Getting back molar pulled tomorrow? (vs, tooth, pain, dentist)

[6.7traveler]

I have my first dental appointment in 10 years tomorrow . I've always thought I had decent oral hygeine, but a few months ago half of my back molar broke off when I was chewing. It looks like a bad cavity back there too (obviously). There is no pain, except maybe if I am drinking a cold beverage. Even then it's not pain but feels "funny".

Anyways I made the dental appt for this reason. I want the tooth pulled. It's cheaper and it looks dead and broken to me. I don't want it to be filled up with anything or a root canal. Is the dentist going to have any qualms about just pulling it?

Anyways, I hate going to the dentist and am freaked out. I guess I wanted to see if there would be any problem pulling the back molar and being done with it? I have read root canal vs. extraction stuff on google but get conflicting results, including that root canals can cause health problems down the road.

Thanks for any replies.

[6.7traveler]

I know I didn't get any replies but just wanted to update. The dentist was able to just fill the tooth which was much more pleasant than extraction. I also should of used the search feature because afterwards I found similar threads to my question.

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Glad it worked out. Is it a second molar?

[RaleighRunner]

so you havnt been to the dentist in 10 years, what makes you think you have decent oral hygiene?

[6.7traveler]

Thanks yea second molar and ^haha, I guess it wasn't so decent because I had a bad cavity. All else is good though, I do brush and floss daily and will try to be more consistent from here on out!

[smilesatgalleria]

t sounds like you may need a more involved debridement of your infection. In routine infections (periapical infections) removal of the tooth and clearance of any local infectious tissue is quite simple.