JJones86
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Hi all.
I have an appointment this Friday to get my permanent crown put on by my new dentist. I'm really nervous as I've had numerous problems with this tooth in the last month and a half. I have a temporary crown on the tooth now and am supposed to get my permanent on Friday.
My last dentist saw and diagnosed this tooth first. He diagnosed it about a month and a half ago. He has my complete history and x-rays. This is a molar (not wisdom tooth) that had a root canal treatment done on it about 2 years ago. I wasn't able to get a crown on it until recently due to adult braces. I bit into something a month and a half ago and went to see my dentist at the time. He said the tooth was chipped and needed a crown. After looking at the x-ray he saw that one canal had not been treated and suggested the possibility of a re-treatment on the tooth. He didn't say for sure that I needed it. He thought my pain might be from the chipped tooth. About a week later the tooth broke more. I went to see him again and he said that it was fractured and I needed a crown ASAP. Well, bad timing happened and I lost my job and my insurance so I had to find another dentist. My dentist would've continued seeing me without insurance, but I couldn't afford his rates and he wouldn't work with me on payments.
Worried about my fractured tooth I found a discount dental plan and an office that accepted it. I called to make a new patient appointment and the soonest they had was a month later. The tooth continued to be painful, along with another tooth that had an untreated cavity. Between the two of them I couldn't take the pain anymore so I called my new dentist's office to see how soon I could go in. They got me in the same day for an emergency appointment. I saw a dentist there who is not to be my normal dentist at this office. We went over the problems and the basic dental/medical history. I was an absolute nervous wreck and wasn't thinking straight or coping.
I had made the appointment for the tooth that needed the cavity because it was bothering me the most at the time. I told the doctor that was the issue and didn't mention the fractured tooth, assuming they wouldn't have time to work on it being that this was an emergency appointment. The doctor noticed the fractured tooth and asked me about it. I said that it was a tooth with a rct treatment that had chipped recently and that I knew it needed a crown. So, the doctor proposed the treatments I needed, 1 deep filling and 1 crown. I consented and said I'd do the filling that day, but they told me we could do the crown that day too if I wanted. Concerned about both teeth I consented to have all the work done the same day.
I knew that the office had nitrous oxide available which I've found to be a necessity in the past and asked to have it that day. I was unable to because the doctor couldn't administer it. I don't know why. When I found that out I panicked. I wanted to get the work done and be out of pain, but I was terrified of trying to do treatment without it. I told them I'd try. I figured if they did the filling and I freaked out I could have the crown done at a later time. I was able to get through the appointment, but was a nervous wreck the entire time. I was physically shaking and had to focus on my breathing to keep my anxiety and fear more or less in control.
So, my emergency appointment was also a new patient appointment of sorts with this office. They took x-rays of the two teeth to be worked on and examined them both. I told both the doctor and the assistant that I was extremely nervous and they did their best to put me at ease.
I didn't realize until after the fact that I didn't tell the doctor about my previous dentist suggesting a root canal re-treatment on the tooth that was getting the crown. My previous dentist had suggested to leave the temporary for awhile to see if the tooth settled and if it didn't then he'd either do the re-treatment or refer me out. I realize that it was careless of me to leave out, but I was so nervous that I just wasn't thinking straight. I'm going to ask about it at my appointment this Friday, but I don't know what to do.
My previous dentist knows all of my history including my phobia and anxiety and now I'm going to have to explain this to a new dentist on Friday. I think my previous dentist was hesitant about the re-treatment due to my history with dental procedures and dental phobia. Basically, I've had 4 root canal treatments done in my life, all on molars, all within the last 2-3 years.
To make a long story short I had one rct done by a general dentist (the one on the tooth that needs a re-treatment) and 3 done by an endodontist. The endodontist absolutely traumatized me during my last 2 rcts that he did for me. He had very poor chair side manner. He ignored stop signals, unless I told him I was in pain, he rushed me through and basically forced me through procedures. I have jaw pain and during my last treatment by him I was in agony from my jaw pain and he wouldn't stop to let me rest. He didn't even care and I was moaning in pain. I was nearly in tears at this appointment and needless to say I was in no way coping.
That last treatment was in March of 2015 and it almost made me stop going to dentists altogether. I seriously considering stopping all dental treatment after that. I told myself that I'd get my braces off and do the best home care I could and never go into a dental office environment again.
All this to say, the idea of a root canal re-treatment leaves me feeling more than terrified. I don't even have the words to express my feelings. I can't cope with that. I don't even think the nitrous will be of much help. The dental dam scares the hell out of me. The whole procedure scares me. I want this tooth to be healthy again and not to hurt anymore, but I'd rather have it extracted than go through a re-treatment.
If my current/new dentist tells me on Friday that I need a re-treatment I will be in tears. No kidding here. I feel like I'm out of options. I can't cope with treatment, but I also can't cope with this pain.
What are the chances the tooth will settle once the permanent crown is placed? Is there any way I can avoid having a re-treatment on this tooth or will it just get worse later?
I don't know what to do here. I feel so lost. I feel so overwhelmed. I'm out of options.
Thanks for listening.
