Dentist couldnt remove tooth, what am i in for

[mat13]

Ive had a broken tooth that i was going to have a root canal done on, however over the weekend i was in that much pain with it i decided to have it taken out.

The dentist started trying to remove it before i was properly numbed up, felt like she was trying to pull my jaw off, anyway long story short i was in the chair for well over an hour, with constant drilling and pulling, i then had an xray and was told she couldnt get the roots out without drilling my jaw, or i was given the option of a referal to the dental hospital which i took.

Im now back at home in some discomfort but ide like to know what to expect, is it going to be as bad at the dental hospital or was this dentist in particular just not very good?

[mat13]

I do think i got a bit of a bum, the last time i had some work done i had it done by a student, she was brilliant, wanted me to try some breathing exercises that were supposed to reduce the discomfort from the needles/drilling/scraping, i went along with it even though i thought it was a load of mumbo jumbo and i didnt feel a thing, i even managed to have a good leer

[mat13]

Just a bump for the evening crowd, anyone with any expirience of this?

[mat13]

ApexJimi said:

Mat - I had a lower impacted wisdom tooth extracted last week, and one of the first things my dentist did was take a number of x-ray's, to see exactly what he would be dealing with.

It strikes me that if she'd taken a some x-rays beforehand, all this would have been avoided.

That was sort of what i was thinking, it all seemed a bit rushed to what i normally have, also someone mentioned feeling woozy after a dental hospital extraction, probably best not to drive myself then?