Root canal treatment

[speccy1]

Anybody got experiences of this??

I am totally terrified of the dentists chair and have to have this done next week, what`s it like??

If there are any nightmare stories out there please keep them to yourselves, I`m scared enough............

Thanks

 

[ColinJ]

From a fellow dental-phobic wimp () - I think you need to consider sedation!

I have a horrible stump of a tooth which I should have had pulled out months ago but I have not plucked up the courage to get it done yet. Even toothache didn't persuade me to make an appointment ...

 

[buggi]

i've been putting one off for 5 years. the toothache has gone now, think its totallly dead

all caused by falling off my bike. why do we do it???

 

[vickster]

Yep, I had to have it done by a specialist a couple of months back...two hours with a course of antibiotics in between, my canals were a mess...and waiting to see if it needs doing on another tooth (hoping to just get away with the crown)

The most painful bit is the bill...you do not want to know what an endodontist charges

Have it done privately, I now avoid NHS tooth butchers like the plague My dentist is very gentle and considerate

Also need both teeth crowned, also an eye watering amount (together, I could easily have a branded carbon bike with ultegra or titanium!)

 

[speccy1]

Yep I had to have it done by a specialist a couple of months back...two hours with a course of antibiotics in between, my canals were a mess...and waiting to see if it needs doing on another bit

The most painful bit is the bill...you do not want to know what an endodontist charges

Have it done privately, I now avoid NHS tooth butchers like the plague

Also need both teeth crowned, also an eye watering amount (together, you coould easily have a branded carbon bike with ultegra or titanium!)

It won`t be costing me a penny, as it`s done by the local dental school, I just keep hearing nightmare stories..............

 

[talisman50082]

Had root canal treatment 2 weeks ago. Absolutely painless. One injection to the gum ,bit of drilling and scraping and a filling ready for a crown. Was in the chair 30 mins,its uncomfortable , but certainly not painful. Dont worry you will be fine.

 

[vickster]

OMG Ask for a dentist who has completed training and is used to dealing with nervous patients

 

[Profpointy]

Well presumably you've currently got screaming toothache, so getting it sorted will stop it hurting.

I've had a few over the years, and the actual treatment isn't much if at all worse than any other filling - OK deeper and takes a bit longer, but same stuff really.
If you've got abscess (as is likely), then it will be instant pain relief by drilling into it - basically an "it's a miracle, praise the Lord" level of relief- and surprisingly you often don't even need an injection. However these days they tend to dish out penicillin for a week to cure the infection, and hence another week of toothache before treatment proper.

No fun, but not that bad really - and far better than the toothache that's driven you there in the first place. If you then need a crown as well, then it's very very painful in the wallet !

 

[buggi]

in all honesty, being scared is only half the battle with me. the other is knowing i'm going to have to potentially pay around about a £1200 if my veneer needs replacing also

 

[speccy1]

Thanks guys

 

[ColinJ]

Blimey - I didn't realise how expensive dentistry is!

How much would it cost to just pull a tooth out? Mine might be complicated by the fact that it doesn't protrude beyond the gum line so they might have to cut the gum to get a grip on what is left. I think it will just break into 2 or 3 pieces which will then have to be individually removed. Oh, and I am also worried about excessive bleeding because of being on warfarin, though I'm sure that dentists are used to dealing with that.

 

[speccy1]

I`m actually having 2 done (but not at the same time), one is right at the front and I don`t want to lose it at any cost, the problem was caused by a spill about 10 years ago, and the other is nearer the back, it doesn`t hurt unless I touch it with food or a toothbrush, and it bleeds like hell when I clean it, but it is intact. It would make life far better to get these two sorted, and as I said, it`s free, whether they need capping or not

 

[speccy1]

From a fellow dental-phobic wimp () - I think you need to consider sedation!

I have a horrible stump of a tooth which I should have had pulled out months ago but I have not plucked up the courage to get it done yet. Even toothache didn't persuade me to make an appointment ...

Had sedation when I had a wisdom tooth out a few years ago, it was lovely!!

 

[talisman50082]

Would be 50.00 i believe, that's band 1. I had a tooth pulled which had receded below the gum. I thought it was going to be a problem but the dentist made it look easy.

 

[vickster]

Blimey - I didn't realise how expensive dentistry is!

How much would it cost to just pull a tooth out? Mine might be complicated by the fact that it doesn't protrude beyond the gum line so they might have to cut the gum to get a grip on what is left. I think it will just break into 2 or 3 pieces which will then have to be individually removed. Oh, and I am also worried about excessive bleeding because of being on warfarin, though I'm sure that dentists are used to dealing with that.

Do you need it removed? They don't need much tooth to attach a crown to (the one I had rct on is very broken)

Probably about £40 to have it pulled, 10 times to have it crowned