Translucency around a filling or decay??

sudzs

Can translucency around a white filling look like decay on an x-ray? And if so how do you tell the difference??

sudzs

Thank you for the in depth response but I have since been to an endodontist just last week who looked at the x-rays and said it's very obvious decay. So I got a filling 8 months ago and have been back about it many times with pain and discomfort. Somehow they did not think to do something about the decay all that time. It was obviously there when the tooth was x-rayed a few days after the filling was done. I do not understand why my dentist did nothing about it. Couldn't they see the decay? Did they not recognise it as decay? Incompetent or wilful neglect?? I'm actually in shock over it all.

Oh, and I've had root canal treatment on it since due to the nerve dying and then an infection. Probably because the decay was left there in the first place. But of course that didn't fix my problems because despite more x-rays following RCT the decay was still ignored and left in the tooth.

Is it ever acceptable to leave decay in a tooth??

sudzs

thanks

Ezeoul

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122614413#Comment_122614413

My brother is currently involved in legal action against a dentist for filling a tooth that had decay, which then impacted on the teeth on either side. Dentist admitted their mistake and offered to try and resolve, but he is now getting (very expensive) treatment elsewhere.

See another dentist.

sudzs

Yes new dentist this week. I wonder if my ex-dentist would admit her mistakes if I went all legal! I mean how can you look at 2 x-rays and not see the decay??? i just don't understand it

sudzs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122645085#Comment_122645085

Thanks for that. I'm not sure how she could deny that there is decay on an x-ray taken 2 days after the filling. And there it still is 6 months later after she did the RCT. Surely it's indisputable evidence???

sudzs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122652812#Comment_122652812

If one dentist said it was decay and another described it as very obvious decay and symptoms cleared up after its removal then what are the chances of some other professional judging it as not decay??

sudzs

Thanks very much Dr Sunali for your in-depth reply. Would you like to be the 4th opinion on an x-ray?!!