http://www.askmehelpdesk.com en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:17:22 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/amhd_imgs/misc/rss.jpg http://www.askmehelpdesk.com http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dentistry/tooth-filler-417821.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:46 GMT Is there a product that I caan use to fill in the ugly hole in the front of my front tooth that will make it look nice till I get to the dentist. I have a date tomorrow? Is there a product that I caan use to fill in the ugly hole in the front of my front tooth that will make it look nice till I get to the dentist. I have a date tomorrow? ]]> Dentistry SUSAN MARIE http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dentistry/tooth-filler-417821.html http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dentistry/should-rc-have-been-done-before-crown-417104.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:56:21 GMT A couple of years ago I had pain in tooth #12. I visited the dentist and he said I needed a root canal. The pain subsided in the tooth and I did not have RC done. Over the next year and a half it would flare up again and have sensitivity and/or pain, but not consistently. Finally, in the fall... A couple of years ago I had pain in tooth #12. I visited the dentist and he said I needed a root canal. The pain subsided in the tooth and I did not have RC done. Over the next year and a half it would flare up again and have sensitivity and/or pain, but not consistently. Finally, in the fall of 2008 it became increasingly more sensitive so I made an appointment to have it taken care of. At my visit, the dentist mentions beginning to prepare the tooth for a crown.....I ask him..."aren't you going to do a root canal first?" He replied "we don't need to," and proceeds to prepare the tooth for a crown. After the crown the tooth remained a bit sensitive, but no severe pain. Four months after the crown was installed, the tooth absessed. I returned to the dentist and of course he tells me I need a RC. At this visit he tells me he will replace the crown free of charge as he questioned the intregrity of the crown, but wants to charge me $1375 for the RC and $410 for core build-up, plus I have to spend 6 more hours in the dentists chair and a lot of lost time from my job. Since I had had intermitten problems with this tooth over 2+ years and had returned to him because I was having problems again, shouldn't he have done the RC in the first place? Also, if the crown didn't have good intregrity, could it have contributed to the tooth absessing? Are there any expenses I could have avoided if he had done the RC first? ]]> Dentistry lela0814 http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dentistry/should-rc-have-been-done-before-crown-417104.html