:I've had quite a few root canals done (about 10 I think). A root canal is a procedure done to SAVE a tooth. It is always best to keep your own for however long they will last.
You may have heard that the silver coloured fillings can make you sick (I have heard this one myself, but don't believe it), so you can opt to have a white enamel filling done instead.
A lot of root canals are preparatory to having crowns done. (Six of mine are crowned.) This makes the tooth even stronger, although you have to be very careful to always brush to avoid plaque buildup. The last thing you need is your gums pulling back and exposing the ridge line of the crown.
Reply:I don't know where you read that root canals can make you sick, they do quite the contrary.
There are many consequenses to having a tooth pulled. When a tooth is pulled, the other teeth can start shifting. An opposing (the tooth below or above) can start to hyper erupt (move up or drop down ) trying to meet with a biting surface. A pulled tooth can be unsightly also depending on where it is.
Root canal is a way to treat an infected or nerve exposed tooth. I have never heard of a root canal making someone sick. Root canal treatment is sucessful about 97% of the time. That is an excellent success rate. It is not painful, you will be given plenty of anesthetic to get you numb. The worst part of a root canal.... it is seriously boring! That isn't so bad considering, wouldn't you say?
Pulling a tooth is always a last resort. No substitute is as good as your natural tooth/teeth. I don't know who told you that root canal treatment would make you ill, they weren't being 100% honest with you. If you read that on the net, well, it may be a handful of isolated incidences, but I have been in the dental field for 14+ years and I have never seen anyone get sick from a root canal.
Good Luck! I hope this helped.
Reply:I can only say great things. The worst part was the anxiety of the whole thing. The reality, I was more stressed and scared the by idea of a "root canal" than the actual process. It went so well, and I feel so much better. I wish that I hadn't put it off for so long.
I was sore for a few days- biting down on that area (mostly due to the new fillings)- nothing remotely close the nonstop pain prior to the procedure.
Best wishes!
Reply:Have never heard of this theory and I've assisted on hundreds of root canals, so it sounds like B.S. to me.
Reply:If what u r saying was true. No one would have got root canal done.
Check your sources again. As u believe on-line information. Go to other sits n check it out yourself.
Good luck with ur tooth
Root canal question?
It all depends on a persons system. I've have had a couple of root canals, did not get sick, but had to return to have the temp. filling removed to relieve the pain. A root canal should be done in stages not at one visit to your dentist. Ask you dentist about the side effects of a root canal.
Reply:root canal is better because NOTHING can replace a grown in tooth.
What you've heard is hooey.
Reply:No, I dont believe that. Ive had them, my hubby has had them, my dad and mom and others in my family, and have never noticed it doing anything like that.
Reply:I had to get a root canal once. I did not get sick.
Reply:See the links below...the consequences of non-action seem to make it worth the "experience".
Reply:I've had quite a few root canals done (about 10 I think). A root canal is a procedure done to SAVE a tooth. It is always best to keep your own for however long they will last.
You may have heard that the silver coloured fillings can make you sick (I have heard this one myself, but don't believe it), so you can opt to have a white enamel filling done instead.
A lot of root canals are preparatory to having crowns done. (Six of mine are crowned.) This makes the tooth even stronger, although you have to be very careful to always brush to avoid plaque buildup. The last thing you need is your gums pulling back and exposing the ridge line of the crown.
Reply:I don't know where you read that root canals can make you sick, they do quite the contrary.
There are many consequenses to having a tooth pulled. When a tooth is pulled, the other teeth can start shifting. An opposing (the tooth below or above) can start to hyper erupt (move up or drop down ) trying to meet with a biting surface. A pulled tooth can be unsightly also depending on where it is.
Root canal is a way to treat an infected or nerve exposed tooth. I have never heard of a root canal making someone sick. Root canal treatment is sucessful about 97% of the time. That is an excellent success rate. It is not painful, you will be given plenty of anesthetic to get you numb. The worst part of a root canal.... it is seriously boring! That isn't so bad considering, wouldn't you say?
Pulling a tooth is always a last resort. No substitute is as good as your natural tooth/teeth. I don't know who told you that root canal treatment would make you ill, they weren't being 100% honest with you. If you read that on the net, well, it may be a handful of isolated incidences, but I have been in the dental field for 14+ years and I have never seen anyone get sick from a root canal.
Good Luck! I hope this helped.
Reply:I can only say great things. The worst part was the anxiety of the whole thing. The reality, I was more stressed and scared the by idea of a "root canal" than the actual process. It went so well, and I feel so much better. I wish that I hadn't put it off for so long.
I was sore for a few days- biting down on that area (mostly due to the new fillings)- nothing remotely close the nonstop pain prior to the procedure.
Best wishes!
Reply:Have never heard of this theory and I've assisted on hundreds of root canals, so it sounds like B.S. to me.
Reply:If what u r saying was true. No one would have got root canal done.
Check your sources again. As u believe on-line information. Go to other sits n check it out yourself.
Good luck with ur tooth
Root canal or partial denture?
I am not sure what to do: to have the root canal done+a crown over it on a premolar lower side , then have a partial denture for one neighbor molar and another two molars from the other side or since I am going to have a partial denture in the area, should I pull out the tooth , this way I save money . The dentist will not tell you that because he wants to make money! I heard that after you have a root canal done the tooth is dead and you will need to pull it out anyway , so is it a good idea to do it now or should I save it (with about $700-that's the cost for the root canal+crown)
Root canal or partial denture?
Its usually best to have your original tooth (dead or alive) instead of an artificial tooth. Root canals can last a long time if they are done well. Yes, the tooth is considered dead, but that doesn't mean it needs to be pulled.
Reply:Definitely save the tooth. The dentist isn't thinking about money because there is always the next customer.The more teeth you have as anchors the more stable your denture will be. After a root canal the nerve is dead (in fact gone) but the tooth remains as useful as before. I have several teeth which were done decades ago and I don't even remember which is which--they don't fall out and they don't decay. Seven hundred dollars is seven hundred dollars, but dentures that move around will make you miserable for the rest of your life. Pay it get it over with. There's something beneficial about investing in your own health.
Reply:if you're getting a root canal and a crown for $700.00 you better laugh your way to a bank! our root canals are $650. and a crown is $650.most dentists are in the business of saving teeth not pulling them. you are correct in that the tooth is dead (no longer has a nerve in it) but it still serves a vital role in that it keeps the opposing tooth(the one above it) from dropping down from lack of occlusion,keeps the rest of the teeth from shifting into the space created by extracting it,lets you chew on teeth that are meant for chewing/grinding food
Reply:Have the root canal. Any tooth that you save in this way adds stability to your bite, etc. The tooth won't have to be pulled out later. I have four teeth that have had root canals plus crowns, been that way for 20 years, and are still okay. The crowns have stayed on and they are just like natural teeth. With the root canal, the dentist replaces the root with a tiny metal rod. It really doesn't hurt. They numb it good first. Hold on to your teeth any way you can.
Reply:You always loose a lot more when you pull your teeth.Save them as long as you can.Nothing ever will look,feel and work as good as your own teeth.As a registered dental assistant for 11 years i have seen enough cases to tell you this.Ask the dentist about your bone level.If you have enough bone supporting your teeth ,keep them and take good care of them.The partial dentures put a lot of pressure on your bone(jaw bone)and over the years it wears off.After 5 years,there will be very little bone left and your dentures will be very loose no matter how good they are made.I am sure you have seen peoples dentures come off or fall down or get loose while they are talking.Keep your teeth.
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Root canal or partial denture?
Its usually best to have your original tooth (dead or alive) instead of an artificial tooth. Root canals can last a long time if they are done well. Yes, the tooth is considered dead, but that doesn't mean it needs to be pulled.
Reply:Definitely save the tooth. The dentist isn't thinking about money because there is always the next customer.The more teeth you have as anchors the more stable your denture will be. After a root canal the nerve is dead (in fact gone) but the tooth remains as useful as before. I have several teeth which were done decades ago and I don't even remember which is which--they don't fall out and they don't decay. Seven hundred dollars is seven hundred dollars, but dentures that move around will make you miserable for the rest of your life. Pay it get it over with. There's something beneficial about investing in your own health.
Reply:if you're getting a root canal and a crown for $700.00 you better laugh your way to a bank! our root canals are $650. and a crown is $650.most dentists are in the business of saving teeth not pulling them. you are correct in that the tooth is dead (no longer has a nerve in it) but it still serves a vital role in that it keeps the opposing tooth(the one above it) from dropping down from lack of occlusion,keeps the rest of the teeth from shifting into the space created by extracting it,lets you chew on teeth that are meant for chewing/grinding food
Reply:Have the root canal. Any tooth that you save in this way adds stability to your bite, etc. The tooth won't have to be pulled out later. I have four teeth that have had root canals plus crowns, been that way for 20 years, and are still okay. The crowns have stayed on and they are just like natural teeth. With the root canal, the dentist replaces the root with a tiny metal rod. It really doesn't hurt. They numb it good first. Hold on to your teeth any way you can.
Reply:You always loose a lot more when you pull your teeth.Save them as long as you can.Nothing ever will look,feel and work as good as your own teeth.As a registered dental assistant for 11 years i have seen enough cases to tell you this.Ask the dentist about your bone level.If you have enough bone supporting your teeth ,keep them and take good care of them.The partial dentures put a lot of pressure on your bone(jaw bone)and over the years it wears off.After 5 years,there will be very little bone left and your dentures will be very loose no matter how good they are made.I am sure you have seen peoples dentures come off or fall down or get loose while they are talking.Keep your teeth.
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Root Canal Pain?
Heya guys, hoping for some help.
I had a root canal at around 3-4 PM yesterday. I went home and once whatever it was they used to put the area to sleep wore off I was in really bad pain. I assumed it was because of the procedure and it just needed time to heal. I received Ibuprofen 600MG and Amoxicillin 500mg. The Ibuprofen is pretty good, it takes the pain from horrible to tolerable.
I'm thinking it's maybe an infection, i'm not sure. The pain has been going away though. It was really bad yesterday, it's not that bad today. I'm hoping that in a couple of days I won't feel it at all. I will get my crown Tuesday.
Is feeling this type of pain after a Root Canal normal? I feel like maybe it's healing and it is getting better. But yesterday after the procedure and meds wore off the pain was really bad, throbbing. Today it's not that bad but it could be the Ibuprofen I took that's hiding it.
But yeah, just wanted to know if this is normal after having a root canal.
Root Canal Pain?
My first thought when I read this was 'why are you getting a crown so soon????'.
After root canal treatment, the tooth needs time to heal, especially if there was a bad infection involved. Healing time can be 2-3 weeks following a root canal procedure, at which time a core or post %26amp; core is placed in the tooth prior to any prosthetic work being done...
If you're still uncomfortable, call the dentist that did the root canal and get an appointment to be seen..... and cancel your crown appointment until you're better.
Reply:Call your dentist or the Dr who ever did the surgery now! I have had about 5 root canal's and have never had one hurt. I also used to work for a dentist who did LOTS of root canal's. If the nerve is completely removed there should be nothing to cause pain. If it is hurting there is a chance that the filler is to long and is extending past the apex of the tooth which would cause pain.
Reply:Yeah I had 3 root canals and never had any pain after the first day. I would say stop taking any pain killers after the 1st day. If it still hurts, then something went wrong.
Reply:I've had four root canals...and only one do I even remember because i ended up getting that tooth pulled. The other three...I never had another issue with. I remember walking out thinking...wow, that was really no big deal at all!!!
Some pain from where the needles were is normal... but up in the tooth, or any feeling to hot or cold...you should not have that.
Ibuprofen can hide things. Don't take it for 12 hours and see how you feel.
Reply:If you were in alot of pain when you went to see your dentist then you will still have some pain because the tooth mat still be infected. You need to take all of your antibiotics until they are gone to make sure you get the infection to go away and then you will start to feel better.
I had a root canal at around 3-4 PM yesterday. I went home and once whatever it was they used to put the area to sleep wore off I was in really bad pain. I assumed it was because of the procedure and it just needed time to heal. I received Ibuprofen 600MG and Amoxicillin 500mg. The Ibuprofen is pretty good, it takes the pain from horrible to tolerable.
I'm thinking it's maybe an infection, i'm not sure. The pain has been going away though. It was really bad yesterday, it's not that bad today. I'm hoping that in a couple of days I won't feel it at all. I will get my crown Tuesday.
Is feeling this type of pain after a Root Canal normal? I feel like maybe it's healing and it is getting better. But yesterday after the procedure and meds wore off the pain was really bad, throbbing. Today it's not that bad but it could be the Ibuprofen I took that's hiding it.
But yeah, just wanted to know if this is normal after having a root canal.
Root Canal Pain?
My first thought when I read this was 'why are you getting a crown so soon????'.
After root canal treatment, the tooth needs time to heal, especially if there was a bad infection involved. Healing time can be 2-3 weeks following a root canal procedure, at which time a core or post %26amp; core is placed in the tooth prior to any prosthetic work being done...
If you're still uncomfortable, call the dentist that did the root canal and get an appointment to be seen..... and cancel your crown appointment until you're better.
Reply:Call your dentist or the Dr who ever did the surgery now! I have had about 5 root canal's and have never had one hurt. I also used to work for a dentist who did LOTS of root canal's. If the nerve is completely removed there should be nothing to cause pain. If it is hurting there is a chance that the filler is to long and is extending past the apex of the tooth which would cause pain.
Reply:Yeah I had 3 root canals and never had any pain after the first day. I would say stop taking any pain killers after the 1st day. If it still hurts, then something went wrong.
