Enarete
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Hi there,
panicking due to a dental problem...
My last dental visit was in March and the next one will be in September. My upper right first molar needs a filling - the corner of the tooth is grey. I have seen two dentists in March, my regular dentist said it needed a filling but we had time with it. He explained that decay was a dynamic process and with my oral hygiene the decay could stay like that for a long time. He didn't want to do any treatment that wasn't absolutely urgent because I wouldn't be able to cope yet but he also was confident that if I ever had an emergency, we would be able to handle it somehow.
The second dentist advised me not to wait for longer than one year with the filling.
It's been few weeks that I noticed slight pain on the tooth any time I bite into something chewy. At one point today I had a sudden short sharp shooting pain on that tooth after biting into bread.
I am wondering what does the pain mean - did the decay reached the dentin now and will spread in a fast manner so that I will need a root canal if I wait till September? Could it go that quickly even when two dentists gave me so much time with it? My dentist is in a different country and it takes a flight to get there. I have a week off next week which would be the only opportunity to get there before Semptember.
And since I never had a dentist before.. does this count as an emergency? I would like to email my practice but their webpage says that if a problem is urgent, patients should contact them by phone. Is this an urgent problem? I'm afraid of starting to cry on the phone if I call them..
Thank you for any insights..
panicking due to a dental problem...
My last dental visit was in March and the next one will be in September. My upper right first molar needs a filling - the corner of the tooth is grey. I have seen two dentists in March, my regular dentist said it needed a filling but we had time with it. He explained that decay was a dynamic process and with my oral hygiene the decay could stay like that for a long time. He didn't want to do any treatment that wasn't absolutely urgent because I wouldn't be able to cope yet but he also was confident that if I ever had an emergency, we would be able to handle it somehow.
The second dentist advised me not to wait for longer than one year with the filling.
It's been few weeks that I noticed slight pain on the tooth any time I bite into something chewy. At one point today I had a sudden short sharp shooting pain on that tooth after biting into bread.
I am wondering what does the pain mean - did the decay reached the dentin now and will spread in a fast manner so that I will need a root canal if I wait till September? Could it go that quickly even when two dentists gave me so much time with it? My dentist is in a different country and it takes a flight to get there. I have a week off next week which would be the only opportunity to get there before Semptember.
And since I never had a dentist before.. does this count as an emergency? I would like to email my practice but their webpage says that if a problem is urgent, patients should contact them by phone. Is this an urgent problem? I'm afraid of starting to cry on the phone if I call them..
Thank you for any insights..