popo!
It's my turn to ask some advise, I appreciate that you do this, this thread was the first thing I thought of today after my dentist visit ...
Anyways, here's the situ - I've got a bad molar (# 30) - it's had various fillings over the years, including one composite on the inner front corner that broke off a few years ago, and I was for one reason or anohter never able to get it repaired.
In the meanwhile, it decayed. bad.
earlier this year I finally started working on getting it fixed.
I've had 2x root canals on it, one was in May and the other was on the 3rd of June.
The plan was to in July crown it.
I know there was an abcess in there, visible in the x-ray.
Now ... since earlier this week I've had a horrible toothache there. brings-tears-to-the-eyes horrible.
(I don't know if it's possible for an abcess to 'pop' open? but I wonder if that's what could've happened, as I remember the night before, chewing some gum, accidently on that tooth, and felt a weird 'suction' feeling through the tooth).
Anyways, I've had this pain since Tuesday, (taken lots of ibuprofrin to manage it) and finally today got into the dentist
(but a different dentist at a different clinic, while the one i've been seeing had the day off).
he took an x-ray, and recommended that the tooth be extracted. he said I've got a large infection under it, and treating it 'from the top' might not work out in the long run.
I will be making an appointment with my regular dentist next week, to figure out a course of treatment.
(and in the meanwhile, today I got a script for antibiotics and painkillers).
I'm fine with pulling it, I suppose. I don't want a 'problem tooth'. I was hoping to keep it, of course, but whatever. I don't like the idea of having a constantly festering infection in my head, either.
So - I guess my question really, is this:
If I just have it extracted, with no 'replacement' ..
(money is an issue, very much, and my insurance will be ending at the end of july as well, and I still have another tooth on the other side that we will be crowning in july, that will cost me enough as it is..) ..
would it be feasable and ok, to just let it go, and
in a couple of years when I have insurance and enough money again to then put in a bridge/implant (afaik implants are far pricier?)
Is that something people often do successfully?
Thanks for taking the time to consider my problem