Reply:I've had four root canals...and only one do I even remember because i ended up getting that tooth pulled. The other three...I never had another issue with. I remember walking out thinking...wow, that was really no big deal at all!!!
Some pain from where the needles were is normal... but up in the tooth, or any feeling to hot or cold...you should not have that.
Ibuprofen can hide things. Don't take it for 12 hours and see how you feel.
Reply:If you were in alot of pain when you went to see your dentist then you will still have some pain because the tooth mat still be infected. You need to take all of your antibiotics until they are gone to make sure you get the infection to go away and then you will start to feel better.
Root canal besides extraction?
I was told the other day my dentist wanted to extract one of my teeth. I asked about getting a root canal instead. And he said it was "too far gone" for a root canal. I"m not sure what he means exactly and will get a 2nd opinion. I don't have any pain there is no abcess or anything like that. So I'm wondering why a root canal is not possible?
Root canal besides extraction?
get a second opinion its a good idea, however having seen the problems my daughter has had with her root canal - she now will have to thave the root that is left removed (!) as she keeps getting infection and the crown keeps falling off. if she had had the tooth out would have been much better but dentist was determined to try and save it.
Reply:Just because you dont have pain doesnt mean that your tooth is not gone. The nerve could be dead and that is why you dont feel any pain. Your tooth could be decayed too far, and has left the tooth unstable. A root canal, and subsequent crown, would need enough of the tooth left in your gum to support the crown, so it doesnt fall off. He will probably need to extract the whole thing, and get you a partial instead.
Reply:If you are not having any pain, then it is very possible that the tooth is too far gone. You should always try to save any teeth that you can, but root canals are very costly and if there is no tooth left to save, pull it. The root canal extracts the root or the nerve and then they put in posts to build a crown around. See an endodontist. That is what they specialize in and they would be able to tell you if there is anything worth saving.
Reply:What he's saying is that if he performs a root canal and tries to save a tooth that's already too far gone it will be a waste of time and money. Even though it is cheaper to get a root canal and a crown. If your tooth falls out anyway you will have to get a bridge or fake tooth which will cost you more money. Its kind of like trying to put a new 1000$ engine in a car that's only worth 100$. Just get rid of the old car and just get a new one.
Reply:Okay, just realized Terry beat me to it!
I think if the nerves are completly dead that a root canal to get the dead tooth out is useless. I'm not completly sure but
f you have good insurance I would see a specialist that does root canals.
My dentist (ex dentist) concluded by looking at it that it needed to be pulled and after several x-rays sent to a specialist I got the root canal and the crown from another dentist.
Root canal besides extraction?
get a second opinion its a good idea, however having seen the problems my daughter has had with her root canal - she now will have to thave the root that is left removed (!) as she keeps getting infection and the crown keeps falling off. if she had had the tooth out would have been much better but dentist was determined to try and save it.
Reply:Just because you dont have pain doesnt mean that your tooth is not gone. The nerve could be dead and that is why you dont feel any pain. Your tooth could be decayed too far, and has left the tooth unstable. A root canal, and subsequent crown, would need enough of the tooth left in your gum to support the crown, so it doesnt fall off. He will probably need to extract the whole thing, and get you a partial instead.
Reply:If you are not having any pain, then it is very possible that the tooth is too far gone. You should always try to save any teeth that you can, but root canals are very costly and if there is no tooth left to save, pull it. The root canal extracts the root or the nerve and then they put in posts to build a crown around. See an endodontist. That is what they specialize in and they would be able to tell you if there is anything worth saving.
Reply:What he's saying is that if he performs a root canal and tries to save a tooth that's already too far gone it will be a waste of time and money. Even though it is cheaper to get a root canal and a crown. If your tooth falls out anyway you will have to get a bridge or fake tooth which will cost you more money. Its kind of like trying to put a new 1000$ engine in a car that's only worth 100$. Just get rid of the old car and just get a new one.
Reply:Okay, just realized Terry beat me to it!
I think if the nerves are completly dead that a root canal to get the dead tooth out is useless. I'm not completly sure but
f you have good insurance I would see a specialist that does root canals.
My dentist (ex dentist) concluded by looking at it that it needed to be pulled and after several x-rays sent to a specialist I got the root canal and the crown from another dentist.
Root Canal and still extreme pain!?
I had inflamed nerves and had to get a root canal done. And though the tooth is no longer sensitive to hot and cold it is still super sensitive to pressure. I cannot bite my teeth together without extreme pain. I thought since the nerve is gone I wouldn't feel any pain. The tooth is more painful then before I had the root canal. Its been 2 days since the root canal. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Root Canal and still extreme pain!?
Hi, I'm sorry you're having pain. I would recommend that u go back to the dentist who did the procedure and explain to him that u are having pain. I t could be that the filling they put on the tooth after the root canal is too high and when u try to bite down it hurts. Yes, the pain can be really bad but you have to go back to the dentist and he will remove some of the filling material so that u don't have pain any more. Good luck!
Reply:I had a root canal last year and I felt pain on the side of my face where the procedure is done. I called my dentist and she prescribed antibiotics. It would be a good idea to call your dentist.
Reply:If your having pain that bad, then you need to call the dentist and tell them. That happened to my husband once, and he went back in, and they said that they didn't get all of the nerves the first time. They had to go back in and get the rest. I would call them right away so that you dont have to be in pain all weekend. Good Luck!
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Reply:I have the same problem. It has been 3.5 years and i finally found a dentist that will pull this tooth out. I was told the root canal "didn't take"... go to a different dentist in about 2 weeks if it still hurts.
Reply:Call your dentist. After they finished the root canal and did the filling they may need to adjust the bite. The filling may be too high. Happens a lot. Go to your dentist and let him check it.
Reply:You are the victim of negligence and fraudulent concealment. What surely happened here is that the dentist damaged the tooth by causing it to crack in the root area when he drilled thru so that when you bite down, you get the horrible pain. This is fraud, you should go to ANOTHER DENTIST (in another city if you live in a small town), dont tell him who the dentist was that did the root canal, ask him why it hurts so much. If he is honest he will tell you that the root is cracked and the whole tooth must be extracted.
You got ripped off, lied to, cheated by having to pay for work that damaged you, and did not help you, and have suffered.
Get the first dentist's x rays and a copy of his chart without advising him why you need it. If he insists on knowing, tell him you want to get your health insurance to reimburse you for the cost of the root canal. Just get those x rays and records, and keep them from all persons.
Then go to a lawyer, and sue. Its worth $10,000-$25000 for the tooth loss but you can ask for punitive damages based on the dentist's fraudulent concealment and get an extra $100,000
Root Canal and still extreme pain!?
Hi, I'm sorry you're having pain. I would recommend that u go back to the dentist who did the procedure and explain to him that u are having pain. I t could be that the filling they put on the tooth after the root canal is too high and when u try to bite down it hurts. Yes, the pain can be really bad but you have to go back to the dentist and he will remove some of the filling material so that u don't have pain any more. Good luck!
Reply:I had a root canal last year and I felt pain on the side of my face where the procedure is done. I called my dentist and she prescribed antibiotics. It would be a good idea to call your dentist.
Reply:If your having pain that bad, then you need to call the dentist and tell them. That happened to my husband once, and he went back in, and they said that they didn't get all of the nerves the first time. They had to go back in and get the rest. I would call them right away so that you dont have to be in pain all weekend. Good Luck!
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Reply:I have the same problem. It has been 3.5 years and i finally found a dentist that will pull this tooth out. I was told the root canal "didn't take"... go to a different dentist in about 2 weeks if it still hurts.
Reply:Call your dentist. After they finished the root canal and did the filling they may need to adjust the bite. The filling may be too high. Happens a lot. Go to your dentist and let him check it.
Reply:You are the victim of negligence and fraudulent concealment. What surely happened here is that the dentist damaged the tooth by causing it to crack in the root area when he drilled thru so that when you bite down, you get the horrible pain. This is fraud, you should go to ANOTHER DENTIST (in another city if you live in a small town), dont tell him who the dentist was that did the root canal, ask him why it hurts so much. If he is honest he will tell you that the root is cracked and the whole tooth must be extracted.
You got ripped off, lied to, cheated by having to pay for work that damaged you, and did not help you, and have suffered.
Get the first dentist's x rays and a copy of his chart without advising him why you need it. If he insists on knowing, tell him you want to get your health insurance to reimburse you for the cost of the root canal. Just get those x rays and records, and keep them from all persons.
Then go to a lawyer, and sue. Its worth $10,000-$25000 for the tooth loss but you can ask for punitive damages based on the dentist's fraudulent concealment and get an extra $100,000
Help needed from a dentist! Root Canal tooth...?
I had a root canal done a few years ago in high school.
I am scheduled to have another one in a week on my back left molar for cold sensitivity. The endodontist said that nothing was wrong with this tooth and that he would only be doing the root canal to ease the intense pain I have when I have something cold.
Well, this past week I have noticed something happening to the tooth I had a root canal on (this is right next to the tooth I'm SUPPOSE to be getting the root canal on). First it just felt like the top of my tooth was "a bit sticky" like it stuck to my upper tooth when I bit down.
Since yesterday it hurts to TOUCH the tooth. Even brushing it hurt last night. My question is: is the cold sensitive tooth not really my problem, is it just stemming from this tooth that possibly had a bad root canal operation done?
Is this "root-canaled tooth" infected? What could it be? I know root canals can go wrong/bad.
Help needed from a dentist! Root Canal tooth...?
1. If you are having intense pain from cold in this region, then this has to be coming from a tooth with a "live" nerve. Therefore, the COLD PAIN cannot be coming from the previously RCTd tooth.
2. The pain on touching the previously RCTd tooth could either be referred pain from the cold pain tooth, or it may be a different problem altogether.
3. A previously RCTd tooth may sometimes give pain to biting pressure if the tooth has fractured, or if reinfection has occurred.
4. Do you have a crown on the RCTd tooth?
5. I'm curious as to WHY the endodontist thinks you might be having this degree of sensitivity in the back tooth? Have you been given any reasons? Have you had teeth removed behind this, like a wisdom tooth?
Reply:A infection will cause slight pressure and raise the tooth up slightly. It will make the bite on the area change and cause discomfort. It is possible it could affect the tooth in next to it because of the same pressure. A root canaled tooth is more weak and brittle than a non canaled tooth and is prone to crack. I'm not an expert but I would find out what is wrong with the sore tooth before having the root canal done. Unfortunately sometimes a cracked root is hard to read on an xray because of the angles. If you are not comfortable with the Endo go see a Periodontist, their specialty is everything under the gums. They may then refer you to another Endo or put you on a bout of antibiotics.
Reply:Not sure if this will help or not but here goes. I had six root canals less than two years ago. I went to a new dentist two days ago only to be told that every single tooth that I had a root canal done has cavities. The reason: The original dentist who placed the crowns did not get a good fit, allowing food, ect to settle under the crown and bacteria started growing causing cavities. It is very hard to see these cavities on x-ray (according to my new dentist), they found mine while cleaning my teeth and checking for gum disease, using that little metal hook they could easily push it to my tooth in the space between my crown and gum line...thanks to the ill fitting crowns. Maybe you have a cavity in the tooth you had the root canal in and it has spread to the tooth next to it...if that is possible...not sure really. Have your dentist check the tooth with the root canal for cavities.
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I am scheduled to have another one in a week on my back left molar for cold sensitivity. The endodontist said that nothing was wrong with this tooth and that he would only be doing the root canal to ease the intense pain I have when I have something cold.
Well, this past week I have noticed something happening to the tooth I had a root canal on (this is right next to the tooth I'm SUPPOSE to be getting the root canal on). First it just felt like the top of my tooth was "a bit sticky" like it stuck to my upper tooth when I bit down.
Since yesterday it hurts to TOUCH the tooth. Even brushing it hurt last night. My question is: is the cold sensitive tooth not really my problem, is it just stemming from this tooth that possibly had a bad root canal operation done?
Is this "root-canaled tooth" infected? What could it be? I know root canals can go wrong/bad.
Help needed from a dentist! Root Canal tooth...?
1. If you are having intense pain from cold in this region, then this has to be coming from a tooth with a "live" nerve. Therefore, the COLD PAIN cannot be coming from the previously RCTd tooth.
2. The pain on touching the previously RCTd tooth could either be referred pain from the cold pain tooth, or it may be a different problem altogether.
3. A previously RCTd tooth may sometimes give pain to biting pressure if the tooth has fractured, or if reinfection has occurred.
4. Do you have a crown on the RCTd tooth?
5. I'm curious as to WHY the endodontist thinks you might be having this degree of sensitivity in the back tooth? Have you been given any reasons? Have you had teeth removed behind this, like a wisdom tooth?
Reply:A infection will cause slight pressure and raise the tooth up slightly. It will make the bite on the area change and cause discomfort. It is possible it could affect the tooth in next to it because of the same pressure. A root canaled tooth is more weak and brittle than a non canaled tooth and is prone to crack. I'm not an expert but I would find out what is wrong with the sore tooth before having the root canal done. Unfortunately sometimes a cracked root is hard to read on an xray because of the angles. If you are not comfortable with the Endo go see a Periodontist, their specialty is everything under the gums. They may then refer you to another Endo or put you on a bout of antibiotics.
