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This may be a really silly question, but I have to ask, since a filling redo and crown started this whole dental mess I have been going through.
Can getting a filling redone and a crown put on trigger more dental issues? It would be on a tooth that previously has not had a crown, but has a crack in the cusp.
It is a lower first molar and has been aching on and off. I haven't chewed on that side in almost a month, since it first hurt when I chewed the first time after an extraction on the upper 2nd molar.
When I had my apico yesterday, the endodontist tested the tooth. I had a moment of panic, because it took a while before I felt the endo ice, and even then it was barely there...didn't hurt, but she said the pulp was fine. There was percussion pain, but just a little. She did the test for cracks and there was a little pain when I bit down on the stick at one point. She said it s cracked and she recommends a crown.
I asked about the filling, if there might be decay underneath, like the last two I have had replaced. They were also mercury amalgam fillings, and are all at least 15 yeard old. She said the best thing would be to replace the filling first.
The last two fillings I have had replaced led to the nerve dying, root canal, then extraction, so you can see why I am nervous. One filling was deep and the tooth was previously crowned. The other had a shallow filling and the dentist was perplexed as to why the nerve acted up.
So give me the possibilities. I need to be prepared. Can it trigger problems in the surrounding teeth as well with the prep for the crown? The endo already told me that the 2nd molar next to it has "roots from hell" and that it would be recommended to extract if anything went bad with it.
I attached an x ray. The x ray is a few years old, but the tooth hasn't changed.
Can getting a filling redone and a crown put on trigger more dental issues? It would be on a tooth that previously has not had a crown, but has a crack in the cusp.
It is a lower first molar and has been aching on and off. I haven't chewed on that side in almost a month, since it first hurt when I chewed the first time after an extraction on the upper 2nd molar.
When I had my apico yesterday, the endodontist tested the tooth. I had a moment of panic, because it took a while before I felt the endo ice, and even then it was barely there...didn't hurt, but she said the pulp was fine. There was percussion pain, but just a little. She did the test for cracks and there was a little pain when I bit down on the stick at one point. She said it s cracked and she recommends a crown.
I asked about the filling, if there might be decay underneath, like the last two I have had replaced. They were also mercury amalgam fillings, and are all at least 15 yeard old. She said the best thing would be to replace the filling first.
The last two fillings I have had replaced led to the nerve dying, root canal, then extraction, so you can see why I am nervous. One filling was deep and the tooth was previously crowned. The other had a shallow filling and the dentist was perplexed as to why the nerve acted up.
So give me the possibilities. I need to be prepared. Can it trigger problems in the surrounding teeth as well with the prep for the crown? The endo already told me that the 2nd molar next to it has "roots from hell" and that it would be recommended to extract if anything went bad with it.
I attached an x ray. The x ray is a few years old, but the tooth hasn't changed.
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