- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Is there such thing as an emergency dentist?
Posted on 3/13/22 at 3:50 pm to BassAssassin22
Posted on 3/13/22 at 3:50 pm to BassAssassin22
Last question.. Will a root canal end any possibility of pain in the tooth? What's like the nuclear bomb of ending debilitating tooth and jaw pain? I'll hang up and listen. Thanks.
Posted on 3/13/22 at 8:33 pm to Giantkiller
It should. Root canals can still fail though. Essentially a root canal will take the nerve out of the tooth making it non vital. They can still get an infection if not cleaned properly or filled properly. Sometimes they just fail for no rhyme or reason. I send my patients to a specialist for back tooth root canals. Many of them can take a 3d x-ray showing all of the canals and anatomy. Those back teeth have more than one root and sometimes more than one canal in each root making treatment tricky. Having said that I would have the root canal done. The other option is taking it out and that should be a last resort. I see it daily in my office where people have had their back take teeth taken out because of pain and they elected to extract instead of save the tooth. What they end up with is front tooth problems (breaking/wear) because your back teeth protect your front teeth when you bite. I completely understand taking it out though, due to finances as it can be expensive to save a tooth. If possible I recommend saving it with a root canal.
Posted on 3/13/22 at 11:50 pm to Giantkiller
BassAssassin has good feedback.
Yeah I don’t necessarily think your dentist did anything wrong. Not sure how obvious the crack was.
Perhaps the symptoms could have been given more time to see if it was a random episode that would resolve on its own (however run risk of worsening if the crack propagates even more - again, I don’t know what this crack looked like but sometimes stain around filling can be mistaken for a crack). Or perhaps a CT scan of the tooth prior to crowning to see if the crack showed up with evidence of entering the nerve chamber or going down the root of the tooth.
However, given what you described, I would say that most dentists, including myself, would treat the way your case was treated. One added measure - I would have left you in a temporary crown until symptom free. Long story short, don’t think your dentist did anything wrong but you sound like you need a root canal.
Yeah I don’t necessarily think your dentist did anything wrong. Not sure how obvious the crack was.
Perhaps the symptoms could have been given more time to see if it was a random episode that would resolve on its own (however run risk of worsening if the crack propagates even more - again, I don’t know what this crack looked like but sometimes stain around filling can be mistaken for a crack). Or perhaps a CT scan of the tooth prior to crowning to see if the crack showed up with evidence of entering the nerve chamber or going down the root of the tooth.
However, given what you described, I would say that most dentists, including myself, would treat the way your case was treated. One added measure - I would have left you in a temporary crown until symptom free. Long story short, don’t think your dentist did anything wrong but you sound like you need a root canal.
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News