Reply:Not sure if this will help or not but here goes. I had six root canals less than two years ago. I went to a new dentist two days ago only to be told that every single tooth that I had a root canal done has cavities. The reason: The original dentist who placed the crowns did not get a good fit, allowing food, ect to settle under the crown and bacteria started growing causing cavities. It is very hard to see these cavities on x-ray (according to my new dentist), they found mine while cleaning my teeth and checking for gum disease, using that little metal hook they could easily push it to my tooth in the space between my crown and gum line...thanks to the ill fitting crowns. Maybe you have a cavity in the tooth you had the root canal in and it has spread to the tooth next to it...if that is possible...not sure really. Have your dentist check the tooth with the root canal for cavities.
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Decayed tooth broke, root canal needed should i wait with heart failure?
I had a cavitivy on the side of my top molar #3, i've had it for the last year or so. I had just planned to get a root canal done on it Nov 24, but two days ago part of it broke while i was eating candy. Now 1/4 of my tooth on the inside is missing and you can just see a black hole. I asked Dr. Wei (root canal specialist) and he said mabye it can be saved with a root canal and with some build up work, post/core, or crown lengthing. I want Dr. Wei to do my root canal he's really good at saving teeth but he's going out of town and cannot get me in. I have heart failure and I'm not sure if I'm in danger of just sitting around with this whole in my tooth with the decay exposed. I was told that the decay has been there for a long time, and just because my tooth broke I'm not in any more danger. I have been put on antibotics to protect my heart until i can be seen. Should I wait for MY root canal doctor to come back in a week, or should I go to his collegue and get this problem taken care of
Decayed tooth broke, root canal needed should i wait with heart failure?
You're on antibiotics, presumably for 7-10 days so you're ok until Dr. Wei returns..... chances are that if the root canal treatment is successful, a crown lengthening, core w/ possible post, and crown may be your best option.
If you're really concerned, consult with your cardiologist before being seen by Dr. Wei, and get medical clearance to have the work performed.
Best of luck to you!
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Reply:I think you should consult with your cardiologist. It's possible that they'll recommend not having the procedure done at all.
Reply:Get it done from any other doctor
Decayed tooth broke, root canal needed should i wait with heart failure?
You're on antibiotics, presumably for 7-10 days so you're ok until Dr. Wei returns..... chances are that if the root canal treatment is successful, a crown lengthening, core w/ possible post, and crown may be your best option.
If you're really concerned, consult with your cardiologist before being seen by Dr. Wei, and get medical clearance to have the work performed.
Best of luck to you!
:)
Reply:I think you should consult with your cardiologist. It's possible that they'll recommend not having the procedure done at all.
Reply:Get it done from any other doctor
Cheap Root Canal in Dallas!?
Cheap Root Canal in Dallas?
Apparently I need a root canal. (If I hurry! If I procrastinate, I may need an extraction!)
I am between jobs and do not have income or insurance right now. I have roughly enough to cover a typical root canal in savings ($1200-ish), but that will leave me with ABSOLUTELY no "safety net" money. Although I'm scared to spend all of my money, I am also afraid to try and "cust corners" on my health. After all, they are the only teeth I'll ever have!
Does anyone know any details about discount dental work from Baylor College of Dentistry? Or can you recommend a cost-effective but good quality dentist who does root canals in Dallas, TX?
Cheap Root Canal in Dallas!?
Yup, the dental students at Baylor are always looking for root canal cases. They are supervised by endodontic specialists (who will step in if the student encounters difficulty), so the quality of care at Baylor is quite good. Their fees are about half that of a regular dentist. They will take good care of you.
Give them a call and see if they are taking patients. Good luck.
Reply:I would try Baylor. They're a reputable school.
Most root canals are going to cost the same no matter which doctor you go to. You could hoof it to Mexico on the other hand, but that would be scary.
If you are a glutton for agony, try and get it without the Novocaine. It's A LOT cheaper without it.
Apparently I need a root canal. (If I hurry! If I procrastinate, I may need an extraction!)
I am between jobs and do not have income or insurance right now. I have roughly enough to cover a typical root canal in savings ($1200-ish), but that will leave me with ABSOLUTELY no "safety net" money. Although I'm scared to spend all of my money, I am also afraid to try and "cust corners" on my health. After all, they are the only teeth I'll ever have!
Does anyone know any details about discount dental work from Baylor College of Dentistry? Or can you recommend a cost-effective but good quality dentist who does root canals in Dallas, TX?
Cheap Root Canal in Dallas!?
Yup, the dental students at Baylor are always looking for root canal cases. They are supervised by endodontic specialists (who will step in if the student encounters difficulty), so the quality of care at Baylor is quite good. Their fees are about half that of a regular dentist. They will take good care of you.
Give them a call and see if they are taking patients. Good luck.
Reply:I would try Baylor. They're a reputable school.
Most root canals are going to cost the same no matter which doctor you go to. You could hoof it to Mexico on the other hand, but that would be scary.
If you are a glutton for agony, try and get it without the Novocaine. It's A LOT cheaper without it.
Cleaning + filling cavity + root canal + crown all in one trip - is this possible?
My dentist checked my teeth and did x-ray and found that my lower right molar tooth has some serious cavity. The dentist told me that he needs to drill out the cavity and put a big filling in there. However, if the decay goes too close to, or on, the root then I will need a root canal. If it does turn into a root canal he would then put the crown over the treated tooth. I scheduled an appointment for a later day but here are my questions:
1. Is it really possible to do all these procedures (cleaning, fill cavity on on tooth, possible root canal on the other tooth, and crown) all in one visit?
2. Should I trust him to do the molar root canal or should I go to an endodontist? This doctor is a general dentist, and I have never seen him. He does sound like he knows what he's doing, and he explained to me step-by-step what he is going to do. Before I left I found out that he is going to do at least 2 root canals before me.
Thanks for reading / answering :-)
Cleaning + filling cavity + root canal + crown all in one trip - is this possible?
1. It wouldn't be one visit because your dentist would need to send impressions from your tooth to his lab technician to have the crown made, though I think the canal and the filling could be done together.
2. Definately! Dentists preform root canals very frequently, I would suggest letting your dentist make that decision, because if he sees something that is beyond his skill level he will simply refer you to the specialist - don't worry about him taking chances, I can assure you that he doesn't want to leave himself open for legal troubles any more than you want anything to go wrong with your tooth! But in the majority of cases there's no reason that your dentist can't preform a root canal.
Reply:Nope.Just had a crown,you have to get it moulded first then they have to make a crown to fit on which can take afew days then they cement it on.You can get it done in 2 trips I should imagine.
Reply:You could get it all done in one visit except the crown; that needs to have a mold made, then they make the crown, then it has to be installed.
Reply:The cleaning is usually 1 hour. A root canal, can take up to 3. Then impressions need to be taken, another hour, the crown will need to be made (who knows how long that will take) then to put the crown in another 1 or 2 hours. You are looking at close to 6 hours with your mouth open in a dentists chair? You would be very sore the next day. I would rather he did this over the course of a week time, to give yourself time to heal
Reply:Honestly it depends on the dentist and the way he blocks his schedule. At my office this would all be possible. You would probably get your cleaning first, which takes an hour. Then the dentist would fill your tooth, do the root canal on your other tooth, and build up that tooth and prep for a crown. They would place a temporary crown on that tooth and you would come back in 2 weeks to get the permanent crown seated. That procedure would probably take 2- 2 1/2 hours here. You won't be there for six hours...
Reply:No way~
The cleaning and a filling shouldn't be a problem... if the tooth does need root canal treatment, you may want to go to an endodontist since they specialize in them. That would take up to 3 visits. Then the tooth needs to 'heal' for 3 weeks or so... then you'll need a core-buildup, and then you can have the impression for the crown. A temporary crown will be placed until the permanent one gets back from the lab, which can be up to 3 more weeks...
~hope this helped.
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1. Is it really possible to do all these procedures (cleaning, fill cavity on on tooth, possible root canal on the other tooth, and crown) all in one visit?
2. Should I trust him to do the molar root canal or should I go to an endodontist? This doctor is a general dentist, and I have never seen him. He does sound like he knows what he's doing, and he explained to me step-by-step what he is going to do. Before I left I found out that he is going to do at least 2 root canals before me.
Thanks for reading / answering :-)
Cleaning + filling cavity + root canal + crown all in one trip - is this possible?
1. It wouldn't be one visit because your dentist would need to send impressions from your tooth to his lab technician to have the crown made, though I think the canal and the filling could be done together.
2. Definately! Dentists preform root canals very frequently, I would suggest letting your dentist make that decision, because if he sees something that is beyond his skill level he will simply refer you to the specialist - don't worry about him taking chances, I can assure you that he doesn't want to leave himself open for legal troubles any more than you want anything to go wrong with your tooth! But in the majority of cases there's no reason that your dentist can't preform a root canal.
Reply:Nope.Just had a crown,you have to get it moulded first then they have to make a crown to fit on which can take afew days then they cement it on.You can get it done in 2 trips I should imagine.
Reply:You could get it all done in one visit except the crown; that needs to have a mold made, then they make the crown, then it has to be installed.
Reply:The cleaning is usually 1 hour. A root canal, can take up to 3. Then impressions need to be taken, another hour, the crown will need to be made (who knows how long that will take) then to put the crown in another 1 or 2 hours. You are looking at close to 6 hours with your mouth open in a dentists chair? You would be very sore the next day. I would rather he did this over the course of a week time, to give yourself time to heal
Reply:Honestly it depends on the dentist and the way he blocks his schedule. At my office this would all be possible. You would probably get your cleaning first, which takes an hour. Then the dentist would fill your tooth, do the root canal on your other tooth, and build up that tooth and prep for a crown. They would place a temporary crown on that tooth and you would come back in 2 weeks to get the permanent crown seated. That procedure would probably take 2- 2 1/2 hours here. You won't be there for six hours...
Reply:No way~
The cleaning and a filling shouldn't be a problem... if the tooth does need root canal treatment, you may want to go to an endodontist since they specialize in them. That would take up to 3 visits. Then the tooth needs to 'heal' for 3 weeks or so... then you'll need a core-buildup, and then you can have the impression for the crown. A temporary crown will be placed until the permanent one gets back from the lab, which can be up to 3 more weeks...
~hope this helped.
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Root canal post op?
I had a root canal due to a cracked tooth. The crack was inside but not into the root. The endodontist did the root canal and then a temp crown. It is now 24 hours later and the mere touch to that tooth hurts so bad. Is this normal? If I use my tongue and GENTLY graze the crown..it kills!! Please help! (he said it wasn't infected and the root canal was a success?) Why does it hurt so bad? And yes, I am taking 800 mg of Ibupropeon. (doesn't hurt with hot or cold..just mere touching) Thank you!!!!
Root canal post op?
Call your dentist, it could be something as simple as a bite adjustment, if it feels like youre hitting that tooth first when you bite down, that is what it is.
Reply:24 hours isn't generally enough time to go on. I've had a root canal and didn't need medication after, though I hear it varies. I'd call your dentist and ask their opinion.
Reply:The crown may be too high. If you are biting to hard on this tooth, you may be irritating the periodontal ligaments around the root of the tooth. When you touch or bite it this would cause pain. The pain can also be very extreme just like an infected tooth. Or, you may have gotten something stuck under your gums/temp crown and it may have caused gum irritation/gum infection. If it does not get better within the next 24 hours, you may need to go get it checked. When you bite down, do you hit on that tooth first? IF so, you are hitting too hard and need to go back to get it trimmed down a little. Rinse with hydrogen peroxide at bedtime. Swish, spit, do not rinse/eat/drink, just go to bed. Tastes awful, but will bubble under your gums and help ease irritants.
Reply:The answer to your question is simple...Something isn't right. If the DDS failed to properly seal the fracture your getting air into it from some area in which the temporary crown isn't sealing it off...I would be curious to know what occurred that brought your attention to the tooth in the first place. Did you have pain and if so did the DDS rule out that the pain you had was "only" due to the fracture or was there also an abscess at the bottom of the tooth? If so that would be due to a likely issue of an abscess and if any of it still remains that would explain the continued pain. A root canal removes the tooth's nerve so that isn't an issue, or at least shouldn't be. You need to be reexamined and by xray at that.
Root canal post op?
Call your dentist, it could be something as simple as a bite adjustment, if it feels like youre hitting that tooth first when you bite down, that is what it is.
Reply:24 hours isn't generally enough time to go on. I've had a root canal and didn't need medication after, though I hear it varies. I'd call your dentist and ask their opinion.
Reply:The crown may be too high. If you are biting to hard on this tooth, you may be irritating the periodontal ligaments around the root of the tooth. When you touch or bite it this would cause pain. The pain can also be very extreme just like an infected tooth. Or, you may have gotten something stuck under your gums/temp crown and it may have caused gum irritation/gum infection. If it does not get better within the next 24 hours, you may need to go get it checked. When you bite down, do you hit on that tooth first? IF so, you are hitting too hard and need to go back to get it trimmed down a little. Rinse with hydrogen peroxide at bedtime. Swish, spit, do not rinse/eat/drink, just go to bed. Tastes awful, but will bubble under your gums and help ease irritants.
Reply:The answer to your question is simple...Something isn't right. If the DDS failed to properly seal the fracture your getting air into it from some area in which the temporary crown isn't sealing it off...I would be curious to know what occurred that brought your attention to the tooth in the first place. Did you have pain and if so did the DDS rule out that the pain you had was "only" due to the fracture or was there also an abscess at the bottom of the tooth? If so that would be due to a likely issue of an abscess and if any of it still remains that would explain the continued pain. A root canal removes the tooth's nerve so that isn't an issue, or at least shouldn't be. You need to be reexamined and by xray at that.
