Is My Dentist Useless Or Am I Just Old ?
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I had an excellent dentist but he retired.
I transferred to a local NHS dentist practise.
Saw a young dentist who filled one of my teeth (that was giving me pain) she said it was near the nerve etc but 2 months later I was still getting pain with anything hot or cold.
I asked to see someone else in the practise for a second opinion and saw an older guy who removed the filling and placed a temporary one in (no amalgum so it doesn't transfer the heat apparently) He suggests I'll probably need a Root Canal.
BUT he then re did 2 of my old fillings and they both hurt now (4 days later) and they didn't before.
So am I (at 38) old, and this is normal ?
Or is he and his junior useless ?
If so do I just transfer practise again / how do I find a good dentist ?
I transferred to a local NHS dentist practise.
Saw a young dentist who filled one of my teeth (that was giving me pain) she said it was near the nerve etc but 2 months later I was still getting pain with anything hot or cold.
I asked to see someone else in the practise for a second opinion and saw an older guy who removed the filling and placed a temporary one in (no amalgum so it doesn't transfer the heat apparently) He suggests I'll probably need a Root Canal.
BUT he then re did 2 of my old fillings and they both hurt now (4 days later) and they didn't before.
So am I (at 38) old, and this is normal ?
Or is he and his junior useless ?
If so do I just transfer practise again / how do I find a good dentist ?
redgriff500 said:
Saw a young dentist who filled one of my teeth (that was giving me pain) she said it was near the nerve etc but 2 months later I was still getting pain with anything hot or cold.
Valid post.I work for the NHS -perhaps I can help.
What was the young female dentist wearing?
ok I am going to try and answer this question to the best of my knowledge.
1) If it is near the root canal and the filling is deep sometimes you can get away with out pain other times it is going to flair up. By taking out the nevre means you are killing the tooth so the tooth is dead. Dentists would rather not do this as sometimes a tooth will settle and no other treatment is needed. A dentist cannot help if the tooth flairs up. Its a case of luck.
2) other fillings might have had leaks in them with decay going down the side of the filling again these could have been deep. Hence the reason you can be having pain.
1) If it is near the root canal and the filling is deep sometimes you can get away with out pain other times it is going to flair up. By taking out the nevre means you are killing the tooth so the tooth is dead. Dentists would rather not do this as sometimes a tooth will settle and no other treatment is needed. A dentist cannot help if the tooth flairs up. Its a case of luck.
2) other fillings might have had leaks in them with decay going down the side of the filling again these could have been deep. Hence the reason you can be having pain.
I recently changed as my dentist retired, moved to a new NHS dentist, she immediately insisted that I needed 2 fillings.. that's where the nightmare began..
I had the teeth drilled and filled, hurt for ages, then it got to the point where I couldn't put pressure on them (to chew) and had them redone (had a temporary for a week as well) still got one a little sensitive to brushing and the other isn't liking hot/cold, this is now months later. I've only just hit 24 and I'm thinking rubbish dentist tbh not only that she's Polish (from what I can tell) and her English isn't great
Not alone I see
I had the teeth drilled and filled, hurt for ages, then it got to the point where I couldn't put pressure on them (to chew) and had them redone (had a temporary for a week as well) still got one a little sensitive to brushing and the other isn't liking hot/cold, this is now months later. I've only just hit 24 and I'm thinking rubbish dentist tbh not only that she's Polish (from what I can tell) and her English isn't great
Not alone I see
Redgriff500, I was in exactly the same position as you with regards to a filling near the nerve chamber a few months back. I got some good advice on the link below:
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The consensus appeared to be that it was only a matter of time before a root canal was needed and they were right. I had it started about a month ago and then after a few nasty abscesses had it completed last week.
The root canal itself really is no problem, but the antibiotic -metronidazole- they gave me between procedures provoked a really nasty reaction in me. And no, I did not touch a drop of alcohol with it either. Not even mouthwash. My advice, root canal is easy but if you're unfortunate enough to need antibiotics ask them to try amoxicillin instead.
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The consensus appeared to be that it was only a matter of time before a root canal was needed and they were right. I had it started about a month ago and then after a few nasty abscesses had it completed last week.
The root canal itself really is no problem, but the antibiotic -metronidazole- they gave me between procedures provoked a really nasty reaction in me. And no, I did not touch a drop of alcohol with it either. Not even mouthwash. My advice, root canal is easy but if you're unfortunate enough to need antibiotics ask them to try amoxicillin instead.
