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Mark
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2003
Posts: 28
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Florida dentist
Posted: 07-07-03 19:35pm
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if you want a good dentist in Broward
County in Florida, Dr. Snyder is very
good! 
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Mark
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2003
Posts: 28
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Root Canal
Posted: 07-10-03 07:16am
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I will be going for an evaluation of a
tooth that needs a Root Canal on
Friday. I had gone last year and I just
kept putting it off. The dentist
said you can have the root canal or I can
just pull the tooth. Even though it is
way in the back I feel I would rather save
the tooth. Can anybody
suggest what they would do?
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Teri
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jul 2003
Posts: 10
Location: New Jersey
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Root Canal
Posted: 07-10-03 12:16pm
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Mark, in response to your question, your
teeth in the back you really do not need,
but yes that is correct to save a tooth
root canal is the way to go. I just had a
root canal last week and I have 2 more to
go. The problem with me is I went to the
dentist and had 3 crowns put on and my
teeth were still killing me, throbbing in
my jaw to up my ear and hot and cold
sensation. I had to go to a root canal
specialist (endodontist) to evaluate my
situation. The thing is the specialist had
to drill through my new crown to get to
the root. I will have to do the same with
the other two. The whole procedure is time
consuming and was not as bad as I thought.
No pain at all, just relief.
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Mark
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2003
Posts: 28
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Back from the dentist...
Posted: 07-11-03 12:53pm
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I went to the dentist to evaluate my tooth
and I will have root canal on it next
week.
The reason I am posting is while I was in
the dentist office, I was reading some
interesting information in the dentistry
industry.
"Recent surveys indicate there are
approximately 50 million people in the
United States affected by bad breath. As
a result, many of these people who suffer
from bad breath don't even know they have
it".
Have a greeat weekend!
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Mark
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2003
Posts: 28
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Thank you for the advice Teri
Posted: 07-22-03 15:56pm
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I had my root canal last week and it feels
fine now.
I am happy to put it past me as I did not
look forward to having it done.
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Teri
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jul 2003
Posts: 10
Location: New Jersey
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Root Canal
Posted: 07-23-03 13:20pm
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Hi Mark,
I just had my root canal on Friday (second
one within 3 weeks), this tooth took me 7
needles to get numb. How many needles did
you get? I have 2 more to go. Does it
take you a long time to get numb also? I
really do not care how many needles I get
because the result is no more pain in my
mouth. Take care, Teri
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Libby
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 62
Location: Florida
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Posted: 08-29-03 10:22am
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I have to respond to the idea that you
don't need your back teeth...Not true at
all.
Your front teeth are for cutting and
tearing through your food. Back teeth
are for chewing. If we didn't have our
back teeth, we wouldn't be able to grind
our food before swallowing. This would
then lead to digestive problems from
swallowing food not properly chewed.
I am glad to see that both of you are
finding it important to save your teeth
rather than pulling them.
I was a dental assistant for 12 years and
it is amazing how many people are just
concerned about their front teeth because
they are the teeth they (and everyone
else) can see. Each tooth has a
purpose.
Libby
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jimmypappas
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Sep 2003
Posts: 1
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Crowns
Posted: 09-10-03 12:22pm
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Hi teri, my question for you is why did
they have to drill through your new crowns
for the root canal? You paid so much
money for those crowns. I just got a
crown, and now one week later they want to
do the same thing. I want a new crown as
well!
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hope
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 1
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Teri
Posted: 10-14-03 03:30am
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Teri,
ya why did they do the crown before a root
canal. My rc dr told me she could not
tell if I could go with the crown with no
rc and have no problems. Since it was
questionable, I decided to go for the rc
and be safe. Drilling threw a crown is a
shame, it can be done and be ok, but it
could weaken and break too.
What did they advise you before the
crown???
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mike101
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 136
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Root Canal
Posted: 10-14-03 09:10am
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Getting a tooth crowned without a root
canal treatment is risky.
Unless you and dentist are certain the
tooth is going to be trouble
free, the best strategy is for the dentist
to put a band around the
tooth for strength and place a
semi-permanent filling on the tooth.
If the tooth remains trouble free for 3 to
6 months then you can
consider adding a crown.
Mike
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