ROOT CANAL CONCERN...Should I be?
I have posted a few questions regarding my previous root canal so if your back here again, thank you for your help, I am unable to get to a endodontist at this time and I need the help. I'm going ot be specific and as short as possible. I had a root canal in October of 06. Everything seemed to have gone well and she seemed to be very careful and thurough. As far as I know there was only 1 root. Because of tooth sensitivity and a tiny bit of what I thought was swelling, I went back to my dentist. She looked me over and assured me all was well. (highly recommended by the way). So, I tried to assure myself it was all good. The other day I decided to give myswelf the "tap" test. I tapped on my tooth with my finger nail. It was sensitive. No throbbing or pinching but like it is bruised. The tooth next to it which had a root canal over 9 years ago is also the same kind of sensitivity. IS THIS NORMAL? Some articles say yes, some professionals say no, what symptoms should I look for otherwise?
ROOT CANAL CONCERN...Should I be?
You really shouldn't be feeling anything on the tooth itself. However, you may have sensitive gums.
Reply:Yes, it sounds normal to me, although I'm not a dentist. Some people do have sensitive teeth and are supposed to use specific types of tooth paste so they have minimal pain, when brushing.
Reply:This is normal,After root canal.
Reply:Does it bother you- I mean when you're busy during the day, when you eat, does it keep you awake? If not, I would just let it go for now. If yes, then you need to go back to your dr when you can and discuss it with her.
Reply:They tell you that after a root canal your tooth isn't going to feel anything but that's not really true. When I had a cap put on my tooth years after a root canal they had to give me novocain because I could feel the drilling.
Reply:everyone is different when teeth are involved because you may have a ghost tooth that still has roots but not visible causing the pain when you tap on your tooth. Also you may have sensitivity with toothpaste you use to brush. TMJ could also play a role
Reply:sounds like an infection in the jaw or roots of the tooth or the area where they killed the roots of the tooth, i suggest requesting antibiotics for it and see if that kills it off and the pain with it.
Reply:DON'T LET A BIT OF DISCOMFORT AT THIS STAGE TROUBLE YOU. HAVE THE DOCTOR CHECK TO SEE IF THE BONE AROUND THIS TOOTH IS HEALTHY IN 6 MONTHS, THEN 1 YEAR. IF ALL IS OK, THEN DON'T WORRY.
Reply:Stop worrying it is very normal,I've had 5 root canals and the first one took over one year to really heal right. It was so red and very sensitive to the touch.It did heal and that was over 25 years ago.The other 4 I'm still dealing with but the gums are getting better.I hope is helps you or eases your mind a bit.
ROOT CANAL CONCERN...Should I be?
You really shouldn't be feeling anything on the tooth itself. However, you may have sensitive gums.
Reply:Yes, it sounds normal to me, although I'm not a dentist. Some people do have sensitive teeth and are supposed to use specific types of tooth paste so they have minimal pain, when brushing.
Reply:This is normal,After root canal.
Reply:Does it bother you- I mean when you're busy during the day, when you eat, does it keep you awake? If not, I would just let it go for now. If yes, then you need to go back to your dr when you can and discuss it with her.
Reply:They tell you that after a root canal your tooth isn't going to feel anything but that's not really true. When I had a cap put on my tooth years after a root canal they had to give me novocain because I could feel the drilling.
Reply:everyone is different when teeth are involved because you may have a ghost tooth that still has roots but not visible causing the pain when you tap on your tooth. Also you may have sensitivity with toothpaste you use to brush. TMJ could also play a role
Reply:sounds like an infection in the jaw or roots of the tooth or the area where they killed the roots of the tooth, i suggest requesting antibiotics for it and see if that kills it off and the pain with it.
Reply:DON'T LET A BIT OF DISCOMFORT AT THIS STAGE TROUBLE YOU. HAVE THE DOCTOR CHECK TO SEE IF THE BONE AROUND THIS TOOTH IS HEALTHY IN 6 MONTHS, THEN 1 YEAR. IF ALL IS OK, THEN DON'T WORRY.
Reply:Stop worrying it is very normal,I've had 5 root canals and the first one took over one year to really heal right. It was so red and very sensitive to the touch.It did heal and that was over 25 years ago.The other 4 I'm still dealing with but the gums are getting better.I hope is helps you or eases your mind a bit.
Extreme pain after root canal?
i have been in such severe pain after a root canal that i thought i would die a few times..i got my root canal last wednesday and it's tuesday now. the tooth had been in pain for 3 months before then to the point where i couldn't even sleep and was taking at least 12 regular strength ibuprofen a day without it working..i just couldn't afford to get the procedure done till last week.
i thought all would be good but the day after i was swollen up quite bad and the pain was so immense..by friday i was getting sick and the pain was soooooooo bad, no amount of ibuprofen or tylenol would touch it.
saturday night i found an emergency dentist n went it and he took xrays..and gave me antibiotics and pain killers..no help.
by this point i had pain shooting and stabbing me all the way up to the right side of my head, and i had developed a lump in my throat..
monday morning i run to the dentist who did the root canal who only prescribed diff. pain killers. no help
what else can i do!?!?!
Extreme pain after root canal?
go to another dentist or to the local emergency room. dont take no for an answer your the patient your the boss
Reply:Get Advil,(great for serious mouth pain for some reason) Get Listerine, use both. Demand another type of antibiotic from the dentist. you might want to consider going to a root canal specialist at this point.
Reply:woah!!!bad bad experience!k..looks like the infection has spread.what antibiotics are u on?whn did u take em last n fer how long?the lump on ur throat sounds like the infections getting worse so u have a lymph node swelling.did the pain get even a li'l better after the root canal?u need to go see the dentist who did ur root canal.guess he'll put on higher antibiotics and pain killers or ur root canal will be opened to release the infection.an infection can be controlled only with antibiotics!feeling pressure on the upper teeth,pain spreading to ur forehead and neck is most likely referred pain.it happens.don't panic.
Reply:Your dentist said the treatment was "a little short"?? Did he even file the whole root? That is what also could have you in severe pain,the nerve/root is exposed! My goodness,you need to have this canal xrayed and cleaned thoroughly,tomorrow i would demand your dentist to look it over again.
Reply:Not sure how long you have been on this ABiotic. But if it is not working after almost 2 days,you might need a different kind with a broader spectrum. It sounds like an abscess. The best solution for abscess is usually reopening the canal and draining the puss out along with irrigation of the canals and leaving it open for a while to drain. A strong ABiotic is a most.
Can you open your mouth or the opening is limited.If you can open maybe they can go in there and empty the canal and let it drain. If you can not open your mouth, a stronger AB and painkiller might help till the infection is under control
i thought all would be good but the day after i was swollen up quite bad and the pain was so immense..by friday i was getting sick and the pain was soooooooo bad, no amount of ibuprofen or tylenol would touch it.
saturday night i found an emergency dentist n went it and he took xrays..and gave me antibiotics and pain killers..no help.
by this point i had pain shooting and stabbing me all the way up to the right side of my head, and i had developed a lump in my throat..
monday morning i run to the dentist who did the root canal who only prescribed diff. pain killers. no help
what else can i do!?!?!
Extreme pain after root canal?
go to another dentist or to the local emergency room. dont take no for an answer your the patient your the boss
Reply:Get Advil,(great for serious mouth pain for some reason) Get Listerine, use both. Demand another type of antibiotic from the dentist. you might want to consider going to a root canal specialist at this point.
Reply:woah!!!bad bad experience!k..looks like the infection has spread.what antibiotics are u on?whn did u take em last n fer how long?the lump on ur throat sounds like the infections getting worse so u have a lymph node swelling.did the pain get even a li'l better after the root canal?u need to go see the dentist who did ur root canal.guess he'll put on higher antibiotics and pain killers or ur root canal will be opened to release the infection.an infection can be controlled only with antibiotics!feeling pressure on the upper teeth,pain spreading to ur forehead and neck is most likely referred pain.it happens.don't panic.
Reply:Your dentist said the treatment was "a little short"?? Did he even file the whole root? That is what also could have you in severe pain,the nerve/root is exposed! My goodness,you need to have this canal xrayed and cleaned thoroughly,tomorrow i would demand your dentist to look it over again.
Reply:Not sure how long you have been on this ABiotic. But if it is not working after almost 2 days,you might need a different kind with a broader spectrum. It sounds like an abscess. The best solution for abscess is usually reopening the canal and draining the puss out along with irrigation of the canals and leaving it open for a while to drain. A strong ABiotic is a most.
Can you open your mouth or the opening is limited.If you can open maybe they can go in there and empty the canal and let it drain. If you can not open your mouth, a stronger AB and painkiller might help till the infection is under control
I had a root canal redo Apr07, what happens if the root canal is failing? What is done next?
I begin having pain on the same side of the root canal and a recent filling. I can not determine if it is the top (filling) or bottom (root canal) My dentist isn't sure what is the cause of pain and I am going back to see my endodontist in two weeks (combination in office schedules and I am traveling). I have been taking advil (400 mg q 4 hours) for the discomfort. I avoid chewing on the ride side for now.
I had a root canal redo Apr07, what happens if the root canal is failing? What is done next?
It is possible that the tooth is just not healing correctly from your root canal re-treatment. There is something that can be done called an apicoectomy in which the tip of the root is removed and that can sometimes cure the problem, that is something that the endodontist would talk to you about. It is also possible that the tooth may have a root fracture, and hopefully the endodontist can determine that also. Good luck. Keep taking the advil and avoiding the area.
Reply:I had a root canal on a tooth next to the front that was damaged by a baseball. If you are still feeling pain of any kind, whether its the filling or the root, that means the dentist didn't completely sever the nerve. Basically, a tooth with a root canal is dead; you shouldn't feel it at all.
It's one of the tougher procedures for a dentist to do, and its not always done correctly And endodontist is someone who doesnt nothing but root canals, so that tells you it's a tough thing to do.
I had a dentist do mine, and he did a fine job, but at my next annual checkup he noticed an absess at the root site on the X-rays, and he referred me to an endodontist as well. He basically had to start over from scratch; he had to remove the post, irrigate the base of the root, and fill it back in. It's doing fine now.
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I had a root canal redo Apr07, what happens if the root canal is failing? What is done next?
It is possible that the tooth is just not healing correctly from your root canal re-treatment. There is something that can be done called an apicoectomy in which the tip of the root is removed and that can sometimes cure the problem, that is something that the endodontist would talk to you about. It is also possible that the tooth may have a root fracture, and hopefully the endodontist can determine that also. Good luck. Keep taking the advil and avoiding the area.
Reply:I had a root canal on a tooth next to the front that was damaged by a baseball. If you are still feeling pain of any kind, whether its the filling or the root, that means the dentist didn't completely sever the nerve. Basically, a tooth with a root canal is dead; you shouldn't feel it at all.
It's one of the tougher procedures for a dentist to do, and its not always done correctly And endodontist is someone who doesnt nothing but root canals, so that tells you it's a tough thing to do.
I had a dentist do mine, and he did a fine job, but at my next annual checkup he noticed an absess at the root site on the X-rays, and he referred me to an endodontist as well. He basically had to start over from scratch; he had to remove the post, irrigate the base of the root, and fill it back in. It's doing fine now.
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$1000.00 root canal? Dental Professionals Only Please?
I went to a dentist to get 2 crowns. The dentist informed I would need a root canal. I didn't think anything of it and made the appointment. Today I was called and told that the specialist would be performing the root canal, and that it would cost A THOUSAND DOLLARS. Yes, that's right, 1k for a root canal. So I pleaded with the office, I can't afford that, can't the dentist do it and they said no. The crowns have already been ordered so I have to go back to that dentist and get them put in. The office said I could go somewhere else to do the root canal, but how can I pull that off? What dentist would be willing to do a root canal on someone else's temporary? Any suggestions? I can't afford 1000.00. Please help me. Please.
$1000.00 root canal? Dental Professionals Only Please?
I'm a dentist.
First off, I suggest you find another general dentist. Unless he/she has a particular reason to think that performing a root canal on your tooth would be an exceptionally difficult procedure, he/she has no business referring you to an endodontist. I am a firm believer that all general dentists should be able to handle 99% of their root canal cases, and those who cannot shouldn't hold a license to practice dentistry.
What's even more purturbing is that the doctor would go ahead and prepare a tooth for a crown knowing that it needs a root canal first. And, I'm a bit surprised that he/she would do so without even giving you some estimate as to the cost of the root canal. Sometimes the cost of the procedures individually is feasible for a patient, but the two together amount to a cost that is more than a patient can spend.
You might want to go back to your doctor and inquire about that. Unless he/she didn't know that the tooth would need a root canal until after the crown was prepped, you have a very legitimate gripe.
The specialist to which you have been referred is called an "endodontist", and personally I think they are the most dispicable dentists out there. They epitomize the most serious problems out there in the dental profession. They do virtually nothing but root canals day in and day out and charge obscene amounts of money for them (compared to what a general dentist in the same locality would charge). Endodontists exist because there are so many dentists out there who are too goddamned lazy to do their own root canals. The only things I send to endodontists are patients who are unmanageable or who have borderline untreatable teeth. I deliberatly try to send them patients who will waste their time.
Find another dentist. Call some offices near you and ask if the doctor does his own "molar endo". They'll be glad to take your business. Let them know that you've had a crown prepared at another office and that the other doctor who prepared the tooth for the crown will have to seat the crown, but after that you will switch practices. You'll likely be treated very warmly.
