RE: Rotten tooth - extract or leave?
DC I do sympathise, but please look in your Yellow Pages to see if there is a dentist in your area for nervous patients.
The one I saw today, advertises as such. All the staff were obviously very well trained in customer services and the dentist explained everything, gave me all the options, asked me if I needed to ask questions and told me to phone him anytime if I could think of any other questions I needed to ask. He even shook my hand when I came in and when I left. They offer sedation, when necessary as well. I know my treatment will be expensive, but I understand that they see NHS patients as well (it's just that I was referred by my own dentist).
Please look around for someone sympathetic before you get the pain and then end up having to endure what could be another horrible experience.
Lesley
RE: Rotten tooth - extract or leave?
Reply to all:
Well, you can always try doing a deal with the Tooth Fairy. But then you run the risk that the Tooth Fairy might share the view of my former dentist: "Bucket job" he used to say, though bless him, he always did his best to help me keep them, knowing I didn't do whole apples, corn on the cob, or spare ribs. (Recently moved -don't currently have dentist)
So when push comes to shove, or pull comes to ...
You get some nice plastic replacements on the NHS that only need sticking under the tap a couple of times a day, and a wonderful sense of freedom combined with revenge - you can't ever hurt me again, you horrible teeth, ha ha.
The tooth fairy can keep her "sixpence". She drives a hard bargain anyway. And I have a great new smile 😀
Holistic
RE: Rotten tooth - extract or leave?
Ditto what everyone's already said.
I'm a dentist-phobe, however, only with treatment, I can do check ups without any problems.
I told my Dr and he prescribed me Lorazepam ( a mild relative of Diazepam I believe) as an anti anxiety to take before my treatments. I have a lovely sympathetic dentist and I have been able to reduce my prescribed dose each time I have treatment.
I had root canal on one tooth last year and I had another tooth taken out last week - no drama's!
Good luck!
Hi,
I have a rotten tooth, it's totally away now, not visible anymore. the thing is, the root is still there, but it's not sore. It's been over a year and it's never been sore.
Has anyone ever heard of a case where the root can be kept in? Just have the gum grow back over etc.
The reason I ask is because I just had another tooth extracted and it had big balls at the bottom of the root. It was the worst experience of my life and I don't want to go through it again.
I'm still getting over the last extraction, so regardless, it will be a while before I would get this one taken out. Hopefully I don't need to.
Thanks
Hi, I think I have a rotten tooth but the pain really hurts and there's a bump on my gum and I have dentist tomorrow but don't know if the tooth is gonna fall out tonight or not and I get headaches and pain in my ear and eye, can you help me I don't know if it's severe or not
Hi Suzanne,
It certainly sounds severe, and if it's causing you pain in your ear/eye area, then there could be some infection too.
Hopefully by now you've made it to the dentist and they've got your sorted.
😉