Especially if they lead to root canals, extractions, crowns or implants!
I don't know what ELI5 means, and I sure hope your tool doesn't fall off!!!Yep root canal. If anyone reads this can someone ELI5 how whatever is left of my tool doesn't just fall out if they mess with the roots. Makes no sense to me whatsoever. I will google it of course, it just that the dentist couldn't explain.
I don't know what ELI5 means, and I sure hope your tool doesn't fall off!!!
Root canal removes the nerve that goes down the center of the tooth. To prevent it rotting away and causing more problems.
For me, my root canals, two of them, were part of the procedure to crown teeth that cracked or cracked off a point and could not be fixed. Dentist scheduled 3 hour time slot for it. The last one I went with Nitrous Oxide, though he had to turn the gas up to max for a bit to have any positive effect on me. After that, I was fine. 3 hours goes fast if you're not completely "there". Before, I used Halcyon, 2 tablets an hour before the appointment. But that required DW to drive me there, walk me in, and take me home. 3 hours went quick that way, too!
In each case, I left with a temporary crown, came back a week or so later for the permanent (I went with gold) crown to be installed, and that was no big deal, maybe 1/2 hour. Most of that time was for fine sanding to the crown for best fit and proper clearance to adjacent teeth.
You're very fortunate that a toothache came on Monday.
My experience is that all toothaches come on Thursday night, and there's not a dentist anywhere around that works on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Nothing worse than a toothache. Cut my head off if it stops the pain.
Especially if they lead to root canals, extractions, crowns or implants!
Sorry to be confusing. I have had a crown there 25 years. Which several dentists told me later appeared unnecessary. But I guess now I get to the the root canal and a new crown when they destroy this one. Which is also infected. /sigh.
Should I see an endodontist? It sounds like you had great experience.
The dentist I have I do not trust anyway was going to change. . . Is it normal for them to actually explain anything? Because he didn't. Just said so when do want your root canal and I was like I don't want one so he said you want me to pull it and I said of course not. And internet tells me #19 is an important tooth. . Why I am not quite sure but. . .
It has been. I am also in the process of changing dentists. My current dentist practice have declined in quality. The dentists now there do not want to be questioned (we almost took them to the state medical board over an issue), and their office staff are recruits from Dante's 5th circle. DW had a new they put on crown that kept coming off, after 3rd time in 4 months the dentist literally threw her hands up and told her "you are doing something wrong, there's nothing more that I can do." She found another dentist that several of her friends used, he found the issue and the crown has been fine for 6 months. So I went to the new dentist when the tooth acted up, he took xrays and spend 15 minutes walking me through the x-rays and my options. He said he could do the root canal, but he would rather refer me to an endodontist as they had more equipment specific for evaluating root canals, particularly ones under crowns and bridges. So I had a choice, and went the endodontist route.Both offices were pleasant through and through.
The fact that your dentist will not explain anything to me is a red flag, as that sounds a lot like the practice I am leaving. Whereas both my new dentist and the endodontist walked me through the x-rays they took, pointing out the good things and the bad things, discussing options and what they thought best to do, the pros and cons, and asked me if I had any questions. That is great service, as far as I am concerned.
The other nice touch in the endodontist office: for both my evaluation visit and root canal, once I was in the chair they asked me what type of music and/or artists I liked, and then punched up an pandora playlist for me to listen to during my appointment. That certainly helped me relax .
Yep root canal. If anyone reads this can someone ELI5 how whatever is left of my tool doesn't just fall out if they mess with the roots. Makes no sense to me whatsoever. I will google it of course, it just that the dentist couldn't explain.