anyone had this treatment b4? wat issit like?
im told i would need this treatment done to 1 of my tooth....
im told i would need this treatment done to 1 of my tooth....
Usually you require a root canal treatment if you have a bad cavity that's eaten all the way into the tooth and is affecting your nerve endings. So what the dentist do is drill a hole into the tooth and take out the nerve endings in the tooth, clean the root canal and then fill it up the hole. What it means is that your tooth then becomes a dead tooth, but at least you still will be able to use it to chew. However, you still have to take care of the tooth because it can still decay, and you should avoid chewing hard objects cause the the tooth is weaker now.
I think you have to ask your dentist to explain to you better about the procedure and if there is any other alternative. If it's a molar that you are doing it on, it's going to take 2-3 visits to complete.
oh man, sounds like such a painful process
mine is not a molar, fortunately. its 1 of the front tooth.
issit really painful even under anesthesia?
what about the recovery process? the dentist told me it will cost me abuot 600 and about 2 treatments
oh man, sounds like such a painful process
mine is not a molar, fortunately. its 1 of the front tooth.
issit really painful even under anesthesia?
what about the recovery process? the dentist told me it will cost me abuot 600 and about 2 treatments
Usually you require a root canal treatment if you have a bad cavity that's eaten all the way into the tooth and is affecting your nerve endings. So what the dentist do is drill a hole into the tooth and take out the nerve endings in the tooth, clean the root canal and then fill it up the hole. What it means is that your tooth then becomes a dead tooth, but at least you still will be able to use it to chew. However, you still have to take care of the tooth because it can still decay, and you should avoid chewing hard objects cause the the tooth is weaker now.
I think you have to ask your dentist to explain to you better about the procedure and if there is any other alternative. If it's a molar that you are doing it on, it's going to take 2-3 visits to complete.
I did mine last year. It's a very long process. Mostly it takes months or even a year or more - not because of waiting appointments, but because after each process, you have to let your tooth rest (overworking on the tooth leads to tooth weakness at the root) and get used to the filling. The hardest part is the removal of the nerve (under anesthesia of course). The doc will check and recheck using a nerve probe. If you feel pain, the nerves are still not removed completely. Then he will take out the temp filling and clean out the nerves again. The nerves must be completely removed before the crowning. Even during crowning, there are problems. If the gum is too high, the doc will cut off part of the gum to lower its level. This is because the crown must sit on the bone level and not on the gum level.
The brochure given is not enough. You have to ask the doc for more information. Otherwise you will find that what you went through is very different from what is mentioned in the brochure. ^^ Cheers~
Mine seems complicated... went to the orthodontist for my root canal treatment, 3 sessions and each lasting almost 3hrs.......
As my teeth fillings is large, the gums were cut so that the orthodontist could reach the lower part of the teeth...... not painful initially but when the anesthetic wears off.. reaching the end of the 3hrs treatment..... :angry:
so what's wrong with your tooth ? i also almost did a root canal.... in the end ... listerine saved me ...... haha i was living on pain killers for 2 weeks ...... for somthing like this try and get a 2nd opinion, cause would you like the thought of killing ur teeth? ... cannot bite crab shell anymore :x
im not sure what happened to my tooth too. from what i know, this tooth has been acting funny for a long time about 10 yrs ago. i saw a dentist then, and she told me that if it didnt bother me much just leave it. i remembered it hurt a little when she used something and lightly knock my teeth. since then i made a habit of using the other side to chew food.
the other day i took an xray of all my teeth. seems like that "funny" tooth has decay at the roots and nearing the nerves already. so the dentist advised me to do root canal.
btw, he told me after root canal, he will insert some sort of small metal thing into the tooth to strengthen it, so might not need a crown. so not sure which is better also :sweat:
i got so much teeth problems. haiiiii