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toraflora
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Hello~ I hope everyone is well during these hard times. So sorry this is a bit long, but I really need some help/advice.
I've had a cracked tooth & root canal concern for around a year now (have posted here before about it). For context, I bit hard into a cherry pit (enough to crack the pit open) on my #13 (canine) and #14. At first, the teeth were quite sensitive when I ate fruit or anything of that matter, but for the past few months, I haven't really felt much as I started eating just on the other side of my mouth. This concern bothered me for the longest time and I went to countless dentists (even one international when I was on vacation), and none of them confirmed anything. They said they can't see any obvious crack, and I even went to an endodontist who did my molar root canal 4 years ago, and after looking with some microscope equipment/did a sensitivity test, he said there wasn't really anything he could see. I got over 5 xrays done with different dentists and none of them could see anything either.
Fast forward to recently, I didn't really receive any pain that was unbearable, but sometimes it would be a bit more uncomfortable than others (maybe I accidentally bit on it when eating or something). However, just today, the canine #13 had on-and-off pain, especially when I applied air to it when I breathe in. When I wear my retainers (to keep teeth in place after braces), pain and discomfort are pretty much gone, which I found to be the case this entire time.
This concern has been affecting me a LOT because I really do not want a root canal. I'm only 19 years old and have already had a root canal. My endodontist said that getting root canals at a young age is unhealthy, and previously, I did a lot of searching and found that there's a possibility that root canals cause long-term health issues, like cancers and auto-immune disease (there have also been scientific papers/studies written about it? why??). I've read on the reasoning behind why it might be (feel free to ask as I feel like going into detail will make this long), but I don't know for a cracked tooth if there are any alternatives if my dentist couldn't even locate the crack in the first place.
I just find it weird how a retainer eased the pain and I have so much uncertainty that's been eating away at me for the past year and really affecting my day-to-day activities and mental health. I also feel like I can't go to the dentist now because of 1) covid and everything going on, and 2) I went to the dentist many many times last year to get an answer about this "cracked tooth" and got the same, uncertain answer everytime - my parents will not let me waste more time and money.
Thanks so much for reading all this and any help/advice is much appreciated
I've had a cracked tooth & root canal concern for around a year now (have posted here before about it). For context, I bit hard into a cherry pit (enough to crack the pit open) on my #13 (canine) and #14. At first, the teeth were quite sensitive when I ate fruit or anything of that matter, but for the past few months, I haven't really felt much as I started eating just on the other side of my mouth. This concern bothered me for the longest time and I went to countless dentists (even one international when I was on vacation), and none of them confirmed anything. They said they can't see any obvious crack, and I even went to an endodontist who did my molar root canal 4 years ago, and after looking with some microscope equipment/did a sensitivity test, he said there wasn't really anything he could see. I got over 5 xrays done with different dentists and none of them could see anything either.
Fast forward to recently, I didn't really receive any pain that was unbearable, but sometimes it would be a bit more uncomfortable than others (maybe I accidentally bit on it when eating or something). However, just today, the canine #13 had on-and-off pain, especially when I applied air to it when I breathe in. When I wear my retainers (to keep teeth in place after braces), pain and discomfort are pretty much gone, which I found to be the case this entire time.
This concern has been affecting me a LOT because I really do not want a root canal. I'm only 19 years old and have already had a root canal. My endodontist said that getting root canals at a young age is unhealthy, and previously, I did a lot of searching and found that there's a possibility that root canals cause long-term health issues, like cancers and auto-immune disease (there have also been scientific papers/studies written about it? why??). I've read on the reasoning behind why it might be (feel free to ask as I feel like going into detail will make this long), but I don't know for a cracked tooth if there are any alternatives if my dentist couldn't even locate the crack in the first place.
I just find it weird how a retainer eased the pain and I have so much uncertainty that's been eating away at me for the past year and really affecting my day-to-day activities and mental health. I also feel like I can't go to the dentist now because of 1) covid and everything going on, and 2) I went to the dentist many many times last year to get an answer about this "cracked tooth" and got the same, uncertain answer everytime - my parents will not let me waste more time and money.
Thanks so much for reading all this and any help/advice is much appreciated
