root canal or crown?
Discussion
Just got back from the dentist. I have a cracked no.7 bottom right. The crack was caused 6 years ago after a bottle of jägermeister whilst wearing socks on a wood floor. I hit my head on the corner of the hearth.
I've never had any dentist work done so need opinions on the best treatment.
Option 1 - root canal (apparently this leaves the tooth brittle) the cheaper at £180
Option 2 - crown at £350
Option 3 - pull the bugger out at £90
I am not squeemish and after plenty of motorcycle accidents I'm not too fussed about the pain.
I've never had any dentist work done so need opinions on the best treatment.
Option 1 - root canal (apparently this leaves the tooth brittle) the cheaper at £180
Option 2 - crown at £350
Option 3 - pull the bugger out at £90
I am not squeemish and after plenty of motorcycle accidents I'm not too fussed about the pain.
I had Root Canal Treatment last Monday.
I don't like dentists and
on the way home. I knew I shouldn't have had the two slices of toast 45 minutes before going in.
The Root Canal Treatment did not hurt at all. It was just like a bit of filing away in the tooth. Like you would sand down rust on a car
Took about 30 minutes I suppose.
When it came around it was a little tender but now is far better than before. I have a temporary filling in it now and am going to get a permanent one in just over a week's time.
I don't like dentists and
on the way home. I knew I shouldn't have had the two slices of toast 45 minutes before going in. The Root Canal Treatment did not hurt at all. It was just like a bit of filing away in the tooth. Like you would sand down rust on a car
Took about 30 minutes I suppose.
When it came around it was a little tender but now is far better than before. I have a temporary filling in it now and am going to get a permanent one in just over a week's time.
mik.ross said:
No.7 bottom right? get it pulled (IMO)as you probably will not be able to see it when you smile anyway.
If you have wisdom teeth (not everybody have them) you'll have a gap which makes chewing difficult. I lost my lower right 7 a few years ago. Keep your teeth for as long as you can, no matter what the cost.After years of accidents and injurys and of course being a pussy when it comes to the dentist many of my broken teeth have gone in the bin for a simple jab and pull option, ie once it has gone it can't cause pain, deal with the denture when i need it.
New dentist changed my mind. He messed up a filling and caused an infection to the root so gave me a full crown and root canal for a really good price. No more pain, solid tooth and gold to boot, so i look kind of gangster !! best choice i have made at dentist for years. Took a while to get used to, but a crown and no nerves in tooth is the next best thing to having full ceramic implants, which was one of my options in later years. 3 hours in chair was not nice but i had an ipod and near enough fell asleep. +1 to the list of body modifications, no wonder the bloody airport machine goes mad when I pass!!
Go for the crown, they have to build on a good base of tooth. No expert, just experience.
New dentist changed my mind. He messed up a filling and caused an infection to the root so gave me a full crown and root canal for a really good price. No more pain, solid tooth and gold to boot, so i look kind of gangster !! best choice i have made at dentist for years. Took a while to get used to, but a crown and no nerves in tooth is the next best thing to having full ceramic implants, which was one of my options in later years. 3 hours in chair was not nice but i had an ipod and near enough fell asleep. +1 to the list of body modifications, no wonder the bloody airport machine goes mad when I pass!!
Go for the crown, they have to build on a good base of tooth. No expert, just experience.
Rach* said:
If it needs root filling, then it needs doing before a crown is fitted. IMO it shouldn't be either crown or RCT. Its RCT & crown or extraction.
Personally I'd keep the tooth and have RCT & crown rather than have a big space at the back
Cracked tooth syndrome can sometimes be fixed by one or the other, doesn't necessarily need both.Personally I'd keep the tooth and have RCT & crown rather than have a big space at the back
Edited by -Z- on Thursday 11th December 20:59
FlossyThePig said:
mik.ross said:
No.7 bottom right? get it pulled (IMO)as you probably will not be able to see it when you smile anyway.
If you have wisdom teeth (not everybody have them) you'll have a gap which makes chewing difficult. I lost my lower right 7 a few years ago. Keep your teeth for as long as you can, no matter what the cost.That makes those prices look like a drop in the ocean......
FlossyThePig said:
mik.ross said:
No.7 bottom right? get it pulled (IMO)as you probably will not be able to see it when you smile anyway.
If you have wisdom teeth (not everybody have them) you'll have a gap which makes chewing difficult. I lost my lower right 7 a few years ago. Keep your teeth for as long as you can, no matter what the cost.-Z- said:
Rach* said:
If it needs root filling, then it needs doing before a crown is fitted. IMO it shouldn't be either crown or RCT. Its RCT & crown or extraction.
Personally I'd keep the tooth and have RCT & crown rather than have a big space at the back
Cracked tooth syndrome can sometimes be fixed by one or the other, not necessarily both.Personally I'd keep the tooth and have RCT & crown rather than have a big space at the back
It is true that an RCT'd molar would be better off crowned. If, however, you are looking at it from a budget point of view, the crown can be deferred until later.
The tooth will be weakened but as long as you mindful of this and go easy on it, the crown can wait.
Ps, there is a small chance that the RCT on its own will not fix the pain.
Deep cracks can cause pain in two ways, inside the tooth (fixable via RCT) and/or outside the tooth (the cracked piece flexes with pressure on biting and moves, impacting on the surrounding structures and also causing pain). The latter is only fixable via crowns/onlays.
The tooth will be weakened but as long as you mindful of this and go easy on it, the crown can wait.
Ps, there is a small chance that the RCT on its own will not fix the pain.
Deep cracks can cause pain in two ways, inside the tooth (fixable via RCT) and/or outside the tooth (the cracked piece flexes with pressure on biting and moves, impacting on the surrounding structures and also causing pain). The latter is only fixable via crowns/onlays.
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