Root canal question

[Pandora]

...the fact that you are saying you no longer have the gap form the first tooth removed is exactly why we need to keep them all in our head. Our teeth are constantly moving (very slowly) and when there is one missing the others try to fill in the gap, the thing is that if you end up with a tooth with nothing for it to hit against it will actually keep moving up untill it falls out itself, no help from a dentist.

Cindy - When you say 'hit up against' ...DH has all four wisdom teeth up, and they're not going to take them out, will they stop the other falling out?
Do the roots move too? how owuld that work?

sezjm, thanks for the info! I'm not sure whether the wants it out to have it over and done with, or its its purely financial. he isn't really saying.

In anycase I'm currently looking at switching out health ins to one through work, which is having a promotion so will have no waiting periods, inc pre-existing conditions. They will pay $660 for the crown, and significantly higher for most item numbers.

[cindyb]

Sorry i didnt see this earlier - Teeth are just chunks of bone attached to your jaw BONE by ligaments and like all of our bone in our bodies it need to have come sort of impact placed on it for it to be healthy and do what it is mean to do, again its the same theory that they use for oseaoperosis and exercising!
I meantioned earlier that your teeth are on the move constantly, this is why people complain of their teeth crowding as theey get older (especially on the bottom coz the bone is so soft) and also why when you have braces etc you have to wear a retainer to hold you teeth in the new position. Orthodontist would ideally like everyone to wear their retainers for life but lets get real, nobody would do that!
All your teeth need to keep them in their place is to be contacting with an apposing one even just by the tiniest tip of the tooth.
Yes the roots are moving too, its all the one piece, and if the tooth starts to lean into a gap to fill it in you can end up with gum disease etc which can then cause you to lose more teeth.

I'm not for a second saying that it will happen over night but over a 5-10year time span alot can change in our mouths.

Sorry again for rambling on here!! I swear if someone asks a dental question i just cant stop myself from spewing out all this stuff!!!

Sez - i wonder how many of us are actually on here?? Where have you been working?

[YDI]

Hi

Quick root canal question... i had root canal treatment in my lower front tooth in december last year and still have pain in the tooth. i went back to the dentist who performed the root canal a couple months after the treatment and she did the dry ice test and said it cant be the tooth that was treated and if there is pain it would be referred pain from another tooth and sent me away as she said there was nothing she could do.

Well 8 months later and im still in pain, mainly in the gap between the 2 teeth if that makes sense. if i touch it the thorbbing pain stops. i went to the dr last night and got some antibiotics just in case it is an infection somewhere and i am seeing an endodontist on sept 11.

anyone had any similar experiences? im so scared he is going to pull it out!!

thanks!

[Olive]

did she do an xray when you went back? sounds like some sort of infection, could be the treated tooth or the one next to it