Finally, be sure and let the first doctor know that you are leaving his/her practice specifically because he doesn't offer his patients the full range of services every general dentist SHOULD offer to their patients--such as molar root canals.
Reply:Be sure to explain why you're leaving. General dentists should be performing their own root canals, period. Report It
Reply:My cousin owns a high dollar dentist office outside Chicago Illinois 1000 bucks is cheap. mine were 1500 with family discount. ask if they have payment plans. allot of reputable offices have payment plans.
Reply:It sounds like you were seeing a specialist, an endodontist, for the root canal. Sometimes a general dentist can do the root canal, sometimes not. That's part of the reason there are specialists, for when the generalist can't do it- too complicated, etc.
You *can* have someone else to the root canal. It is not done through the temporary crown; it is taken off.
If you are concerned about cost, shop around.
Good luck.
Reply:They will pull the temporary off to do the rootcanal. No problem. A molar root canal is going to run you 750-100 n matter where you go. Any dentist that is a general has had training in the root canal area. Ask your friends if their dentist is good, then call and get a price for the tooth. Some offices will not tell you - price shopping isn't always the best way to find a good dentist. There is a company called CARECREDIT they are on the net- They loan money to people for dentisty. You can apply on line and find out if you qualify in 30 seconds- then I'd ue the card at a dentist that takes it. Your 1000 root canal can cost you 30 a month over so many years, and you can pay it off early with no penality. They have a interest rate free offer - like 12 even payments but you have to ask for it. Do not put t the crown on until you have had the root canal if you can get the money together. If not- they can drill through a crown, but there is a slight chance the porcelain will fracture. Happens occasionally. You can find a little better price, I'm sure. The dental credit card is worth doing your teeth right. I got a loan for my dad's teeth on my car- just used it as collateral. Good luck!
Reply:The reason the cost is so high is that you've been sent to an endodontist to have the procedure done. They always charge more than a general dentist does. Unless you have a particular problem that necessitates your seeing a specialist then you can look around for another dentist to do the work. A lot of dentist do their own root canal treatments so it's not something that "must" be done by a specialist. Your dentist just may prefer not to do them, which some do opt not to do them because they are time consuming. Check with your friends or co workers, who may have a dentist that does them. You can even use the phone book and call different ones to see if you can find someone to do it for less. Usually a root canal on a tooth with 4 canals cost around $500.00-600.00 with a general dentist, depending on the tooth and how many canals are located, also where you live is a big factor. So that's worth doing a little looking around for, I would think. Hope I've been of some help and good luck, I'm sure you'll find someone to do the job!
Reply:Root canals are expensive work. Some general dentist offices do root canals on molars, but the $1,000 is a very acceptable cost. Sorry.
Reply:It does sound like a endodontist. If you have insurance just make sure that the specialist is in your network, sometimes dental offices have specialist at their offices but the specialist do not have to be in network, even if the dental office is. And just because they take you insurance does not mean they are in network. If they are out of network you can find one that is in network, specialist see any patients just for the root canal and that's it. If you don't have insurance that price does seem average for Houston. (Maybe even a little low) Also if you don't have coverage now you may want to sign up for one of those discount insurances like American Dental, etc. that way you can see a specialist that excepts that plan and at least you get a discounted rate off of their fee. Another thing is carecredit, if your dental office excepts that, you can charge you dental visit. It is a credit card for dental, vision, vet etc. and you only have to charge $300 to get one year no intrest.
Reply:Perhaps you could volunteer to be a practice case for the specialist, which may entitle you to a discounted rate. Some specialists regularly take time to hone their skills and need legitimate patients on which to practice new skills, new instruments, techniques, etc. Also, you could ask your dentist to refer you to a specialist who is a new graduate from endodontics. Perhaps someone with less experience (although maybe less desirable) would have a lower rate. Ensure you get a detailed quote from your practitioner. Be aware of the materials used, as certain materials cost more than others, and often there are lower cost alternatives. Have a candid discussion with both your dentist and the endo. Ask if you can have a no-obligation consult with the endo.
Good luck!
Reply:we'll pull it out for $90.
go get it pulled before you really have problems. but, first make sure it needs pulled. many dentists do root canals when the tooth doesn't actually need one. if you live near mexico, go there. go to a biologic dentists. if you need a list of some in your area, email me. when they pull it, you wear a temporary partial for 3 months, then you can get a permanent partial or bridge.
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Hal Huggins answers the most commonly asked questions about root canals:
Why should I not have a ROOT CANAL done?
Root canals are recommended when a tooth has been fractured, or when decay has entered the nerve chamber and created much pain. Often the body calcifies the tooth membranes, and allows it to remain. Unusual as it sounds, the body does not like dead structures in it, and a healthy body will try to reject it. Pain requiring antibiotics and pain pills are frequently used until the immune system stops working in that area. Root canals produce toxins that can increase or create many autoimmune diseases.
Is laser treatment for cleaning of root canals and cavitations considered a safe treatment?
In both root canal sockets and cavitation linings, the big concern is the anaerobic bacteria. These are ones that live in the absence of oxygen. Botulism and gangrene are examples of anaerobic bacterial action. Bad bugs. If laser can kill all the bacteria, who is going to remove the dead bacteria, or the dead bone lining the sockets? There is no blood supply here. Laser only kills, does not clean debris. Other techniques are required to leave a clean area that can fill in with bone and new blood vessels.
____________________________
There is no way to disinfect a root canal. No matter how clean the area is or how free of bacteria, there are always bacteria in the tubules and they will grow. And, the more antibiotics taken or applied, the more antibiotic resistant, and stronger, they will become.
Root canals are the most toxic most damaging procedure dentists can do. You have two options: a root canal or an extraction. Dentists usually fill root canals with gutta percha. Some use the Sargenti method, a popular treatment used by 25% of dentists, but denounced by the American Dental Association because it contains formaldehyde compounds. There have been a lot of problems with those. They used to contain lead. The current formulas are said to have removed the lead, but millions of root canal treatments using the old formulas are still in people's mouths. Gutta percha is 15% barium so that it will show up in the X-ray. Gutta percha shrinks and leaves gaps and the tooth can never be sterile. There is no such thing as a sterile root canal. During a root canal, the main canal is filled and possibly some of the small side canals, but the other smaller canal-like structures in teeth called dentinal tubules are too tiny to be filled during treatment and these tubules become home to bacteria instead. Since there are millions of these tubules there is room for enough bacteria to challenge the immune system. The waste products from these nasty germs include some very toxic substances called thio-ethers, and your body has to deal with these toxins 24 hours a day. They contaminate the bone around the tooth and they are picked up by the immune system and carried to the liver for detoxification. Unfortunately, the liver can be seriously damaged by them. Weston Price conducted research on root canals and wrote two books about how toxic they can be. So you have to make up your mind what is more important to you. I believe no tooth is worth destroying my immune system. by Jerome, Frank, D.D.S. (812) 376-8525, Columbus Indiana, Author of "Tooth Truth"
ROOT CANALS POSE HEALTH THREAT AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE MEINIG, D.D.S.
Dr. Joseph Mercola
1443 W. Schaumburg Rd.
Schaumburg, IL 60194-4065
phone 847-985-1777
MJ You're assuming that ALL root-filled teeth harbor bacteria and/or other infective agents?
GM Yes. No matter what material or technique is used - and this is just as true today - the root filling shrinks minutely, perhaps microscopically. Further and this is key - the bulk of solid appearing teeth, called the dentin, actually consists of miles of tiny tubules. Microscopic organisms lurking in the maze of tubules simply migrate into the interior of the tooth and set up housekeeping. A filled root seems to be a favorite spot to start a new colony.
One of the things that makes this difficult to understand is that large, relatively harmless bacteria common to the mouth, change and adapt to new conditions. They shrink in size to fit the cramped quarters and even learn how to exist (and thrive!) on very little food. Those that need oxygen mutate and become able to get along without it. In the process of adaptation these formerly friendly "normal" organisms become pathogenic (capable of producing disease) and more virulent (stronger) and they produce much more potent toxins.
Today's bacteriologists are confirming the discoveries of the Price team of bacteriologists. Both isolated in root canals the same strains of streptococcus, staphylococcus and spirochetes.
MJ Is everyone who has ever had a root canal filled made ill by it?
GM No. We believe now that every root canal filling does leak and bacteria do invade the structure. But the variable factor is the strength of the person's immune system. Some healthy people are able to control the germs that escape from their teeth into other areas of the body. We think this happens because their immune system lymphocytes (white blood cells) and other disease fighters aren't constantly compromised by other ailments. In other words, they are able to prevent those new colonies from taking hold in other tissues throughout the body. But over time, most people with root filled teeth do seem to develop some kinds of systemic symptoms they didn't have before.
MJ It's really difficult to grasp that bacteria are imbedded deep in the structure of seemingly-hard, solid looking teeth.
GM I know. Physicians and dentists have that same problem, too. You really have to visualize the tooth structure - all of those microscopic tubules running through the dentin. In a healthy tooth, those tubules transport a fluid that carries nourishment to the inside. For perspective, if the tubules of a front single-root tooth, were stretched out on the ground they'd stretch for three miles!
A root filled tooth no longer has any fluid circulating through it, but the maze of tubules remains. The anaerobic bacteria that live there seem remarkably safe from antibiotics. The bacteria can migrate out into surrounding tissue where they can "hitch hike" to other locations in the body via the bloodstream. The new location can be any organ or gland or tissue, and the new colony will be the next focus of infection in a body plagued by recurrent or chronic infections.
All of the "building up" done to try to enhance the patient's ability to fight infections - to strengthen their immune system - is only a holding action. Many patients won't be well until the source of infection - the root canal tooth - is removed
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In 2001, Dr. Mark Breiner, of Connecticut, author of Whole Body Dentistry:Discover the Missing Piece to Better Health, was disciplined and fined $5,000 in December 2001 for advising patients that their mercury fillings and root canals could be contributing to their health problems. His disciplinary actions were categorized under fraud/deceit/incompetence/negligence in his consent order. Now tell me who is practicing fraud? A dentist who tells his patients that the fillings are not just silver, but mostly mercury, or the American Dental Association and the Connecticut Department of Public Health who doesn't want the public to know about the harmful effects of mercury fillings?
In his consent order the DPH also told him you "shall not remove teeth that have undergone root canal treatment that cannot be corrected by treatment of the root canal itself, retrograde filling or surgical apioectomy, or in which the root canal is fractured, without first providing the patient with the names and telephone numbers of two medical professionals approved by the Department with whom the patient may consult as to the traditional medical position on the planned treatment."
So if a root canal was causing health problems in a patient, Dr. Breiner was not to remove it, but to put in a retrograde filling. That means he was to put mercury down under the gumline and surgical apioectomy means he was to put mercury down in the root of the tooth, after cutting into the gums down at the root. Can you imagine mercury, not just on top of your teeth, but also down in the meat of your gums, down at the tip of your roots where it is in contact with your flesh?
Manufacturers of amalgam fillings warn against the placement of retrograde fillings. But that is what dentists do to "save" a root canal. We have testimonies at DAMS of severe poisoning by mercury used in a surgical apioectomy.
Dr. Breiner got in trouble again with the Connecticut Department of Public Health when he wrote an editorial to the Connecticut Post newspaper warning against mercury fillings when there was a mercury spill in a local high school. According to a press release from Consumers for Dental Choice.
Dr Hal Huggins, D.D.S. in a lecture to the Cancer Control Society 1993:
Then we get into the root canal business, and that is the most tragic of all.
Isn't there something you can put in the centre of the canal that is safe?
Yeah, there probably is, but that is not where the problem is. The problem with a root canal is that it is dead. Lets equate that. Lets say you have got a ruptured appendix, so you go to the phone book, and who do you look up? Lets see, we have a surgeon and a taxidermist, who do you call? You going to get it bronzed?
That is all we do to a dead tooth. We put a gold crown on it, looks like it has been bronzed. It doesn't really matter what you embalm the dead tooth with, it is still dead, and within that dead tooth we have bacteria, and these bacteria are in the absence of oxygen. In the absence of oxygen most things die except bacteria. They undergo something called a pleomorphic change...like a mutation. they learn to live in the absence of oxygen…now produce thioethers, some of the strongest poisons on the planet that are not radioactive.
These get out into the body and you may notice in the medical literature of 1900 they mentioned a few heart attacks, so it wasn’t a big deal in 1900, but by 1910 2% of the US population, which is a lot of folks had had heart attacks. By 1920---10% of the population had had heart attacks, and we are up to about 25% about 10 years ago, and everywhere you go you see joggers running around. Menus in the restaurant have this little heart over it because we are on low cholesterol diets …….so what has it done. It has dropped the 25% down to around 43% . We are going in the wrong direction and root canals are going up. In 1990 we did 17 million of them. This last year we did 23 million, and the ADA hopes by the year 2000 we reach 30 million a year.
Weston Price knew this back in 1920 - he would take a person who had had a heart attack, take out the tooth with the root canal, take a little segment of it, put it under the skin of a rabbit.
We have done this with guinea pigs, and in about 10 days that rabbit would die of a heart attack. And you could take it out and put it under the skin of another rabbit, and in 10 days he would die of a heart attack……he would do this to 30 rabbits and every one of them in 97% of the cases would die of heart disease. What if they didn’t have heart disease? If they had something else, the rabbit picks up the something else, but all of them that we have tested in this way have ended up with an auto immune disease in the kidney, and if you look at the work of Joseph Issels in Germany who for 40 years treated terminal cancer cases. He started on them when they had already had their chemo, surgery, radiation, then they came to him. That is having 3 strikes against you and a fast ball down the tube there before you get up to the plate. He turned around 24% of 16,000 patients over a period of 40 years. What is the first thing he did? Have a dentist take out the root canal teeth.
