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Housefullofkids82
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I just found this site and made another post about another dental issue I'm having.
Long story short, I've always had awful, and what I'd call weak, teeth between poor care as a child and 3 transplants requiring meds like prednisone. I've had 5 root canals. One was extracted 5 years ago when a clamp placed for a dental dam was put on it and the crown came off. This made a terrified dental patient like myself even more terrified.
Now I have 4 root canals left in my mouth. 2 done by my former dentist (with crowns - a molar and premolar) and 2 done by an endo (tooth next to my front tooth and a canine. They are not crowned).
The two by the endo, my former dentist wanted to cap, but I'm too scared. She said herself that the endo did a great job and the teeth were pretty well intact with only tiny fillings.
Now one of the two crowned root canals my former dentist did (a premolar next to the other crowned premolar that fell off) will likely have to be removed as it's become accessed (I've been referred to the endo but it's so expensive that I'm leaning towards extracting it) and this is consuming my life. I'm so scared.
But now I'm even more worried about the idea of capping two teeth near the front! Is it necessary? I feel like I have such awful luck with crowns that I don't want to risk it
Also, I'm worried about impressions if I do get an extraction. I'd want a partial. I'm worried that my teeth are so weak that they'll fall out during the impression process, especially the two in the front with root canals .
Thank you for any help and advice
Long story short, I've always had awful, and what I'd call weak, teeth between poor care as a child and 3 transplants requiring meds like prednisone. I've had 5 root canals. One was extracted 5 years ago when a clamp placed for a dental dam was put on it and the crown came off. This made a terrified dental patient like myself even more terrified.
Now I have 4 root canals left in my mouth. 2 done by my former dentist (with crowns - a molar and premolar) and 2 done by an endo (tooth next to my front tooth and a canine. They are not crowned).
The two by the endo, my former dentist wanted to cap, but I'm too scared. She said herself that the endo did a great job and the teeth were pretty well intact with only tiny fillings.
Now one of the two crowned root canals my former dentist did (a premolar next to the other crowned premolar that fell off) will likely have to be removed as it's become accessed (I've been referred to the endo but it's so expensive that I'm leaning towards extracting it) and this is consuming my life. I'm so scared.
But now I'm even more worried about the idea of capping two teeth near the front! Is it necessary? I feel like I have such awful luck with crowns that I don't want to risk it
Also, I'm worried about impressions if I do get an extraction. I'd want a partial. I'm worried that my teeth are so weak that they'll fall out during the impression process, especially the two in the front with root canals .
Thank you for any help and advice