I'm getting my teeth fixed!!

LONGRD

Allie wrote:

I know, it's crazy. Welcome to America with no universal health/dental care. Wait do you have universal care?
Thanks Helen

and yes you can get head aches/migraines from teeth problems-it's all connected, if you grind your teeth or have a problem with your jaw (or even a tooth ache), it can affect your head and it even makes my eye twitch. It's crazy but it's true

The temple is the worst.

comebackwoman

Byrnzie wrote:

Anyone had an abcess?
I had one over Chrismas last year. I had no money to see a dentist for two weeks at first either and at one point I was getting through 3 packs of pain killers a day.

I had one this year - just had it taken care of 2 weeks ago. I kept telling the dentist that my molar was bothering me...and he kept saying that he didn't see anything wrong with it on the x-rays. While I was on vacation this year the tooth became really sensitive to cold and was excruciatingly painful. I was going through painkillers like crazy. I saw a dentist in Australia, who also said she couldn't see anything wrong with the tooth and that it was probably that the nerves were exposed from gum erosion. She gave me some numbing liquid which helped and eventually the pain went away (I guess because the nerve was dying!!) A few weeks later my cheek was really sensitive when I touched it...turned out to be an abcess. I had a root canal done 2 weeks ago and I'll be going for the crown now. I really recommend seeing a specialist. I had a root canal done by my general dentist in the past, which got infected and was the worst pain ever! This one was done by an endodonist and was flawless. $220 with insurance...still waiting to see how much the crown will cost.

Allie

you guys, I am perplexed.
Is anyone on here a dentist?

Ok my dentist wants to do this whole procedure I detailed on the 1st page. Before he said the tooth should be extracted (for which he makes more money),
he had said the previous week to go see an endodontist to see if the root canal should be re-done

well I have a 'root canal guy' who I saw today who've I've known for yrs and he said I should re-do the root canal and the tooth doesn't need to be pulled.
(Of course he makes money off the root canal)
so basically,
I don't trust either one of them b/c I feel they are both out to make the most money
What do you all think?

Thanks!

South of Seattle

Allie wrote:

you guys, I am perplexed.
Is anyone on here a dentist?

Ok my dentist wants to do this whole procedure I detailed on the 1st page. Before he said the tooth should be extracted (for which he makes more money),
he had said the previous week to go see an endodontist to see if the root canal should be re-done

well I have a 'root canal guy' who I saw today who've I've known for yrs and he said I should re-do the root canal and the tooth doesn't need to be pulled.
(Of course he makes money off the root canal)
so basically,
I don't trust either one of them b/c I feel they are both out to make the most money
What do you all think?

Thanks!

Honestly I think it could go either way. I basically had the same problem as you had. They did the root canal and basically rebuilt my tooth so to say. After all the work they did, they probably should have just yanked the fucker out.