...I have this shirt tail relative down there [Texas] about 24 years old, and she has brain cancer, so what do they do? They take out half her brain. Then it comes back so they take out the other half of her brain. Then it comes back a third time, and there is not much left to take out. Now they probably didn’t take out half, I may have stretched the point there a bit, but she was still fully functional, but it was right smack full in the middle of the brain. Three tumors growing, three root canals, and she is pregnant, and it is hard to overcome the stress to the body that pregnancy does, much less trying to overcome cancer, much less trying to overcome the root canals.
So we took out those 3 root canals when she had 3-6 months to live. And that was 6 years ago, and she is still alive today, and MRI can't find the tumor anymore. It went away.
So there are a lot of things, and this is just a tip of this giant chunk of ice under the water that has been making us think we are normal when we have all of these things going on in our body that we caught at the dental office-..it is time you were informed.
$1000.00 root canal? Dental Professionals Only Please?
I'm a dentist.
First off, I suggest you find another general dentist. Unless he/she has a particular reason to think that performing a root canal on your tooth would be an exceptionally difficult procedure, he/she has no business referring you to an endodontist. I am a firm believer that all general dentists should be able to handle 99% of their root canal cases, and those who cannot shouldn't hold a license to practice dentistry.
What's even more purturbing is that the doctor would go ahead and prepare a tooth for a crown knowing that it needs a root canal first. And, I'm a bit surprised that he/she would do so without even giving you some estimate as to the cost of the root canal. Sometimes the cost of the procedures individually is feasible for a patient, but the two together amount to a cost that is more than a patient can spend.
You might want to go back to your doctor and inquire about that. Unless he/she didn't know that the tooth would need a root canal until after the crown was prepped, you have a very legitimate gripe.
The specialist to which you have been referred is called an "endodontist", and personally I think they are the most dispicable dentists out there. They epitomize the most serious problems out there in the dental profession. They do virtually nothing but root canals day in and day out and charge obscene amounts of money for them (compared to what a general dentist in the same locality would charge). Endodontists exist because there are so many dentists out there who are too goddamned lazy to do their own root canals. The only things I send to endodontists are patients who are unmanageable or who have borderline untreatable teeth. I deliberatly try to send them patients who will waste their time.
Find another dentist. Call some offices near you and ask if the doctor does his own "molar endo". They'll be glad to take your business. Let them know that you've had a crown prepared at another office and that the other doctor who prepared the tooth for the crown will have to seat the crown, but after that you will switch practices. You'll likely be treated very warmly.
Finally, be sure and let the first doctor know that you are leaving his/her practice specifically because he doesn't offer his patients the full range of services every general dentist SHOULD offer to their patients--such as molar root canals.
Reply:Be sure to explain why you're leaving. General dentists should be performing their own root canals, period. Report It
Reply:My cousin owns a high dollar dentist office outside Chicago Illinois 1000 bucks is cheap. mine were 1500 with family discount. ask if they have payment plans. allot of reputable offices have payment plans.
Reply:It sounds like you were seeing a specialist, an endodontist, for the root canal. Sometimes a general dentist can do the root canal, sometimes not. That's part of the reason there are specialists, for when the generalist can't do it- too complicated, etc.
You *can* have someone else to the root canal. It is not done through the temporary crown; it is taken off.
If you are concerned about cost, shop around.
Good luck.
Reply:They will pull the temporary off to do the rootcanal. No problem. A molar root canal is going to run you 750-100 n matter where you go. Any dentist that is a general has had training in the root canal area. Ask your friends if their dentist is good, then call and get a price for the tooth. Some offices will not tell you - price shopping isn't always the best way to find a good dentist. There is a company called CARECREDIT they are on the net- They loan money to people for dentisty. You can apply on line and find out if you qualify in 30 seconds- then I'd ue the card at a dentist that takes it. Your 1000 root canal can cost you 30 a month over so many years, and you can pay it off early with no penality. They have a interest rate free offer - like 12 even payments but you have to ask for it. Do not put t the crown on until you have had the root canal if you can get the money together. If not- they can drill through a crown, but there is a slight chance the porcelain will fracture. Happens occasionally. You can find a little better price, I'm sure. The dental credit card is worth doing your teeth right. I got a loan for my dad's teeth on my car- just used it as collateral. Good luck!
Reply:The reason the cost is so high is that you've been sent to an endodontist to have the procedure done. They always charge more than a general dentist does. Unless you have a particular problem that necessitates your seeing a specialist then you can look around for another dentist to do the work. A lot of dentist do their own root canal treatments so it's not something that "must" be done by a specialist. Your dentist just may prefer not to do them, which some do opt not to do them because they are time consuming. Check with your friends or co workers, who may have a dentist that does them. You can even use the phone book and call different ones to see if you can find someone to do it for less. Usually a root canal on a tooth with 4 canals cost around $500.00-600.00 with a general dentist, depending on the tooth and how many canals are located, also where you live is a big factor. So that's worth doing a little looking around for, I would think. Hope I've been of some help and good luck, I'm sure you'll find someone to do the job!
Reply:Root canals are expensive work. Some general dentist offices do root canals on molars, but the $1,000 is a very acceptable cost. Sorry.
Reply:It does sound like a endodontist. If you have insurance just make sure that the specialist is in your network, sometimes dental offices have specialist at their offices but the specialist do not have to be in network, even if the dental office is. And just because they take you insurance does not mean they are in network. If they are out of network you can find one that is in network, specialist see any patients just for the root canal and that's it. If you don't have insurance that price does seem average for Houston. (Maybe even a little low) Also if you don't have coverage now you may want to sign up for one of those discount insurances like American Dental, etc. that way you can see a specialist that excepts that plan and at least you get a discounted rate off of their fee. Another thing is carecredit, if your dental office excepts that, you can charge you dental visit. It is a credit card for dental, vision, vet etc. and you only have to charge $300 to get one year no intrest.
Reply:Perhaps you could volunteer to be a practice case for the specialist, which may entitle you to a discounted rate. Some specialists regularly take time to hone their skills and need legitimate patients on which to practice new skills, new instruments, techniques, etc. Also, you could ask your dentist to refer you to a specialist who is a new graduate from endodontics. Perhaps someone with less experience (although maybe less desirable) would have a lower rate. Ensure you get a detailed quote from your practitioner. Be aware of the materials used, as certain materials cost more than others, and often there are lower cost alternatives. Have a candid discussion with both your dentist and the endo. Ask if you can have a no-obligation consult with the endo.
Good luck!
Reply:we'll pull it out for $90.
go get it pulled before you really have problems. but, first make sure it needs pulled. many dentists do root canals when the tooth doesn't actually need one. if you live near mexico, go there. go to a biologic dentists. if you need a list of some in your area, email me. when they pull it, you wear a temporary partial for 3 months, then you can get a permanent partial or bridge.
http://www.rooted.tv/Reviews.htm
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Hal Huggins answers the most commonly asked questions about root canals:
Why should I not have a ROOT CANAL done?
Root canals are recommended when a tooth has been fractured, or when decay has entered the nerve chamber and created much pain. Often the body calcifies the tooth membranes, and allows it to remain. Unusual as it sounds, the body does not like dead structures in it, and a healthy body will try to reject it. Pain requiring antibiotics and pain pills are frequently used until the immune system stops working in that area. Root canals produce toxins that can increase or create many autoimmune diseases.
Is laser treatment for cleaning of root canals and cavitations considered a safe treatment?
In both root canal sockets and cavitation linings, the big concern is the anaerobic bacteria. These are ones that live in the absence of oxygen. Botulism and gangrene are examples of anaerobic bacterial action. Bad bugs. If laser can kill all the bacteria, who is going to remove the dead bacteria, or the dead bone lining the sockets? There is no blood supply here. Laser only kills, does not clean debris. Other techniques are required to leave a clean area that can fill in with bone and new blood vessels.
____________________________
There is no way to disinfect a root canal. No matter how clean the area is or how free of bacteria, there are always bacteria in the tubules and they will grow. And, the more antibiotics taken or applied, the more antibiotic resistant, and stronger, they will become.
Root canals are the most toxic most damaging procedure dentists can do. You have two options: a root canal or an extraction. Dentists usually fill root canals with gutta percha. Some use the Sargenti method, a popular treatment used by 25% of dentists, but denounced by the American Dental Association because it contains formaldehyde compounds. There have been a lot of problems with those. They used to contain lead. The current formulas are said to have removed the lead, but millions of root canal treatments using the old formulas are still in people's mouths. Gutta percha is 15% barium so that it will show up in the X-ray. Gutta percha shrinks and leaves gaps and the tooth can never be sterile. There is no such thing as a sterile root canal. During a root canal, the main canal is filled and possibly some of the small side canals, but the other smaller canal-like structures in teeth called dentinal tubules are too tiny to be filled during treatment and these tubules become home to bacteria instead. Since there are millions of these tubules there is room for enough bacteria to challenge the immune system. The waste products from these nasty germs include some very toxic substances called thio-ethers, and your body has to deal with these toxins 24 hours a day. They contaminate the bone around the tooth and they are picked up by the immune system and carried to the liver for detoxification. Unfortunately, the liver can be seriously damaged by them. Weston Price conducted research on root canals and wrote two books about how toxic they can be. So you have to make up your mind what is more important to you. I believe no tooth is worth destroying my immune system. by Jerome, Frank, D.D.S. (812) 376-8525, Columbus Indiana, Author of "Tooth Truth"
ROOT CANALS POSE HEALTH THREAT AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE MEINIG, D.D.S.
Dr. Joseph Mercola
1443 W. Schaumburg Rd.
Schaumburg, IL 60194-4065
phone 847-985-1777
MJ You're assuming that ALL root-filled teeth harbor bacteria and/or other infective agents?
GM Yes. No matter what material or technique is used - and this is just as true today - the root filling shrinks minutely, perhaps microscopically. Further and this is key - the bulk of solid appearing teeth, called the dentin, actually consists of miles of tiny tubules. Microscopic organisms lurking in the maze of tubules simply migrate into the interior of the tooth and set up housekeeping. A filled root seems to be a favorite spot to start a new colony.
One of the things that makes this difficult to understand is that large, relatively harmless bacteria common to the mouth, change and adapt to new conditions. They shrink in size to fit the cramped quarters and even learn how to exist (and thrive!) on very little food. Those that need oxygen mutate and become able to get along without it. In the process of adaptation these formerly friendly "normal" organisms become pathogenic (capable of producing disease) and more virulent (stronger) and they produce much more potent toxins.
Today's bacteriologists are confirming the discoveries of the Price team of bacteriologists. Both isolated in root canals the same strains of streptococcus, staphylococcus and spirochetes.
MJ Is everyone who has ever had a root canal filled made ill by it?
GM No. We believe now that every root canal filling does leak and bacteria do invade the structure. But the variable factor is the strength of the person's immune system. Some healthy people are able to control the germs that escape from their teeth into other areas of the body. We think this happens because their immune system lymphocytes (white blood cells) and other disease fighters aren't constantly compromised by other ailments. In other words, they are able to prevent those new colonies from taking hold in other tissues throughout the body. But over time, most people with root filled teeth do seem to develop some kinds of systemic symptoms they didn't have before.
MJ It's really difficult to grasp that bacteria are imbedded deep in the structure of seemingly-hard, solid looking teeth.
GM I know. Physicians and dentists have that same problem, too. You really have to visualize the tooth structure - all of those microscopic tubules running through the dentin. In a healthy tooth, those tubules transport a fluid that carries nourishment to the inside. For perspective, if the tubules of a front single-root tooth, were stretched out on the ground they'd stretch for three miles!
A root filled tooth no longer has any fluid circulating through it, but the maze of tubules remains. The anaerobic bacteria that live there seem remarkably safe from antibiotics. The bacteria can migrate out into surrounding tissue where they can "hitch hike" to other locations in the body via the bloodstream. The new location can be any organ or gland or tissue, and the new colony will be the next focus of infection in a body plagued by recurrent or chronic infections.
All of the "building up" done to try to enhance the patient's ability to fight infections - to strengthen their immune system - is only a holding action. Many patients won't be well until the source of infection - the root canal tooth - is removed
--------------------------------------...
In 2001, Dr. Mark Breiner, of Connecticut, author of Whole Body Dentistry:Discover the Missing Piece to Better Health, was disciplined and fined $5,000 in December 2001 for advising patients that their mercury fillings and root canals could be contributing to their health problems. His disciplinary actions were categorized under fraud/deceit/incompetence/negligence in his consent order. Now tell me who is practicing fraud? A dentist who tells his patients that the fillings are not just silver, but mostly mercury, or the American Dental Association and the Connecticut Department of Public Health who doesn't want the public to know about the harmful effects of mercury fillings?
In his consent order the DPH also told him you "shall not remove teeth that have undergone root canal treatment that cannot be corrected by treatment of the root canal itself, retrograde filling or surgical apioectomy, or in which the root canal is fractured, without first providing the patient with the names and telephone numbers of two medical professionals approved by the Department with whom the patient may consult as to the traditional medical position on the planned treatment."
So if a root canal was causing health problems in a patient, Dr. Breiner was not to remove it, but to put in a retrograde filling. That means he was to put mercury down under the gumline and surgical apioectomy means he was to put mercury down in the root of the tooth, after cutting into the gums down at the root. Can you imagine mercury, not just on top of your teeth, but also down in the meat of your gums, down at the tip of your roots where it is in contact with your flesh?