JJ
I have an appointment this Friday to get my permanent crown put on by my new dentist. I'm really nervous as I've had numerous problems with this tooth in the last month and a half. I have a temporary crown on the tooth now and am supposed to get my permanent on Friday.
My last dentist saw and diagnosed this tooth first. He diagnosed it about a month and a half ago. He has my complete history and x-rays. This is a molar (not wisdom tooth) that had a root canal treatment done on it about 2 years ago. I wasn't able to get a crown on it until recently due to adult braces. I bit into something a month and a half ago and went to see my dentist at the time. He said the tooth was chipped and needed a crown. After looking at the x-ray he saw that one canal had not been treated and suggested the possibility of a re-treatment on the tooth. He didn't say for sure that I needed it. He thought my pain might be from the chipped tooth. About a week later the tooth broke more. I went to see him again and he said that it was fractured and I needed a crown ASAP. Well, bad timing happened and I lost my job and my insurance so I had to find another dentist. My dentist would've continued seeing me without insurance, but I couldn't afford his rates and he wouldn't work with me on payments.
Worried about my fractured tooth I found a discount dental plan and an office that accepted it. I called to make a new patient appointment and the soonest they had was a month later. The tooth continued to be painful, along with another tooth that had an untreated cavity. Between the two of them I couldn't take the pain anymore so I called my new dentist's office to see how soon I could go in. They got me in the same day for an emergency appointment. I saw a dentist there who is not to be my normal dentist at this office. We went over the problems and the basic dental/medical history. I was an absolute nervous wreck and wasn't thinking straight or coping.
I had made the appointment for the tooth that needed the cavity because it was bothering me the most at the time. I told the doctor that was the issue and didn't mention the fractured tooth, assuming they wouldn't have time to work on it being that this was an emergency appointment. The doctor noticed the fractured tooth and asked me about it. I said that it was a tooth with a rct treatment that had chipped recently and that I knew it needed a crown. So, the doctor proposed the treatments I needed, 1 deep filling and 1 crown. I consented and said I'd do the filling that day, but they told me we could do the crown that day too if I wanted. Concerned about both teeth I consented to have all the work done the same day.
I knew that the office had nitrous oxide available which I've found to be a necessity in the past and asked to have it that day. I was unable to because the doctor couldn't administer it. I don't know why. When I found that out I panicked. I wanted to get the work done and be out of pain, but I was terrified of trying to do treatment without it. I told them I'd try. I figured if they did the filling and I freaked out I could have the crown done at a later time. I was able to get through the appointment, but was a nervous wreck the entire time. I was physically shaking and had to focus on my breathing to keep my anxiety and fear more or less in control.
So, my emergency appointment was also a new patient appointment of sorts with this office. They took x-rays of the two teeth to be worked on and examined them both. I told both the doctor and the assistant that I was extremely nervous and they did their best to put me at ease.
I didn't realize until after the fact that I didn't tell the doctor about my previous dentist suggesting a root canal re-treatment on the tooth that was getting the crown. My previous dentist had suggested to leave the temporary for awhile to see if the tooth settled and if it didn't then he'd either do the re-treatment or refer me out. I realize that it was careless of me to leave out, but I was so nervous that I just wasn't thinking straight. I'm going to ask about it at my appointment this Friday, but I don't know what to do.
My previous dentist knows all of my history including my phobia and anxiety and now I'm going to have to explain this to a new dentist on Friday. I think my previous dentist was hesitant about the re-treatment due to my history with dental procedures and dental phobia. Basically, I've had 4 root canal treatments done in my life, all on molars, all within the last 2-3 years.
To make a long story short I had one rct done by a general dentist (the one on the tooth that needs a re-treatment) and 3 done by an endodontist. The endodontist absolutely traumatized me during my last 2 rcts that he did for me. He had very poor chair side manner. He ignored stop signals, unless I told him I was in pain, he rushed me through and basically forced me through procedures. I have jaw pain and during my last treatment by him I was in agony from my jaw pain and he wouldn't stop to let me rest. He didn't even care and I was moaning in pain. I was nearly in tears at this appointment and needless to say I was in no way coping.
That last treatment was in March of 2015 and it almost made me stop going to dentists altogether. I seriously considering stopping all dental treatment after that. I told myself that I'd get my braces off and do the best home care I could and never go into a dental office environment again.
All this to say, the idea of a root canal re-treatment leaves me feeling more than terrified. I don't even have the words to express my feelings. I can't cope with that. I don't even think the nitrous will be of much help. The dental dam scares the hell out of me. The whole procedure scares me. I want this tooth to be healthy again and not to hurt anymore, but I'd rather have it extracted than go through a re-treatment.
If my current/new dentist tells me on Friday that I need a re-treatment I will be in tears. No kidding here. I feel like I'm out of options. I can't cope with treatment, but I also can't cope with this pain.
What are the chances the tooth will settle once the permanent crown is placed? Is there any way I can avoid having a re-treatment on this tooth or will it just get worse later?
I don't know what to do here. I feel so lost. I feel so overwhelmed. I'm out of options.
Thanks for listening.
JJ
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