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Bellablonde
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Hi All,
So for the past six weeks or more I have been having dental issues that are driving me crazy with anxiety. I'm on meds for anxiety but they're simply not cutting it now.
Firstly my filling fell out of my top second molar. I didn't know it was my filling I just suddenly had a big hole in the tooth which was scary AF. Forced myself to the dentist next day and it was refilled... however when they filled it they went deeper and now I have the pain of exposed roots + filling. I hoped it would go away but four weeks of hoping wasn't enough to fix it. Went back and was told what I feared but expected - root canal.
Now I really don't have $3200 lying around which would have been the total cost inc crown. I'm going on a holiday to America in two months and everything I earn has been going into that. The price of root canal alone was enough to cause some sleepless nights.
But my main issue was my history with dentists and my teeth. I actually don't have any lower molars on my left side. I paid for a root canal in those and they had to get pulled regardless when I was about 22 and the cost of it all nearly sent me flat broke. I heard of so many root canals going badly that it put me off.
I wrestled with whether to root canal or pull the tooth. And by wrestled I mean thought about it every waking moment of the day and worried about what to do. It came due for the appointment when I had to decide and the dentist nearly convinced me to root canal before looking at my xrays again and saying I probaboly wouldnt lose too much chewing efficiency we can just pull it. It was over so quick and suddenly my tooth was gone and instead I had instant regret.
I've been replaying it all over and over in my head. It makes no sense since what's done it done but I feel like I made the wrong decision. One of the main reasons for this is how my mouth feels at the moment. It has been one week since extraction. The first molar that was in front of the extracted molar is sorta poking into my cheek. I'm not sure poking is the right word. It's like is someone touches you shoulder and just leaves their hand on you - it's a constant feeling and it's driving me nuts. I can just always feel my tooth touching my cheek. I'm scared it's never going to go away. I'm not sure if it's the tooth being more sensitive or just my mouth not used to a new shape but I'm freaking out that it will always be this noticable.
Secondly I'm scared about my capacity to chew with only one set of up and down first molars on my right. I have all my molars down the bottom of that same side but now the wisdom and second molar are gone it's my first molar only to have something big to chew against.
I'm thinking of saving up for an implant on my other side (to replace my first molar so at least I have a set of first molars on right and left) however now I'm worried I'd need to get an implant in the one that was taken and the cost is just insane. Not to mention my forever fear that an implant would fail or I'd mange to choose the wrong dentist.
On top of everything I'm just stressed about wanting to enjoy my holiday, be able to eat whatever American food I want to eat (like crunchy nachos!) and not have any stupid teeth anxiety. I think that played into why I had it pulled too cause I just didn't want the angst that I had with my last root canal. Now I've just caused myself a new world of angst.
Can I ask if anyone has had molars extracted and if the molar next to them felt strange? and if so for how long? Did the change in your mouth shape cause that cheek touching thing I have? Is this normal?I think out of everything that's my number one anxiety because it's constant. It's like that molar/cheek are super aware of each other touching because it just didn't happen before with the second molar to stop it.
So for the past six weeks or more I have been having dental issues that are driving me crazy with anxiety. I'm on meds for anxiety but they're simply not cutting it now.
Firstly my filling fell out of my top second molar. I didn't know it was my filling I just suddenly had a big hole in the tooth which was scary AF. Forced myself to the dentist next day and it was refilled... however when they filled it they went deeper and now I have the pain of exposed roots + filling. I hoped it would go away but four weeks of hoping wasn't enough to fix it. Went back and was told what I feared but expected - root canal.
Now I really don't have $3200 lying around which would have been the total cost inc crown. I'm going on a holiday to America in two months and everything I earn has been going into that. The price of root canal alone was enough to cause some sleepless nights.
But my main issue was my history with dentists and my teeth. I actually don't have any lower molars on my left side. I paid for a root canal in those and they had to get pulled regardless when I was about 22 and the cost of it all nearly sent me flat broke. I heard of so many root canals going badly that it put me off.
I wrestled with whether to root canal or pull the tooth. And by wrestled I mean thought about it every waking moment of the day and worried about what to do. It came due for the appointment when I had to decide and the dentist nearly convinced me to root canal before looking at my xrays again and saying I probaboly wouldnt lose too much chewing efficiency we can just pull it. It was over so quick and suddenly my tooth was gone and instead I had instant regret.
I've been replaying it all over and over in my head. It makes no sense since what's done it done but I feel like I made the wrong decision. One of the main reasons for this is how my mouth feels at the moment. It has been one week since extraction. The first molar that was in front of the extracted molar is sorta poking into my cheek. I'm not sure poking is the right word. It's like is someone touches you shoulder and just leaves their hand on you - it's a constant feeling and it's driving me nuts. I can just always feel my tooth touching my cheek. I'm scared it's never going to go away. I'm not sure if it's the tooth being more sensitive or just my mouth not used to a new shape but I'm freaking out that it will always be this noticable.
Secondly I'm scared about my capacity to chew with only one set of up and down first molars on my right. I have all my molars down the bottom of that same side but now the wisdom and second molar are gone it's my first molar only to have something big to chew against.
I'm thinking of saving up for an implant on my other side (to replace my first molar so at least I have a set of first molars on right and left) however now I'm worried I'd need to get an implant in the one that was taken and the cost is just insane. Not to mention my forever fear that an implant would fail or I'd mange to choose the wrong dentist.
On top of everything I'm just stressed about wanting to enjoy my holiday, be able to eat whatever American food I want to eat (like crunchy nachos!) and not have any stupid teeth anxiety. I think that played into why I had it pulled too cause I just didn't want the angst that I had with my last root canal. Now I've just caused myself a new world of angst.
Can I ask if anyone has had molars extracted and if the molar next to them felt strange? and if so for how long? Did the change in your mouth shape cause that cheek touching thing I have? Is this normal?I think out of everything that's my number one anxiety because it's constant. It's like that molar/cheek are super aware of each other touching because it just didn't happen before with the second molar to stop it.
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