Bad toothache please help?!


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Bad toothache please help?

I have a horrible toothace and this tooth has been bothering me for a lonnng time. I went to the dentist a month or so ago, and he gace me a root canal, and now the same tooth hurts again. My real dentist was sick at the time and they let a temp do my tooth, i had 1 root canal(both with temp dentist) and when i went back to finish the 2nd one the temp dentist forgot what he was supposed to do and almost gave me a crown. It seems like my teeth have gotten worse since i saw that dumb temp dentist. can i sue him, because now the tooth he supposedly fixed that cost like $500 now is in the worst pain ive ever experienced. what do i do? i dont have money to go to a different dentist but im scared to go to my same one.


Answers:

I had a root canal done two years ago and now I am having a similar problem.

Don't be afraid of your dentist! A lot of what goes on in the dentist's office is a "mind over matter" issue. If you mentally psych yourself out, you will anticipate problems that are non-issues. You are owed a standard of care, and he is beholden to a Code of Ethics as a practicing dentist.

Have your dentist take a PA (periapical x-ray) of the tooth to ensure that the root was properly filled and there is no infection present in the gum tissue surrounding the tooth. He/she may prescribe antibiotics if this is the case. You have to take them until you finish all of the medication, regardless of whether or not you feel better.

In my situation, I have to have an apicoectomy. It is a routine procedure, but an inconvenience nonetheless.

Good luck!




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