hi... i had a bridge removed that i wanted
redone for pure cosmetic purposes (back
teeth,molers). after removal dentist told
me that the two teeth holding bridge
looked great/do NOT need root canals. He
put on temp bridge and send me off with
pain killers. For 2 weeks thereafter, I
called and visited dentist every 2nd day,
as I was in severe pain and the cause
thereoff was that the temp bridge was too
high! they kept grinding it down.
Finally, I called and said that if he
doesn't do it right, I will go back to my
old dentist, cause the pain was too much
and never stopped. He of course told me
to come immediately and suprise suprise, I
had a hugh absess on my last tooth (which
he for some reason did not see the day
before, even though I already felt for
days that my gums were HUGH!)..He cut the
absess open, called a root canal
specialist and send me right over for a
root canal. The specialist took a look
and would have choosen the wrong!!! tooth
for a root canal based on his tests! I
told him to call my dentist and the talked
and the last tooth got a root canal. The
specialist then told me that the other
tooth holding the bridge also needs a root
canal!! Wowieeee how did all that come
about???
Question is: did the bridge being too
high, causing severe pain & therefore
drama to those teeth play a role in the
two teeth now suddenly in pain and in need
of a root canal???? I kindof think this
was a 'set-up' as when I first called
about the pain the RECEptionist (not a
tech or dentist) immediately said, well,
we will send you to a root canal
specialist, now how would she have known
this??
Further to this, after cutting the absess,
he should have put me on
antibiotics...which he didn't..and i now
for the past 3 weeks have a severe case of
oral thrush, probably caused by the 'goo'
which came out of the absess, which he
didn't even suck up.
Am i wrong, or am i right in that the
drama cause by a severely high temp bridge
could have caused the additional problems
(he agreed, by the way, that the bridge
was wayyy to high)....
Thanks for advise!
