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STOP-PAIN-FAST · Oct 20, 2012, 04:23 PM

Curious,

I have never had a tooth pulled and I am 65 and have always had too many teeth and it makes flossing impossible. I have had three crowns, lost one that fell out and got hammered for $2,300.00 to have it replaced, so I am not thrilled with that dentist and will not return feeling I got ripped off. This #14 had root canal ages ago, so there is no pain, but the rough edge is bothering me. Current dentist does no root canals, so they wanted me to go to referrel dentist who is endo to check to see if they should to root canal on second root whereby only one was done originally which made no sense to me not knowing this until now. Is this common to only do one root? Not that I am complaining since it was done over ten years ago, but was curious.

OK, having spent the $2,300.00 to have a cap replaced a few years ago, I am faced with situation of cost to have another one done, and as I see it, this will cost about $2,000.00 between these two dentists. This tooth cannot be seen when I smile, and I am not smiling over the cost I am confronted with, so my question is, will teeth still shift a bit with this tooth missing, for I have overcrowded teeth already, and with two front teeth leaning to opposite side a bit, would they align better in time? I have ovelapping second and third behind front opposing side too, so do I need all these teeth at my age? I don't think #14 is a primary chewing or bite tooth, so any opinions?

Thanks,

Gernald · Oct 20, 2012, 04:45 PM

I would definitely advise getting it removed if you're not going to try and repair it as it could cause some other issues apart from being painful.

As for really needing it. That is totally up to you. With time, you'll probably get used to not having that tooth there so it won't make such a difference unless you're eating something that's hard to chew like an apple. But, I guess you could always just use the other side of your mouth.

As for your teeth shifting, they probably won't shift that much because of your age. Whereas, if you were in your twenties or younger your teeth probably would shift quite a bit more.