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oh, great. now one of the teeth they did the scaling and planing on hurts. the gum hurts, on the outside and inside. below it it feels swollen. down to my jaw. what the heck is going on? I had a root canal on this tooth 45 years ago, and two different crowns on it several years ago. so why does it hurt?
oh, great. now one of the teeth they did the scaling and planing on hurts. the gum hurts, on the outside and inside. below it it feels swollen. down to my jaw. what the heck is going on? I had a root canal on this tooth 45 years ago, and two different crowns on it several years ago. so why does it hurt?
So, it's been a few hours - you must've called the dentist at some point today - what did he say when you asked him?
Sh*t, now they are sending me to an endodontist. They dont know whats wrong. Supposed to have a CT scan tomorrow at 6:45 AM!!!! I have been down the road and back with this tooth over 45 years. It settles down, then acts up again. Just the planing and scaling has made the gums hurt and below it down to the jaw. I have to PAY FOR THE SCAN UP FRONT and then get reimbursed when they get paid by insurance!!!! I have no money. And if this tooth needs another root canal and crown I am dead!! I don't know what to do. I can't stand the pain.
The technician lied to me, saying it was illegal to do a regular cleaning when a deep cleaning is necessary. I was certain it wasn't true, but didn't say anything to her because the dentist was due any moment and I would mention it to him. He said their attorney had said having a patient sign a waiver was not protection, which is why the tech said what she said. But, that's not at all the same as being illegal. He repeated what he'd just said and I told him repeating it doesn't make any difference. It is NOT illegal and saying it's illegal is a lie. He would not agree that what he needed to say is that it's against he and his partner's policy.
You've had problems with this tooth for 45 years. How much money have you spent on this tooth during all that time?
How much would you have saved if you had gotten the tooth removed and replaced with an implant 20 years ago?
Well, I had dental insurance for most of the time, but I have spent alot on this tooth, you are right. 2 root canals, bite adjustment, and two crowns all on the same tooth. Plus if you count the root canal on the tooth that was next to it that probably didnt need a root canal, because it was this tooth all along, AND the tooth above it that was pulled by mistake when this problem first started, and the bridge I needed because of that--all in all, without insurance, it would probably be $10,000!!
Pulling and implants were never recommended. They kept wanting to save the tooth.
The endodontist did a computerized dental CT scan at 7 AM today and this is the only way my diagnosis could have come. Nothing has shown on regular x-rays for years. Dental CT scans have only been available for 10 years or so. Apparently insurance rarely pays for them. Why? I don't know. It sure would have paid for Delta Dental to pay for a dental CT scan long ago!!!
Verdict: Longitudinal Root/Tooth Fracture with a pocket of *something* below it. I am now on antibiotics. Tooth can't be saved anymore. I am having it pulled this afternoon by an oral surgeon.
Hopefully they can do a bridge rather than an implant. But I am not having anything done for a while after this. Too expensive and it will need time to heal.
What gets me is how all of these various types of dentists now want money up front. I had to PAY for the scan and consult this morning ($279) and will be reimbursed if either my dental or medical pays, and the oral surgeon this afternoon wants 20% up front. I have no idea how much it will cost, so here we go. I cannot afford this, but what am I to do? I don't know what people do that cannot pay anything up front. They probably end up in the emergency room. Like that is going to help anything.
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