Root canal Treatment or Extraction

24 Jan 2011

Hello every one,
i went to the dentist last week for a check up and was told by the dentist after a x-ray that it would be advisable to have one of my lower rear teeth extracted or that i could opt for root canal treatment. But what i still cant understand is that the tooth which has been identified by the dentist has never given me any problems what so ever.:shock:
has any one had either done and which is least pain full ?

24 Jan 2011

I had a root canal, the tooth was made so thin that it eventually broke so then the dentist put a crown on it (which hurt like hell) .... before long the crown broke and I ended up having the tooth pulled out.
In my humble opinion, I would go for an extraction but I suppose it depends on where the tooth is. It cost me a fortune to have all that work done on just one tooth and it was painful. The extraction hurts on the day but then its fine.
But then maybe I just had a crap dentist??

24 Jan 2011

my'n is the second from back tooth. yes the dentist did say that it may be a waste of money as the root canal treatment may not be successful and then it would need to come out.

24 Jan 2011

I had a root canal treatment when I was 20 - I'm 46 and it's still going strong. It depends how tough your teeth are and how much structure they can leave. Mine was done cos the dentist found an area around the roots that indicated an abscess was developing even though I didn't have any symptoms yet.
Mine took 5 treatments as my tooth didn't have 2 roots - it had 4! one branched twice extra.
If you opt for the extraction I would play the wuss and go for the knock out drops. For a start you don't experience the dentist kneeling on your chest hauling your jaw out of your mouth and second, they can dislocate your jaw and cause a lot less damage to the root bed in the jaw-bone. Although the dislocation hurts for a while cos the tendons are stretched and the muscles bruised - that passes.
Either way - make sure you have lots of ice-cream, custard and jellies in. Not a formal treatment - but it's a great excuse to eat them. biggrin

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24 Jan 2011

Quote by Jazzy-Smiler
my'n is the second from back tooth. yes the dentist did say that it may be a waste of money as the root canal treatment may not be successful and then it would need to come out.

I'm fascinated by your spelling of mine - my'n. Not textbook - but perfectly logical development of the word. :thumbup:
Makes you wonder why we bothered to adopt a variant like 'mine' when 'my' has the y.
/geekmode off/

24 Jan 2011

I had teeth extracted when I was younger but not for the same reason. Didnt hurt at all in fact didn't feel a thing, that was with an injection. So if your worried about pain I can only say in my experience teeth extraction really didnt hurt. Mine were evidently a pain to get out as well dunno

24 Jan 2011

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24 Jan 2011

thanx every one, i went in today hand my 1st bout of root canal treatment, i made it through it but it was tough even with two injections, good jog I have a good looking kind and pleasant dentist which makes it a little more bearable! apparentley i am going to be seeing a lot of her over the next few weeks and i should ger ready for some pain confused

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26 Jan 2011

Quote by Jazzy-Smiler
Hello every one,
i went to the dentist last week for a check up and was told by the dentist after a x-ray that it would be advisable to have one of my lower rear teeth extracted or that i could opt for root canal treatment. But what i still cant understand is that the tooth which has been identified by the dentist has never given me any problems what so ever.:shock:
has any one had either done and which is least pain full ?

MrM's last root canal/crown lasted over 20 yrs, he went to the dentist last week because of pain and was told it'd cost over £300 to correct it, they use new RC treatment now or £29 to take it out ...... gummy man now lol

26 Jan 2011

Extraction over Root Canal anyday. lol

27 Jan 2011

I can recommend these Dental Surgeons,
Drs I. Gassum and E. Fingersem.
Is it normal to have a sore mouth and a sore ar$e when you leave the dentists?
lol

Bell !!!!!!

27 Jan 2011

Quote by Jazzy-Smiler
Hello every one,
i went to the dentist last week for a check up and was told by the dentist after a x-ray that it would be advisable to have one of my lower rear teeth extracted or that i could opt for root canal treatment. But what i still cant understand is that the tooth which has been identified by the dentist has never given me any problems what so ever.:shock:
has any one had either done and which is least pain full ?

I was told the same 18 months ago...and the dentist has advised the same my last two checkups loon

,to me, the tooth looks and feels fine .......av still got the tooth.......av had no root canal treatment.......and had no tooth ache (ffs that has to be the kiss of doom lol

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i looked on it this way......if i was going to go for the exraction, i might as well have the tooth for as long as i could :thumbup:
you pay....you tell them what you want to pay for....simples ....as they say

27 Jan 2011

Quote by Jazzy-Smiler
thanx every one, i went in today hand my 1st bout of root canal treatment, i made it through it but it was tough even with two injections, good jog I have a good looking kind and pleasant dentist which makes it a little more bearable! apparentley i am going to be seeing a lot of her over the next few weeks and i should ger ready for some pain ??:

seems my last post was a little too late........i must learn to read all the thread before replying rolleyes

27 Jan 2011

Quote by HugsnKisses
I have had a root canal, top left nr the back. Took 7 or 8 visits each lasting 2+ hours where they kept shoving little "toothpicks " into the gap and measuring how deep it was...then packed it with antibiotics then sent me home for another month.

blimey, poor thing, i've had quite a few root canals done, never taken that many, usually2, 3 at most - it isn't the most pleasant of routines but i'd rather keep a tooth as long as possible, mine have lasted yrs and yrs (jack here btw smile

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28 Jan 2011

i went back for round two today and did not actually feel any pain but the dentist says i have four roots! same place same time next week for me, apparently according to the dentist i have nice curves down there lol