Manufacturers of amalgam fillings warn against the placement of retrograde fillings. But that is what dentists do to "save" a root canal. We have testimonies at DAMS of severe poisoning by mercury used in a surgical apioectomy.
Dr. Breiner got in trouble again with the Connecticut Department of Public Health when he wrote an editorial to the Connecticut Post newspaper warning against mercury fillings when there was a mercury spill in a local high school. According to a press release from Consumers for Dental Choice.
Dr Hal Huggins, D.D.S. in a lecture to the Cancer Control Society 1993:
Then we get into the root canal business, and that is the most tragic of all.
Isn't there something you can put in the centre of the canal that is safe?
Yeah, there probably is, but that is not where the problem is. The problem with a root canal is that it is dead. Lets equate that. Lets say you have got a ruptured appendix, so you go to the phone book, and who do you look up? Lets see, we have a surgeon and a taxidermist, who do you call? You going to get it bronzed?
That is all we do to a dead tooth. We put a gold crown on it, looks like it has been bronzed. It doesn't really matter what you embalm the dead tooth with, it is still dead, and within that dead tooth we have bacteria, and these bacteria are in the absence of oxygen. In the absence of oxygen most things die except bacteria. They undergo something called a pleomorphic change...like a mutation. they learn to live in the absence of oxygen…now produce thioethers, some of the strongest poisons on the planet that are not radioactive.
These get out into the body and you may notice in the medical literature of 1900 they mentioned a few heart attacks, so it wasn’t a big deal in 1900, but by 1910 2% of the US population, which is a lot of folks had had heart attacks. By 1920---10% of the population had had heart attacks, and we are up to about 25% about 10 years ago, and everywhere you go you see joggers running around. Menus in the restaurant have this little heart over it because we are on low cholesterol diets …….so what has it done. It has dropped the 25% down to around 43% . We are going in the wrong direction and root canals are going up. In 1990 we did 17 million of them. This last year we did 23 million, and the ADA hopes by the year 2000 we reach 30 million a year.
Weston Price knew this back in 1920 - he would take a person who had had a heart attack, take out the tooth with the root canal, take a little segment of it, put it under the skin of a rabbit.
We have done this with guinea pigs, and in about 10 days that rabbit would die of a heart attack. And you could take it out and put it under the skin of another rabbit, and in 10 days he would die of a heart attack……he would do this to 30 rabbits and every one of them in 97% of the cases would die of heart disease. What if they didn’t have heart disease? If they had something else, the rabbit picks up the something else, but all of them that we have tested in this way have ended up with an auto immune disease in the kidney, and if you look at the work of Joseph Issels in Germany who for 40 years treated terminal cancer cases. He started on them when they had already had their chemo, surgery, radiation, then they came to him. That is having 3 strikes against you and a fast ball down the tube there before you get up to the plate. He turned around 24% of 16,000 patients over a period of 40 years. What is the first thing he did? Have a dentist take out the root canal teeth.
...I have this shirt tail relative down there [Texas] about 24 years old, and she has brain cancer, so what do they do? They take out half her brain. Then it comes back so they take out the other half of her brain. Then it comes back a third time, and there is not much left to take out. Now they probably didn’t take out half, I may have stretched the point there a bit, but she was still fully functional, but it was right smack full in the middle of the brain. Three tumors growing, three root canals, and she is pregnant, and it is hard to overcome the stress to the body that pregnancy does, much less trying to overcome cancer, much less trying to overcome the root canals.
So we took out those 3 root canals when she had 3-6 months to live. And that was 6 years ago, and she is still alive today, and MRI can't find the tumor anymore. It went away.
So there are a lot of things, and this is just a tip of this giant chunk of ice under the water that has been making us think we are normal when we have all of these things going on in our body that we caught at the dental office-..it is time you were informed.
Is Root Canal Therepy needed or extraction ?
Recently had pain in my upper molar tooth, been to the dentist,and he said I can either go with Root Canal Therapy, or have it extracted. He said that I will need a crown on it if I I did Root Canal on it, and that would last 20 , longer than a cap, is this true? I already had a large filling in this tooth, thats where it gives me pain, and this new dentist told me if I got the molar tooth out, it would eventually make the bottom tooth have to come out as well and it wouldn't be good for the bottom back tooth, is this true? I thought we don't need our molar teeth? I been getting throbbing pain on and off there, so he feels I might need a root canal . Of course root canal and crown is near $20000, expensive. II don't know if he is just B.S.ing me or what, since I am a new patient. He says if I am feeling pain, that means the tooth might be already dying, so if it's dying how would a root vanal help, then wouldn't I have to pull out anyway down the road?
Is Root Canal Therepy needed or extraction ?
I think you mean $2000 for the root canal and crown, and this is about standard.
Root canal is designed to save a tooth where the nerve is already compromised. The dentist will kill off the nerve and then drill out all the rotten tooth material and replace it with a filling. Then, in order to have a normal sized crown, he will file off the outer layer of tooth to allow the crown with it's adhesive paste, to fit. The crown should be long enough to fit under the edge of the gum line, to prevent food from accumulating around the edge of it. This ends up being very strong, and should last for a good many years.
http://www.animated-teeth.com/root_canal...
An alternative is extraction, and then replacement with a permanent artificial tooth (called dental implants). Depending on the dentist, this route would cost around about the same amount for a single tooth as a root canal. And this prevents the shifting of teeth into the available free space.
http://dental-implants.com/cms/frequentl...
And yes, this does happen slowly over a span of years, and ends up weakening the whole of the bite.
Reply:$20,000? Now I know going to a dentist is pricey but that sounds outlandish! I know of someone who had a root canal done and the next year, had to have the tooth removed. My son just went to the dentist the other day because of a tooth (top) in the back in which the filling fell out causing him pain thus casuing some other teeth which were ok to hurt. He had what is called a sedative temporary filling put in, he'll be chcked in 6 weeks, if it looks ok then a permanent filling will be put in. Otherwise, the dentist said he'd have to do a root canal. To me, that's a money thing in their eyes and I won't let my son do it unless he pays for it as my insurance will not cover for all of it. (The nerve ended up being exposed as well thus the pain). I don't know if having the top one out would cause the bottom one to have to come out, I'd get another opinion from another dentist. Crowns are expensive...what do they think? That people are made of money? My bill came to almost $500 for 3 fillings, I'm grateful for insurance as we only had to pay around $80. If you have the $$, go for the canal and crown, otherwise, have it pulled. Good luck!
Reply:1) if a tooth is abcessed, and it sounds like yours is, the only two options are extraction or endodontics, (root canal)
2) it is always best to crown a tooth after a root canal is finished. the tooth is already weakened from the large filling and the root canal weakens the tooth even more.
3) a cap and a crown are the same thing.
4) in our office a molar root canal followed by a crown would be about $1500
5) teeth do, sometimes, shift after the loss of another tooth. the tooth behind will lean forward and the tooth in the opposite arch will over erupt. these are problems that take many years to develope and not something to worry about at this time.
6) so, your only decision is money. do you value the tooth enough to spend 2000 on it or would you rather spend 100 and have a missing tooth?
Is Root Canal Therepy needed or extraction ?
I think you mean $2000 for the root canal and crown, and this is about standard.
Root canal is designed to save a tooth where the nerve is already compromised. The dentist will kill off the nerve and then drill out all the rotten tooth material and replace it with a filling. Then, in order to have a normal sized crown, he will file off the outer layer of tooth to allow the crown with it's adhesive paste, to fit. The crown should be long enough to fit under the edge of the gum line, to prevent food from accumulating around the edge of it. This ends up being very strong, and should last for a good many years.
http://www.animated-teeth.com/root_canal...
An alternative is extraction, and then replacement with a permanent artificial tooth (called dental implants). Depending on the dentist, this route would cost around about the same amount for a single tooth as a root canal. And this prevents the shifting of teeth into the available free space.
http://dental-implants.com/cms/frequentl...
And yes, this does happen slowly over a span of years, and ends up weakening the whole of the bite.
Reply:$20,000? Now I know going to a dentist is pricey but that sounds outlandish! I know of someone who had a root canal done and the next year, had to have the tooth removed. My son just went to the dentist the other day because of a tooth (top) in the back in which the filling fell out causing him pain thus casuing some other teeth which were ok to hurt. He had what is called a sedative temporary filling put in, he'll be chcked in 6 weeks, if it looks ok then a permanent filling will be put in. Otherwise, the dentist said he'd have to do a root canal. To me, that's a money thing in their eyes and I won't let my son do it unless he pays for it as my insurance will not cover for all of it. (The nerve ended up being exposed as well thus the pain). I don't know if having the top one out would cause the bottom one to have to come out, I'd get another opinion from another dentist. Crowns are expensive...what do they think? That people are made of money? My bill came to almost $500 for 3 fillings, I'm grateful for insurance as we only had to pay around $80. If you have the $$, go for the canal and crown, otherwise, have it pulled. Good luck!
Reply:1) if a tooth is abcessed, and it sounds like yours is, the only two options are extraction or endodontics, (root canal)
2) it is always best to crown a tooth after a root canal is finished. the tooth is already weakened from the large filling and the root canal weakens the tooth even more.
3) a cap and a crown are the same thing.
4) in our office a molar root canal followed by a crown would be about $1500
5) teeth do, sometimes, shift after the loss of another tooth. the tooth behind will lean forward and the tooth in the opposite arch will over erupt. these are problems that take many years to develope and not something to worry about at this time.
6) so, your only decision is money. do you value the tooth enough to spend 2000 on it or would you rather spend 100 and have a missing tooth?
Question about root canal/infection and something with moving the jaw bone?//please answer!!?
allright, this morning i went to a new dentist and I am getting a root canal done on thursday, i knew it was gonna be a root canal theres a huge whole in the tooth and its hurt me for at least 8 months. My teeth are all screwed up, iv had many root canals before. So the New dentist (i just moved to a different place) took an xray, said it was infected to the bone and had to move the jaw bone or something? i dont know what he means but he said it was a common procedure? Im kinda nervous because im used to my normal dentist so this is completely new. Also after reading everything on here about infection and root canals im nervous that what if its spread to my blood stream, i mean the nerve is infected and everything. WOuld my dentist of known by looking at the xray? i know i can ask him everthing on thurs but im a nervous gal. He said that i wouldnt have to go on antibiotics cause the root canal would take care of it? Can any one answer any of these questions? I would really appreciate i
Question about root canal/infection and something with moving the jaw bone?//please answer!!?
Yes, you can tell my looking at an xray, if the RCT has been there for a long time (chronic). Reason being, the diagnosis for indicating a root canal treatment (RCT) would be the size of the infection, the type of pain it induces, and if it's been there for awhile, the xray would show it. it looks like a big black hole around the tip of the root; that blackness is called a radiolucency, and means that the bone around the tip of the root has been infected to the point where the bone is gone, and therefore no longer white (radio-opaque - that indicates bone).
As for going on antibiotics, that's sometimes the first course of treatment, since some root canal infections are so large that the patient needs the infection reduced before we can even begin the RCT. Typically in those cases, the pt exhibits swelling in the mouth and around the gum tissue.
As for moving the jaw bone, i'm not quite sure what you're refering to. My suggestion would be to write down what you want to ask, and discuss your concerns with your dentist. He should be more than happy to help you with alleviating your concerns about the procedure, esp since you say you've had so many done before already.
Reply:Normally, going on antibiotics is a common procedure if you are in pain. If you are not in pain the infection may not currently be fired up so you may not need antibiotics right now. The only thing I can guess with the bone thing is there is severe infection in that jaw bone area and he is afraid the root canal alone won't be enough to clear the infection out of the bone so he is planning to do an apicoectomy. This is where they go in the jaw bone and clear out the infection around the jaw bone and root of the tooth. This is a common practice when a root canal alone does not work. Normally, the root canal alone is tried first, but I do not know how bad the bone is infected, it may be necessary. Discuss this with your doc so you understand. If he is not willing to discuss and explain your treatment then he isn't a good dentist. The apicoectomy normally happens when the body fails to clear the infection in the bone after the root canal is done. Normally treating the tooth causes the immune system to kick in and clear the bone infection. However, if it is really severe he might think this will never happen or be afraid by the time it clears you may lose more bone around your tooth possible comprimising the tooth and the work done on it.
Question about root canal/infection and something with moving the jaw bone?//please answer!!?
Yes, you can tell my looking at an xray, if the RCT has been there for a long time (chronic). Reason being, the diagnosis for indicating a root canal treatment (RCT) would be the size of the infection, the type of pain it induces, and if it's been there for awhile, the xray would show it. it looks like a big black hole around the tip of the root; that blackness is called a radiolucency, and means that the bone around the tip of the root has been infected to the point where the bone is gone, and therefore no longer white (radio-opaque - that indicates bone).
As for going on antibiotics, that's sometimes the first course of treatment, since some root canal infections are so large that the patient needs the infection reduced before we can even begin the RCT. Typically in those cases, the pt exhibits swelling in the mouth and around the gum tissue.
As for moving the jaw bone, i'm not quite sure what you're refering to. My suggestion would be to write down what you want to ask, and discuss your concerns with your dentist. He should be more than happy to help you with alleviating your concerns about the procedure, esp since you say you've had so many done before already.
