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leela
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Hi everyone,
I haven't posted in a long time due to some other things going on in my life, but thought I would come on with an update.
Just to recap, back in January I cracked a tooth - but at the time while the dentist was suspicious of that, there was no way to confirm it. To make a long story somewhat shorter, I had the tooth filled, but was still in pain. I had a root canal done on the tooth - still in pain. I had a temporary crown put on the tooth - still in pain. We went ahead and did the permanent crown about 2 weeks ago, and I'm still in pain. After about a million dental visits and $4000, it looks like that tooth is going to have to be pulled.
Back in January during a cleaning I told my dentist about the symptoms I was having in that tooth, and she wanted to replace the very old (20 years) and very large filling in it. I was too scared to let her do this, so I booked an appt. for a month later which I cancelled. This was the DUMBEST thing I could have done. Had I let her fill the tooth when the crack was small, it probably would have fixed it, and I wouldn't have had to go through almost 7 months of dental appts and $4000 which didn't work.
Because of my fear, I am going to lose a tooth, and this never should have happened. Thankfully it's the second last molar in the back. I don't know what I'm going to do about it, I can't even think about that yet.
She said I could just keep the crown on for as long as I can, but sooner or later it will start to cause me enough pain that I will have to remove the tooth.
I have 3 more big fillings that are also 20 years old that she wants to replace so that these teeth don't suffer the same fate, and believe me, this time I am listening to her. That appt. is scheduled for 2 weeks from now.
So the moral of this story is listen to your dentist, and just get in there and get the dental work done. I know it's horrible, if you read the first thread I ever posted you'll see how scared I was. I still am, but my dental health is more important to me now and I'll do whatever it takes to make sure this never happens again.
I haven't posted in a long time due to some other things going on in my life, but thought I would come on with an update.
Just to recap, back in January I cracked a tooth - but at the time while the dentist was suspicious of that, there was no way to confirm it. To make a long story somewhat shorter, I had the tooth filled, but was still in pain. I had a root canal done on the tooth - still in pain. I had a temporary crown put on the tooth - still in pain. We went ahead and did the permanent crown about 2 weeks ago, and I'm still in pain. After about a million dental visits and $4000, it looks like that tooth is going to have to be pulled.
Back in January during a cleaning I told my dentist about the symptoms I was having in that tooth, and she wanted to replace the very old (20 years) and very large filling in it. I was too scared to let her do this, so I booked an appt. for a month later which I cancelled. This was the DUMBEST thing I could have done. Had I let her fill the tooth when the crack was small, it probably would have fixed it, and I wouldn't have had to go through almost 7 months of dental appts and $4000 which didn't work.
Because of my fear, I am going to lose a tooth, and this never should have happened. Thankfully it's the second last molar in the back. I don't know what I'm going to do about it, I can't even think about that yet.
She said I could just keep the crown on for as long as I can, but sooner or later it will start to cause me enough pain that I will have to remove the tooth.
I have 3 more big fillings that are also 20 years old that she wants to replace so that these teeth don't suffer the same fate, and believe me, this time I am listening to her. That appt. is scheduled for 2 weeks from now.
So the moral of this story is listen to your dentist, and just get in there and get the dental work done. I know it's horrible, if you read the first thread I ever posted you'll see how scared I was. I still am, but my dental health is more important to me now and I'll do whatever it takes to make sure this never happens again.