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Hi again everyone, so I got back from the dentist! In my last thread, I wrote about getting my dental records off them so see if I had this infection back then that I've been having trouble with. I finally got my xrays and dental records, filled with lies! There were xrays missing, too. So I had to get an emergency appt. with another dentist at my new practice, he took one look at me and said I had an infection in my front tooth and it was dead. I waited another two weeks for my new regular dentist to come back from his holiday and he saw me today. He had seen the notes from my old dentist and said that and I quote 'I don't know what they took these xrays with, but I can't see any of your roots in them.' He showed me the xray the other dentist at his practice took, and you could see everything! He also said my front tooth root was very unusually shaped, that he had never seen one like that before (I felt kinda special, haha)
He then started the root canal, and put a sedative thing into it and a temp filling. He said my tooth was very slightly mobile, but he said that an infection causes this, once they remove the infection it'll tighten back up. Is that okay? I've been so terrified of losing all my teeth after my old dentist said they were all mobile! Also, he said it was likely that this tooth had been dead a long time, because when he opened it up, there was no blood, it was totally dry inside (?)
So anyway, after months of worrying about all sorts of what was wrong with me causing this swelling, it turns out it was my tooth Thanks everyone for all your support and answering all my questions, it's been much appreciated
He then started the root canal, and put a sedative thing into it and a temp filling. He said my tooth was very slightly mobile, but he said that an infection causes this, once they remove the infection it'll tighten back up. Is that okay? I've been so terrified of losing all my teeth after my old dentist said they were all mobile! Also, he said it was likely that this tooth had been dead a long time, because when he opened it up, there was no blood, it was totally dry inside (?)
So anyway, after months of worrying about all sorts of what was wrong with me causing this swelling, it turns out it was my tooth Thanks everyone for all your support and answering all my questions, it's been much appreciated