Reply:Normally, going on antibiotics is a common procedure if you are in pain. If you are not in pain the infection may not currently be fired up so you may not need antibiotics right now. The only thing I can guess with the bone thing is there is severe infection in that jaw bone area and he is afraid the root canal alone won't be enough to clear the infection out of the bone so he is planning to do an apicoectomy. This is where they go in the jaw bone and clear out the infection around the jaw bone and root of the tooth. This is a common practice when a root canal alone does not work. Normally, the root canal alone is tried first, but I do not know how bad the bone is infected, it may be necessary. Discuss this with your doc so you understand. If he is not willing to discuss and explain your treatment then he isn't a good dentist. The apicoectomy normally happens when the body fails to clear the infection in the bone after the root canal is done. Normally treating the tooth causes the immune system to kick in and clear the bone infection. However, if it is really severe he might think this will never happen or be afraid by the time it clears you may lose more bone around your tooth possible comprimising the tooth and the work done on it.
Retainer..root canal..help?
ok so i had my retainer on till dec 07 and in the beginning of jan i met with a small accident(i fainted, fell on the ground, my upper jaw landed on the floor slightly, and my right tooth died)..so i needed a root canal..my tooth had shifted 0.002 mm back..or something around that measurement..lol..anyways so the doc removed the retainer off that tooth performed my root canal and now its done..i had a permanent retainer on the back of my upper teeth, so technically i had my retainer on the rest of my teeth besides that front right tooth..
so now, i need internal bleaching done because my tooth is discoloring..for the next 3-4 weeks i will be without my retainer(and this is my whole upper jaw)..so i have a couple of questions to ask:
1. im pretty sure my teeth must've shifted a bit, will the retainer correct this?will it bring it back to alignment?
2. my front right tooth moved slightly back(due to the accident)..my doctor believes that a retainer should bring it back to its original
Retainer..root canal..help?
A traumatized tooth due to a a blow or injury may really cause some movement. Good thing it wasnt completely avulsed (the tooth didnt come off, it happens!).
1.If your retainer has an active component on it, your orthodontist may activate that part to put your tooth to the correct position once your dead tooth has stabilized, meaning the ligaments holding the tooth has already recovered.
2.It's true what your doctor told you that the retainer should bring it back to its original position, provided that it has that active appliance which pushes your tooth forward.
3.Do I understand your 3rd question correctly that you wont be wearing your retainer til april due to the internal bleaching? I believe you are talking about the fixed permanent retainer cemented at the back of your teeth. That permanent retainer may have been placed by your dentist to splint (stabilize) your injured tooth (if they were placed there after the injury), or you just finished wearing your braces that's why it's there (if you had them even before the injury). If you are worrying about some unneccesary tooth movement while you arent wearing the retainer, you may ask your dentist if it's a good idea to have a temporary fixed retainer placed on the labial side of your teeth. I know it may be a little unesthetic but if your injured tooth needs splinting, that's better than having a wobbly tooth that may become more wobbly after some time. (That sometimes happens if the ligaments holding the tooth wasnt able to recover) But if you are talking about a removable retainer, I think there wont be any problem why you couldnt wear it while having your tooth bleached internally.
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so now, i need internal bleaching done because my tooth is discoloring..for the next 3-4 weeks i will be without my retainer(and this is my whole upper jaw)..so i have a couple of questions to ask:
1. im pretty sure my teeth must've shifted a bit, will the retainer correct this?will it bring it back to alignment?
2. my front right tooth moved slightly back(due to the accident)..my doctor believes that a retainer should bring it back to its original
Retainer..root canal..help?
A traumatized tooth due to a a blow or injury may really cause some movement. Good thing it wasnt completely avulsed (the tooth didnt come off, it happens!).
1.If your retainer has an active component on it, your orthodontist may activate that part to put your tooth to the correct position once your dead tooth has stabilized, meaning the ligaments holding the tooth has already recovered.
2.It's true what your doctor told you that the retainer should bring it back to its original position, provided that it has that active appliance which pushes your tooth forward.
3.Do I understand your 3rd question correctly that you wont be wearing your retainer til april due to the internal bleaching? I believe you are talking about the fixed permanent retainer cemented at the back of your teeth. That permanent retainer may have been placed by your dentist to splint (stabilize) your injured tooth (if they were placed there after the injury), or you just finished wearing your braces that's why it's there (if you had them even before the injury). If you are worrying about some unneccesary tooth movement while you arent wearing the retainer, you may ask your dentist if it's a good idea to have a temporary fixed retainer placed on the labial side of your teeth. I know it may be a little unesthetic but if your injured tooth needs splinting, that's better than having a wobbly tooth that may become more wobbly after some time. (That sometimes happens if the ligaments holding the tooth wasnt able to recover) But if you are talking about a removable retainer, I think there wont be any problem why you couldnt wear it while having your tooth bleached internally.
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Question about a root canal?
I've moved around several times in the last few years and never stayed in one place long enough to make a point to go to the dentist, etc. So...now I've settled down and have been making all kinds of appointments to get caught up. I went to the dentist last week and got all kinds of bad news. They claim I need a root canal and a handful of fillings. I admit, I deserve that, I take good care of my teeth and you'd never know by looking at my smile that I have a bunch of cavities, but "bad" teeth seem to run in the family. I accepted my punishment and set up an appointment for the root canal to get started. But now I'm starting to question it, I don't even have any pain in the area where they pointed out. I've never been to this place before and haven't heard anything one way or the other about them. Is it possible to need a root canal even though I have no pain? I want to be sure that I don't have an unnecessary procedure done...especially one that costs soo much (the crown!)
Question about a root canal?
why not get a second oppion...they take X rays and show you where and how and why the root canal is needed...AT least my dentist does...I am getting one this THURS....and I know I needed one. I saw it on the X ray and I've been having trouble with it ...Good luck...
Reply:do the root canal, i had one done a few years ago
a few years before the root canal, my dentist said i needed one, and i chickened out and didn't go for years, and then i finally got it. i actually waited too long and they had to do more on the tooth then they planned on. get it done as soon as possible
i didn't have any pain either, which was kind of weird, but then again, the reason people get root canals is because that tooth is dead, so it probably has no feeling
Reply:You probably don't have any pain because the tooth may be dead.
Reply:You might want to see why you need a root canal. I had one done when I had my crown changed. There was an infection in my gums and they wanted to get that out first before they put the new crown on. I didn't have pain either. No symptoms at all.
Reply:well, you can check the better business bureau, and the medical board, and online to check out the dentist... usually on the medical board site, where you would find their license number it would say if there were any legal actions against him... I would definitely have the root canal done before there is pain... yes, you can need one done, and not have any pain. There is nothing like your own teeth, take care of everything... ask to see the xray of your mouth too, and tell them to point out where you will need this root canal...
Reply:Yes, you can need a root canal even if you have no pain. The xrays are probably showing that but they really wouldn't know for sure until they start drilling. When they get to the root and there is no blood then the root is dead and needs to be removed. Not fun. It takes a while for the procedure and you will have to keep your mouth open for a good while.
You will actually be paying for the root canal and a crown. It is very expensive.
If you are not sure about the dentist, ask around town to see if anybody knows someone who has gone to this clinic. You could probably call the state dental board and check up on him to see how long he has been in practice, if he specializes in anything or has had any complaints filed against him. Also, go with your gut feeling. How did the exam go? Were you comfortable with him and his staff? Was the office clean? Did you see diplomas on the wall etc.
Good luck!
Reply:Bad teeth run in my family as well. If I were you I would get all of my teeth pulled out and just get dentures. Well I would not get them all pulled out right now. I would wait at least 2 to 5 years and let your teeth do its thing, but you still would have to brush and mouthwash to you get that done. At least then you could eat what you want when ever you want. And now you would not have to worry going to the dentist a lot. And besides some dentist just want money. They make you get unneeded stuff done. One time they said I needed a root canal done on a tooth that had no visible damage done to it.
Reply:forget the crown.
The root canal itself will set you back about 1000 bucks. THEN there is a crown. If this is a back molar, get the tooth pulled.
Noone ever tells you that the REAL pain of a root canal is NOT the proceedure, but the cost. Also, root canals leave the tooth very weak and brittle. Before I could afford a crown
the tooth broke twice. Note this was a $1000 tooth!!!
Now, the worst tooth in my mouth is the friggin root canal tooth. Now it can't be fixed.
If your dentist doesn't tell you that root canals are are an UNPROVEN method of supposedly fixing a tooth; he is ripping you off. He should also tell you that root canals break very easily.
Question about a root canal?
why not get a second oppion...they take X rays and show you where and how and why the root canal is needed...AT least my dentist does...I am getting one this THURS....and I know I needed one. I saw it on the X ray and I've been having trouble with it ...Good luck...
Reply:do the root canal, i had one done a few years ago
a few years before the root canal, my dentist said i needed one, and i chickened out and didn't go for years, and then i finally got it. i actually waited too long and they had to do more on the tooth then they planned on. get it done as soon as possible
i didn't have any pain either, which was kind of weird, but then again, the reason people get root canals is because that tooth is dead, so it probably has no feeling
Reply:You probably don't have any pain because the tooth may be dead.
Reply:You might want to see why you need a root canal. I had one done when I had my crown changed. There was an infection in my gums and they wanted to get that out first before they put the new crown on. I didn't have pain either. No symptoms at all.
Reply:well, you can check the better business bureau, and the medical board, and online to check out the dentist... usually on the medical board site, where you would find their license number it would say if there were any legal actions against him... I would definitely have the root canal done before there is pain... yes, you can need one done, and not have any pain. There is nothing like your own teeth, take care of everything... ask to see the xray of your mouth too, and tell them to point out where you will need this root canal...
Reply:Yes, you can need a root canal even if you have no pain. The xrays are probably showing that but they really wouldn't know for sure until they start drilling. When they get to the root and there is no blood then the root is dead and needs to be removed. Not fun. It takes a while for the procedure and you will have to keep your mouth open for a good while.
You will actually be paying for the root canal and a crown. It is very expensive.
If you are not sure about the dentist, ask around town to see if anybody knows someone who has gone to this clinic. You could probably call the state dental board and check up on him to see how long he has been in practice, if he specializes in anything or has had any complaints filed against him. Also, go with your gut feeling. How did the exam go? Were you comfortable with him and his staff? Was the office clean? Did you see diplomas on the wall etc.
Good luck!
Reply:Bad teeth run in my family as well. If I were you I would get all of my teeth pulled out and just get dentures. Well I would not get them all pulled out right now. I would wait at least 2 to 5 years and let your teeth do its thing, but you still would have to brush and mouthwash to you get that done. At least then you could eat what you want when ever you want. And now you would not have to worry going to the dentist a lot. And besides some dentist just want money. They make you get unneeded stuff done. One time they said I needed a root canal done on a tooth that had no visible damage done to it.
Reply:forget the crown.
The root canal itself will set you back about 1000 bucks. THEN there is a crown. If this is a back molar, get the tooth pulled.
Noone ever tells you that the REAL pain of a root canal is NOT the proceedure, but the cost. Also, root canals leave the tooth very weak and brittle. Before I could afford a crown
the tooth broke twice. Note this was a $1000 tooth!!!
Now, the worst tooth in my mouth is the friggin root canal tooth. Now it can't be fixed.
If your dentist doesn't tell you that root canals are are an UNPROVEN method of supposedly fixing a tooth; he is ripping you off. He should also tell you that root canals break very easily.
Root Canal Question?
I had a root canal and a crown put on about 2 years ago. The tooth is in great shape now and nothing hurts or anything like that. It was in the back on the bottom. The next last tooth. Recently I have had this white bump pop up on my jaw right below where the root canal was done. It looks like there is something trying to poke through that little bump. It almost looks like a end of a toothpick or something. I didn't know if anyone has ever had this before from a previous root canal. I thought it might be something to do with those pins they put in when before they install the crown. I don't know. It doesn't hurt or anything but I was just a little concerned. I called my dentist and he said that sometimes a bump will form to let the tooth drain more from where the canal was done. Any ideas?
Root Canal Question?
Possibly there is another canal in the tooth that has to be treated. An endodontist(root canal specialist) may be able to help. I have seen this happen as long as 10 years after the root canal was originally done.
Reply:Did he say it was an abcess? If so did he give you antibiotics for it?
Reply:if you've had a root removed pieces of it can turn up ages later and come out through your gum like splinters- not scary. Wonder if it could be something like that?
If it hurts rub on clove oil- antiseptic and mildly anesthetic.
Reply:Possible that root canal had relapsed or the tooth has another canal which was untreated,probably unnoticed at the time you had youre root canal.Go to your dentist and have it checked.Have it xray.So your dentist could see if there is another canal or infection on the apex of the teeth.You're not feeling any pain on the tooth,because it has the drainage on the side.A repeat of the root canal procedure is done or apicoectomy.
Root Canal Question?
Possibly there is another canal in the tooth that has to be treated. An endodontist(root canal specialist) may be able to help. I have seen this happen as long as 10 years after the root canal was originally done.
Reply:Did he say it was an abcess? If so did he give you antibiotics for it?
Reply:if you've had a root removed pieces of it can turn up ages later and come out through your gum like splinters- not scary. Wonder if it could be something like that?
If it hurts rub on clove oil- antiseptic and mildly anesthetic.
Reply:Possible that root canal had relapsed or the tooth has another canal which was untreated,probably unnoticed at the time you had youre root canal.Go to your dentist and have it checked.Have it xray.So your dentist could see if there is another canal or infection on the apex of the teeth.You're not feeling any pain on the tooth,because it has the drainage on the side.A repeat of the root canal procedure is done or apicoectomy.
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