permanent bridge and need for root canal Posted: 03-22-08 12:49pm
I havbe been told I need an upper 8 tooth
permanent bridge including replacing the
two front teeth. After filing down the
teeth the dentist took x-rays and said I
should have root canals on the 6 remainibg
teeth even though the teeth never had
cavities. I believe he said the canals
are large, whatever that means, and it is
better to have the root canals done now,
so as not to have problems in the future,
and require the bridge to have to be
redone.
Does this make sense to you? How long
should I expect the bridge to last with
and without the root canals?
Thanks for your help.
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 68
Posted: 03-25-08 17:58pm
no it does not make sense to me , i am a
dentist and without symptoms ,caries or
periapical radioluscency at the
radiography root canal have not to be done
just because a restorative(crown and
bridge ) procedure check for another
dentist opinion
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