Edited by Clammy on Friday 19th September 14:48
Edited by Clammy on Friday 19th September 14:49
When I hit early 40s, it seemed the only treatment availabe for me was root canal surgery. It could of course be that my dentist missed the other classes at dentist school and so became a master of root canals, rather than being so-so at general dentistry. Ont the whole root canal stuff is OK just make sure you go for tons of coke novocaine when he/she gets those tiny little round files/reamers out and tries to clean up the hole. They're a bugger when they catch the last remaining bits of live nerve ending.
I need a root canal treatment. my dentist wants £450 so Ive been eating pain killers like smarties for 3 weeks can't find an NHS dentist anywhere.
this evening I spoke with an NHS out of hours drop in surgery because I cant stand the pain any more. they told me that no NHS dentist would do a root canal anyway so I have two choices.
rip tooth out or pay through nose.
nice, bet if I was on the f
king dole they would do it. I knew there was a reason Ive worked and payed NI all my life.
off to take another 500mg Parcetamol and 400mg profen. that sorts it for an hour or so
this evening I spoke with an NHS out of hours drop in surgery because I cant stand the pain any more. they told me that no NHS dentist would do a root canal anyway so I have two choices.
rip tooth out or pay through nose.
nice, bet if I was on the f
king dole they would do it. I knew there was a reason Ive worked and payed NI all my life.off to take another 500mg Parcetamol and 400mg profen. that sorts it for an hour or so
tomTVR said:
My dentist recently told me that the quality of my teeth is the same as you would expect on a pensioner, be banned me from cola straight away
Ahhh sorry - yeah thats a pain but it does have a huge amount of acid in it plus if you were not drinking diet just think of the sugar content you are having constantly through out the day!Edited by tomTVR on Friday 19th September 19:58
Pesty said:
I need a root canal treatment. my dentist wants £450 so Ive been eating pain killers like smarties for 3 weeks can't find an NHS dentist anywhere.
this evening I spoke with an NHS out of hours drop in surgery because I cant stand the pain any more. they told me that no NHS dentist would do a root canal anyway so I have two choices.
rip tooth out or pay through nose.
nice, bet if I was on the fking dole they would do it. I knew there was a reason Ive worked and payed NI all my life.
off to take another 500mg Parcetamol and 400mg profen. that sorts it for an hour or so
Are you sure ?this evening I spoke with an NHS out of hours drop in surgery because I cant stand the pain any more. they told me that no NHS dentist would do a root canal anyway so I have two choices.
rip tooth out or pay through nose.
nice, bet if I was on the f
king dole they would do it. I knew there was a reason Ive worked and payed NI all my life.off to take another 500mg Parcetamol and 400mg profen. that sorts it for an hour or so
I thought the same but my Dr told me to call NHS direct and ask them for a list of NHS dentists they gave me 5 tel numbers of dentists within 2 miles of my house.
Whilst it isn't free at £192 IIRC its about half the price private places charge or as someone else suggested try going to the teaching hospital and its free (I believe)
redgriff500 said:
Pesty said:
I need a root canal treatment. my dentist wants £450 so Ive been eating pain killers like smarties for 3 weeks can't find an NHS dentist anywhere.
this evening I spoke with an NHS out of hours drop in surgery because I cant stand the pain any more. they told me that no NHS dentist would do a root canal anyway so I have two choices.
rip tooth out or pay through nose.
nice, bet if I was on the fking dole they would do it. I knew there was a reason Ive worked and payed NI all my life.
off to take another 500mg Parcetamol and 400mg profen. that sorts it for an hour or so
Are you sure ?this evening I spoke with an NHS out of hours drop in surgery because I cant stand the pain any more. they told me that no NHS dentist would do a root canal anyway so I have two choices.
rip tooth out or pay through nose.
nice, bet if I was on the f
king dole they would do it. I knew there was a reason Ive worked and payed NI all my life.off to take another 500mg Parcetamol and 400mg profen. that sorts it for an hour or so
I thought the same but my Dr told me to call NHS direct and ask them for a list of NHS dentists they gave me 5 tel numbers of dentists within 2 miles of my house.
Whilst it isn't free at £192 IIRC its about half the price private places charge or as someone else suggested try going to the teaching hospital and its free (I believe)
NHS dentists will do root canals, it'll cost you 44.60 or 198 if you need/want a crown.
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