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SallyUK
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Hi
first of all I like my dentist. Secondly I have lots off restorations and expect more tooth loss at some point but currently dealing with so much.
Top left quadrant is my only full one. Two crowned molars, one crowned premolar and one crowned canine.
teeth have been pretty stable for a while. Check up in May showed decay in one of the molars, initial decay years ago was between the teeth and ideally needed a new crown. Dentist wasn’t confident it would hold up so he compromised and filled it. A month later the crown next to it at the back came off along with some build up. His colleague recemented but said it might not hold.
Three plus weeks ago I had pain in my jaw joint, muscles in my neck and temples and gums sore. I realised I was clenching and my bite felt slightly off. This has happened before and resolved. But it didn’t, on and off pain and what felt like two sprained teeth that I was knocking together. Last Sunday the back crown was loose. Made emergency visit to dentist Monday. He took the crown off and said we could try rct and new crown or extraction but no rush to decide, can leave a gap if we do extract. He left the crown off with a temp filling over the root. He saw my bite was off and muscle tested which were very tight, exercises improved this pain within days. Agreed to review getting a mouth guard after dealing with back tooth. My dentist is mindful that I find work being done stressful, so trying to pace it.
tuesday I had my regular check up. There were gum pockets of 5 near the two teeth that had been sensitive when I was clenching. Two years ago i had a deep clean in this area and gums have been fine since. Dentist advised on upping cleaning. No X-rays taken, last check up in May they were done.
thursday night I get a red and sore spot on my gum line behind the incisor tooth, this swelled by Saturday and I called emergency dentist. Thought it might be from clenching and the probe into the pocket at the check up. Locally painful but not like abscesses I’ve had in the past, the gum at the front of these teeth also inflamed. Emergency dentist advised use salt water rinse and no need to visit unless gets worse. Last night the bump came to a head and started to drain and pain diminishing. The sensitivity when I touch teeth together, bruised feeling is also going. The canine and the front tooth that I thought were sensitive from my clenching but maybe not considering this swelling I had...
the canine tooth has moved, it’s a bit loose and I’m beside myself trying to work out if all these things are connected and what sort of damage is going on along this arch and imagining them all being taken out. My bite is moving about, presume that’s gum swelling and jaw tightness but also this tooth not positioned right anymore. Was this a trauma injury? An abscess in this tooth causing all of it?
I feel overwhelmed at what’s to come. I would say the anxiety is giving way to frustration and exhaustion. I now guess the tooth rct has failed, the incisor. It was done 9 yrs ago through an existing crown, it had two roots but he thought it had three but consulted with the endodontic surgeon who said there was not, the wall of one of the roots had eroded from the infection and that my dentist had reached the end of the root (as is now). So this tooth sounds fragile....... what will I do if it has to be extracted? A denture? A gap at the front?
What will I do about the back molar? I had decided to go for the rct on it and try to keep it, implant not possible there. Feel a bit helpless and up against it.
so upset, not sure I can cope with all this going on at once and want to break this cycle. I feel like clenching is causing pain and possible this abscess or sprain, the bite is off because of it all and around I go..... and concerns I will discover more bad news, catastrophising and over thinking..... try to see dentist again tomorrow for X-ray. Do you think he would extract it immediately if it can’t be retreated, sound serious? I just want to run away
first of all I like my dentist. Secondly I have lots off restorations and expect more tooth loss at some point but currently dealing with so much.
Top left quadrant is my only full one. Two crowned molars, one crowned premolar and one crowned canine.
teeth have been pretty stable for a while. Check up in May showed decay in one of the molars, initial decay years ago was between the teeth and ideally needed a new crown. Dentist wasn’t confident it would hold up so he compromised and filled it. A month later the crown next to it at the back came off along with some build up. His colleague recemented but said it might not hold.
Three plus weeks ago I had pain in my jaw joint, muscles in my neck and temples and gums sore. I realised I was clenching and my bite felt slightly off. This has happened before and resolved. But it didn’t, on and off pain and what felt like two sprained teeth that I was knocking together. Last Sunday the back crown was loose. Made emergency visit to dentist Monday. He took the crown off and said we could try rct and new crown or extraction but no rush to decide, can leave a gap if we do extract. He left the crown off with a temp filling over the root. He saw my bite was off and muscle tested which were very tight, exercises improved this pain within days. Agreed to review getting a mouth guard after dealing with back tooth. My dentist is mindful that I find work being done stressful, so trying to pace it.
tuesday I had my regular check up. There were gum pockets of 5 near the two teeth that had been sensitive when I was clenching. Two years ago i had a deep clean in this area and gums have been fine since. Dentist advised on upping cleaning. No X-rays taken, last check up in May they were done.
thursday night I get a red and sore spot on my gum line behind the incisor tooth, this swelled by Saturday and I called emergency dentist. Thought it might be from clenching and the probe into the pocket at the check up. Locally painful but not like abscesses I’ve had in the past, the gum at the front of these teeth also inflamed. Emergency dentist advised use salt water rinse and no need to visit unless gets worse. Last night the bump came to a head and started to drain and pain diminishing. The sensitivity when I touch teeth together, bruised feeling is also going. The canine and the front tooth that I thought were sensitive from my clenching but maybe not considering this swelling I had...
the canine tooth has moved, it’s a bit loose and I’m beside myself trying to work out if all these things are connected and what sort of damage is going on along this arch and imagining them all being taken out. My bite is moving about, presume that’s gum swelling and jaw tightness but also this tooth not positioned right anymore. Was this a trauma injury? An abscess in this tooth causing all of it?
I feel overwhelmed at what’s to come. I would say the anxiety is giving way to frustration and exhaustion. I now guess the tooth rct has failed, the incisor. It was done 9 yrs ago through an existing crown, it had two roots but he thought it had three but consulted with the endodontic surgeon who said there was not, the wall of one of the roots had eroded from the infection and that my dentist had reached the end of the root (as is now). So this tooth sounds fragile....... what will I do if it has to be extracted? A denture? A gap at the front?
What will I do about the back molar? I had decided to go for the rct on it and try to keep it, implant not possible there. Feel a bit helpless and up against it.so upset, not sure I can cope with all this going on at once and want to break this cycle. I feel like clenching is causing pain and possible this abscess or sprain, the bite is off because of it all and around I go..... and concerns I will discover more bad news, catastrophising and over thinking..... try to see dentist again tomorrow for X-ray. Do you think he would extract it immediately if it can’t be retreated, sound serious? I just want to run away
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