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Am12
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Hi all, I have a root canal scheduled for early next week and am really frightened about it, having heard a number of horror stories in the past about how painful the procedure is.
I’ve had a big filling in one of my bottom molars for years. It’s come out a number of times and each time the dentist has redone it. I had a big metal filling in it which stayed for ages and then addition small white filling on top of it on the corner. Recently I had the white one redone after it fell out but a few weeks later after stupidly eating a chewy chocolate , it came out, bringing with it the entire metal filling. This left me with about a third of the tooth left, the rest pretty much a dark flat piece of tooth and gum.
This didn’t hurt, it was slightly sensitive to heat and cold but nothing major. Anyway after visiting my dentist he told me that they wouldn’t be able to do another filling - he’d tried numerous times and it would just keep coming out. He said I needed a root canal followed by a crown otherwise the decay would get worse and I’d end up getting an abscess. He didn’t do any X-rays or anything.
Had a panic attack when he told me I needed a root canal and cried driving home. I’m terrified of it hurting so any help would be so appreciated.
I’ve had a big filling in one of my bottom molars for years. It’s come out a number of times and each time the dentist has redone it. I had a big metal filling in it which stayed for ages and then addition small white filling on top of it on the corner. Recently I had the white one redone after it fell out but a few weeks later after stupidly eating a chewy chocolate , it came out, bringing with it the entire metal filling. This left me with about a third of the tooth left, the rest pretty much a dark flat piece of tooth and gum.
This didn’t hurt, it was slightly sensitive to heat and cold but nothing major. Anyway after visiting my dentist he told me that they wouldn’t be able to do another filling - he’d tried numerous times and it would just keep coming out. He said I needed a root canal followed by a crown otherwise the decay would get worse and I’d end up getting an abscess. He didn’t do any X-rays or anything.
Had a panic attack when he told me I needed a root canal and cried driving home. I’m terrified of it hurting so any help would be so appreciated.