Ok heres my story. About 2.5 years ago a
front tooth that had always been sensitive
to pain. I was drinking something cold.
The next day had excuciating pain in my
teeth to contact. I went to the dentist
and took an xray. She said there was an
infection and I scheduled a root canal.
When I showed up to the root canal the
pain in the tooth was completley gone.
There was a small pimple above the tooth
that only relaly hurt when I pushed on it
really hard with my finger. Anyways, she
took an xray, said the infection was gone
and that she didnt want to start the root
canal unless it was absolutley necessary.
Flash foward to now, its still there same
symptoms, really small pimple only
discomfort when I push on it. Ive read
some places that you dont need a root
canal because the pus is sterile and wont
spread.
My question is:
1. Is a root canal absolutley necessary,
or can it be drained in another way?
2. I just had a root canal on a diff
tooth so right now my dental insurance
limit is kicked...Is it ok to wait another
year to get it done (if need be) so
insurance can cover it?
Thanks !!
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mike101
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 131 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: 01-05-06 15:44pm
>1. Is a root canal absolutley
necessary, or can it be drained in another
>way?
On occasions they will make a small cut in
the gum, however this is not the
recommended treatment path and normally
only done when there is poor access to the
tooth.
> 2. I just had a root canal on a diff
tooth so right now my dental
> insurance limit is kicked...Is it ok
to wait another year to get it done (if
> need be) so insurance can cover it?
You could go to your gp/md an get a course
of anti-biotics as one option.
The risk you run be waiting is a slightly
worse infection each time the tooth flares
up and the infection can also begin to
cause referred pain in other teeth.
Mike
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steveo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 01-05-06 15:48pm
Thanks for the reply.
I think I may just be freaking myself out
since I had this recent root canal. Im
just worried about the other side effects
ive read about like tooth loss, bone
infection, etc.... Is it possible for an
infection to lie dormant with no further
complications (and just have the small
pimple?)
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