question for those who might know about "restoring" a tooth

[zombiegroupie]

I have a new dentist that I"m trying to work with.

He says he wants to help me and will do work at my pace, i.e. I told him absolutely no work that requires dental dam or extremely long time in the chair. He is accepting of this.

I have a broken tooth #31, it was a white filling from years ago, at least half of is gone and I thought it would have to be extracted but he says he can probably restore it without a root canal?

How does this work? he's just calling it a filling. But if my roots are alive won't he have to remove everything....

I'm nervous

 

[geos]

If the nerves of the tooth are not affected and alive, then your dentist should be able to do a filling.

 

[zombiegroupie]

thank you,

i was just concerned because another dentist that I consulted said it was beyond fixing ,then he says he can fix it. I was coming to terms with having an extraction