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Had a damaged tooth - dentist tried to pull it out and left half it there...

  • 12-07-2010 10:57am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,916 ✭✭✭


    About a year ago the last tooth at the top back was starting to break up (old filling etc) - my dentist told me the tooth was in too bad shape to repair and would have to come out.

    So he tried to take it out but only got half it and said he didn't want to risk the rest (mainly behind the gum line at this stage) as an accident could break my jaw. So he said mostly they break up over time.

    A year later it is driving me crazy as food gets caught in it every day (the remaining bit of tooth is as strong as nails) and recently my gum feels tender near there so I'm going to another dentist for a second opinion.

    So what am I asking - I suppose I'm wondering what experience people have of dentists failing to remove a whole tooth and am I right to get a second opinion? And what does a dentist do to remove the tooth when only a couple of milimetres are visible from the gum!


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,927 ✭✭✭georgieporgy


    Something like this happens quite often. Instead of struggling with a stubborn root it's just left there for a while till the surrounding bone softens up a bit from infection (:)). That makes it easier to remove at a later stage, like now in your case. You should feel safe going back to the original dentist as he is familiar with it. If he still doesn't want to tackle it he will refer you to someone higher up the food chain.

    Removing a buried root is easy enough for the dentist, a little bit of cutting and drilling and poking around - all under local anaesthetic- and it's out .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,916 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Thanks Georgie. I went to the original dentist this morning and he agreed that the rest had to be taken out. It wasn't the easiest of tasks (in my opinion :D) as he was tugging at it for half an hour taking out the individual roots :eek:

    Glad it's gone. Now only coping with the pain :(

    Thanks for your advice.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Good job, alls well that ends well.


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