holymolar
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Hi everyone,
I'm hoping that someone may be able to give me some feedback about this!
I have a tooth (2nd from back, lower molar) that has been through the ringer this past decade and now the diagnosis is apparently extraction. I am so upset, PO'd with the Endo who gave me this rather casual determination and sort of stupidly desperate to find an alternate solution.
I had a root canal + crown put on 5 years ago, and now I was told there is a crack, bacteria collecting beneath the surface, so an apparent zero chance for it to be salvaged.
I have NO pain, NO discomfort, NO sensitivity whatsoever...never have .... so I'm frustrated that an apparently still-hardy (and already very expensive tooth) must come out. I just can't come to terms with a giant hole in my gums...(let alone the procedure itself) and all the accompanying b.s.
I begged the Endo that he please open it up, clean stuff out, put a new crown on, and even stick me on a battery of antibiotics if necessary...but he merely looked at me with that sort of condescending amusement like they do, and told me that that was not possible anymore.
I asked him how my tooth could be so infected but be feeling no pain or discomfort. He looked at me gravely and said .... 'oh, the pain will come'.
I guess maybe I'm in denial or something? Everyone is telling me that if he could do something, he would ... after all, which rich Endodontist wouldn't welcome more riches.
I am terrified of having to have this done - will need to dish out piles of cash for general anaesthesia for both extraction & implant - and right now am super depressed.
Is there a shred of hope that there could .... maybe maybe maybe ... be an alternative? (besides keeping the tooth, letting the infection spread systemically and dying of a heart attack, of course).
Any input is so appreciated,
Thanks!
I'm hoping that someone may be able to give me some feedback about this!
I have a tooth (2nd from back, lower molar) that has been through the ringer this past decade and now the diagnosis is apparently extraction. I am so upset, PO'd with the Endo who gave me this rather casual determination and sort of stupidly desperate to find an alternate solution.
I had a root canal + crown put on 5 years ago, and now I was told there is a crack, bacteria collecting beneath the surface, so an apparent zero chance for it to be salvaged.
I have NO pain, NO discomfort, NO sensitivity whatsoever...never have .... so I'm frustrated that an apparently still-hardy (and already very expensive tooth) must come out. I just can't come to terms with a giant hole in my gums...(let alone the procedure itself) and all the accompanying b.s.
I begged the Endo that he please open it up, clean stuff out, put a new crown on, and even stick me on a battery of antibiotics if necessary...but he merely looked at me with that sort of condescending amusement like they do, and told me that that was not possible anymore.
I asked him how my tooth could be so infected but be feeling no pain or discomfort. He looked at me gravely and said .... 'oh, the pain will come'.
I guess maybe I'm in denial or something? Everyone is telling me that if he could do something, he would ... after all, which rich Endodontist wouldn't welcome more riches.
I am terrified of having to have this done - will need to dish out piles of cash for general anaesthesia for both extraction & implant - and right now am super depressed.
Is there a shred of hope that there could .... maybe maybe maybe ... be an alternative? (besides keeping the tooth, letting the infection spread systemically and dying of a heart attack, of course).
Any input is so appreciated,
Thanks!
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but I just can't live with the gap but that's just me, it's barely visible so I guess most people could just live with the gap and save a small fortune.
