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  • 19-11-2008 4:17pm
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    brianthebard
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    I went to the dentist yesterday for a checkup, cause I was pretty sure there was something wrong with one of my wisdom teeth. He said I needed fillings on the top teeth at the back of the mouth, either side. Fair enough. He also said I needed the corner of the very back one filed off cause it was pressing on the bottom aforementioned wisdom tooth. Fair enough, he said it quite casually and I expected nothing more than a few mills off the point of the tooth.

    Anyways he did the fillings on one side, and while it was awkward, it didn't hurt. But later when feeling returned to my mouth I realised he has basically turned one of my teeth at the back into a wedge. He removed part from the middle and tapered back almost to the gum if that makes sense, and filled it I think.

    It feels really weird and I'm not happy. I thought it was only going to be a tiny thing to do, but this is almost half my tooth gone. It feels weird when I bring my teeth together, will there be a problem with pressure on one side of the tooth pushing it in odd ways?
    He wants me to go back next week for the other top teeth fillings, but I'm not sure he's going to address the tooth I felt there was an actual problem with, or if I even want him to. That tooth has a bit of gum overlapping it and is causing problems. But now I'm unsure of what he might do with it, or if I should go back. I feel quite angry that he would make such a large (as I see it) change to my tooth without giving me proper information of his plan. He even says it might have to be pulled which I would've preferred to this situation atm. Anyways is the weird feeling and the sensation when putting my teeth together going to go away? Was this procedure justified? Should I go back?
    Thank you for reading, realise this was pretty long.


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  • #2
    BryanL
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    Easing a tooth like that can save on having it extracted. The strange feeling maybe just a change in your bite because you've had a few fillings done on that side or they may need some polishing after all your filling are done to ensure you have a good balaced bite
    Bryan.


  • #3
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    You don't think it was excessive, it would be fairly common to do such a thing?


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