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casualbrowser123
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Hello everyone.
I long neglected my teeth, and at some point, teeth 2 and 15 broke independently of each other. I didn't seek treatment out of embarrassment, but late last year I got a cold that just magnified any pain that was there so I finally got to a dentist. The first dentist I saw recommended pulling them, but I got a second opinion from a dentist that encouraged me to save them, with root canals and crowns. First I went in for tooth 2, and the dentist said that he couldn't see any signs of abscessing so he decided to just do a crown with no root canal. After I got the temp crown, for a brief time it felt like any pain in 2 disappeared, and it became more specific to tooth 3. The dentist ended up replacing an old amalgam filling in 3 at the same time as putting the permanent crown on 2. That was about 4 weeks ago, and while I'd say a lot of pain as subsided, (before the filling if I chewed directly on 3 I would get a sudden rush of pain and need to take ibuprofen) sometimes something still feels a little "off", like there's a dull nagging feeling, that maybe doesn't even qualify as pain (but sometimes it does border of painful as well), and sometimes it's hard to tell if it's actually tooth 2 or 3.
And then last week I got the temp crown on tooth 15. Again the dentist felt like there was no abscessing and the cavity wasn't at the nerve, so decided to just do a crown. It still gets rather painful sometimes but I'm hoping it subsides over time.
In the back of my mind I'm just constantly wondering whether I should've gotten root canals (or if 3 also needs a rct/crown), but also hoping to god it doesn't come to that since I'd probably be set back financially several months.
(this X-ray was taken by the oral surgeon when I was scheduled to get 2/15 pulled, before any crowns and before the filling on 3)
Any help is appreciated
I long neglected my teeth, and at some point, teeth 2 and 15 broke independently of each other. I didn't seek treatment out of embarrassment, but late last year I got a cold that just magnified any pain that was there so I finally got to a dentist. The first dentist I saw recommended pulling them, but I got a second opinion from a dentist that encouraged me to save them, with root canals and crowns. First I went in for tooth 2, and the dentist said that he couldn't see any signs of abscessing so he decided to just do a crown with no root canal. After I got the temp crown, for a brief time it felt like any pain in 2 disappeared, and it became more specific to tooth 3. The dentist ended up replacing an old amalgam filling in 3 at the same time as putting the permanent crown on 2. That was about 4 weeks ago, and while I'd say a lot of pain as subsided, (before the filling if I chewed directly on 3 I would get a sudden rush of pain and need to take ibuprofen) sometimes something still feels a little "off", like there's a dull nagging feeling, that maybe doesn't even qualify as pain (but sometimes it does border of painful as well), and sometimes it's hard to tell if it's actually tooth 2 or 3.
And then last week I got the temp crown on tooth 15. Again the dentist felt like there was no abscessing and the cavity wasn't at the nerve, so decided to just do a crown. It still gets rather painful sometimes but I'm hoping it subsides over time.
In the back of my mind I'm just constantly wondering whether I should've gotten root canals (or if 3 also needs a rct/crown), but also hoping to god it doesn't come to that since I'd probably be set back financially several months.
(this X-ray was taken by the oral surgeon when I was scheduled to get 2/15 pulled, before any crowns and before the filling on 3)
Any help is appreciated