Tooth Dilemma

[roosta]

One of my Molars (the middle molar, aka one from the back) is fucked. Its on the bottom. I have two options, get it pulled or spend a shit load of money (over a grand) to get it fixed.

Question: Do any of you have a molar missing? If so: How is eating? Can you chew ok?

I dont know what to do. Most people are advising pull it, but one of my mates thinks I might regret it.

Teeth are cunts.

[Kid Presentable]

im going to get 5 teeth pulled in the next year i reckon, and i couldn't care less. who fucking spends money to fix teeth that aren't punched in at the front?

[cookiepuss]

pullit out yourself with a pair of pliers!(y)

Have you seen that show "Dealiest Catch" about the crab fishermen? they had an episode where a guy had to pullhis own tooth cause they were too far from any port tht they could drop him off at.

yeah you're not a real man till you remove your own tooth with pliers.;)

[Kid Presentable]

yeah you're not a real man till you remove your own tooth with pliers.;)
is that how you joined?

[Kid Presentable]

watch this

[Randetica]

i have a half tooth missing on each side, makes it one tooth all together which is a good result cause i last was at the dentist as a kid

[Bob]

watch this

did it hurt?

i dunno, i guess i'd say pull it. it's not like it's a front tooth, nobody's going to notice that you're missing a molar. chewing might be weird for a while but i bet you get used to it. it won't be crippling

[insertnamehere]

If it's possible to get the money, get it fixed. Getting it pulled would be the easy solution now, but would lead to more problems down the road. Getting a tooth pulled allows the surrounding teeth to shift, meaning you could end up with crazy crooked gap teeth. It also increases the likelyhood that surrounding teeth it have to be pulled from the loseness.

It's up to you, but if it were me, I'd try for a crown or bridge... I dunno what's wrong with your tooth but one of those two things are probably possible solutions. Actually I've had to have two root canals and as a result now have two crowns. Being a 20 year old girl with two missing teeth, even back ones, wasn't really an option for me. And having to have the crowns so early, I'll probably have to get them redone in the future eventually, but I'm happy with my fake teeth.

[hitmonlee]

if you get it pulled, get a replacement tooth. which im sure will also cost a shitload of money.

noone trusts people with missing teeth. they are either irresponsible,drug addicts, or fighters.

people will notice when you open your mouth, it will be impossible to hide all the time.

[roosta]

If it's possible to get the money, get it fixed. Getting it pulled would be the easy solution now, but would lead to more problems down the road. Getting a tooth pulled allows the surrounding teeth to shift, meaning you could end up with crazy crooked gap teeth. It also increases the likelyhood that surrounding teeth it have to be pulled from the loseness.

It's up to you, but if it were me, I'd try for a crown or bridge... I dunno what's wrong with your tooth but one of those two things are probably possible solutions. Actually I've had to have two root canals and as a result now have two crowns. Being a 20 year old girl with two missing teeth, even back ones, wasn't really an option for me. And having to have the crowns so early, I'll probably have to get them redone in the future eventually, but I'm happy with my fake teeth.

Cheers for that. Yeah, the solution would be a root canal and then a crown. At this moment I want to have it replaced, its just working out how to get the money.

Here's a question then, how bad was the root canal surgery? I've heard conflicting reports..from worst thing ever endured to same as getting a filling.

[Kid Presentable]

i was only talkin 4 wisdom teeth and a molar. not gonna make me look anymore crackhead-ish than presently

[Bob]

Cheers for that. Yeah, the solution would be a root canal and then a crown. At this moment I want to have it replaced, its just working out how to get the money.

Here's a question then, how bad was the root canal surgery? I've heard conflicting reports..from worst thing ever endured to same as getting a filling.

i got a root canal when i was younger, but my procedure was abnormal, because they broke off a piece of an instrument in my tooth and didn't notice until after they'd sealed it back up. so they had dig back in and get it out, i had to go to the dentist like once a week, it sucked. i think. i don't know, i blocked most of the memories. all i know is that the tooth doesn't have any nerves left, so i can stick in ice cream and it won't hurt

[insertnamehere]

How much the root canal sucks probably depends partly on how much pain you're in beforehand, haha. For both of mine, all they did was numb me up with shots, I've know people who've been sedated for them and things like that, but the shots seemed to do just fine. Both of mine were on the same tooth you're having problems with, the one on each side.

For the first one, I had an absess in my jaw that was insane. I had some pain a few months prior that went away, and I ignored it. That was probably the start of it. Then the pain became unbearable and I went to the dentist and they said I had the abcess. Then I had to wait a few weeks so my parents could save up to pay for said root canal. Then I had to wait a bit longer so I could take a course of super strong antibiotics, I think it had something to do with fear of getting the infection into my bloodstream during the procedure. For about a week before the actual root canal, i coudlnt touch the right side of my face. I was in terrible pain all the time. It made sleeping difficult cause I'd roll around and hit my face on the pillow. I was scared for my root canal cause you hear all kinds of aweful things. They put in a dental dam, I think that's standard, where they cut a tiny hole for the tooth to go through to keep gunk from getting into your mouth. When they drilled into my tooth, I felt the dam stretch out and fill with pus. I instantly felt better. I actually almost fell asleep during the root canal because it was the most comfortable I'd been in quite some time.

The second one was also for an abcess that resulted when a filling "tipped" or came a bit lose apparently and stuff got down into it. I got it fixed before I was in such terrible pain, so the root canal itself wasn't a relief. It was unpleasant, but yeah, I'd say its about on par with getting a filling. I could feel the guy scraping around inside my tooth to pull the nerves out, so that was a strange feeling, but it didnt hurt. I'd call it mild discomfort, as much for having to keep your mouth open that wide for that long as anything.

They gave me a prescription for crazy painkillers afterwards that I never needed. The second one I got done, the filling that had been there made up about 80% of my tooth, so if anything not mouth temperature touched it, it hurt like hell cause the heat/cold went straight through the metal to the nerve. It would be worth it to me to have gotten the root canal/crown just for that reason, even if I hadn't needed it because of the abcess. I had actually planned on doing it someday after the first root canal and was waiting till I had money, it just so happens that I got an infection in it before I had money so I got it a little sooner than I wanted.

[QueenAdrock]

if you get it pulled, get a replacement tooth. which im sure will also cost a shitload of money.


Implants cost around $2000 a tooth, whereas root canals/crowns cost around $1000...depending on where you go, and whether you have insurance or not. But either way, replacement teeth are really expensive and are usually a last resort. If you can save the tooth in any way, that's the way to go first.

Anyways, I would say do the root canal/crown. My office always suggests to save the tooth if you can, since you may not be sure how it could impact eating/shifting of teeth if you got it removed. It costs a lot yeah, but you'll have a few visits and most dentists do payment plans, if money's an issue. I've never gotten a root canal before, but if the dentist is good it should be painless. They dope you up pretty good beforehand with shots.