I went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned and he found a hairline fracture in a tooth that has had a filling for over 40 years. He was afraid that the piece would break off. His suggestion was that he drill out the old filling and replace with a new one to hold the fracture in place. After doing all of that, he determined that the fracture would not be repaired with the filling and I would need a crown. I now have a temporary crown awaiting the real one and I am having major sensitivity to cold and hot (hot is worse). I called him and he said he could go ahead and refer me to a root canal specialist. Not trying to be disrespectful, but I am pissed. I am trying to take care of my teeth so that I can keep my teeth. They are overall in great shape and have always been until now. Someone said to me, I wonder if you have a dry socket under the temporary crown. Should I get another opinion. Everything is costing me an arm and a leg now. I have dental insurance that only covers 50% of the cost. This is really frustrating. Thoughts
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The ideal way of treating your tooth is by root canal treatment followed by crown. Because since the tooth is sensitive any time it can become non-vital, so prophylactically get it root canal treated now only and complete the treatment. If you get the crown without RCT, If some problem occurs in future then the crown has to be repeated and RCT has to be done at that time. It cannot be Chat Doctor.