OH NO! Just cracked 1/4 of my molar!

I hope I never need dental. Have yet to get even a cavity so I don't bother with dental insurance.

 

OUCH............hope that gets fixed quickly. Good Luck.

 

I hope you can get that fixed quick, sounds painful! Or you could break 5 more and move to where I live.

 

Not fun. Hope you can get a dentist to make the tooth whole again.

 

Been exactly where you are last year. Right before a trip away with my wife I had an infected root
in one of my molars...on a friday afternoon.
I got a visit on a monday to see an endo (root canal specialist) and he said he would do the first
1/2 of the procedure that day. As he was cleaning out the roots and placing in some antibiotics
the pain all went away.
I already had a crown on that tooth so the finish work was simple.
I felt so much better after the work was done.
insurance covered 70%, I paid 30% out of pocket.

 

I guess it depends how deep the crack is... it its into the root your def. gonna need a root canal, and then crowning that will depend on how much of the top of hte tooth they need to grind away. If its in the root you know it, will hurt like a #*&$(*&#$.


RCs are not fun. Not to scare you, once novicaned up they don't hurt any more than a filling, but they take a loooong time to do and a lot of follow ups. I let my teeth go in college and had to get one in the rearmost bottom left molar. My parents dentist did that one but he was not great and somehow missed a root that ended up infected 5-6 years later.. That time I was sent to an endo who did it right, and unlike the family dentist it only took 1 visit for the RC, then a follow up to crown it.

Then last year the tooth under the edges of the crown was in bad shape per my dentist (after ~ 10 years) so I had the crown redone again. Fun stuff.


I have bad luck with teeth. Braces for years as a kid, had one of those jaw expanders at least 7 extractions including the 4 wisdoms, and I lost count of how many cavity fillngs. Lately my dentist is yelling at me that I grind my teeth from stress too much and its eroding the enamel. And they say I have receeding gums.

Yeck..... Im gonna be living on smoothies in retirement!

 

I never had a lot of problems with my teeth until I got dental and could afford to go and get checkups. Then the fun began--

But in all seriousness, I had a broken molar (after biting down of a piece of hard chocolate!) and they had to take it out. They also wanted to make a "bridge" between the other teeth; but as that involved destroying the two sentry teeth to fit fake teeth over them, and then there is a false tooth where the missing one was that would need special care, I opted to just let it go. No one really sees the gap, and I can chew with the other teeth.

Had a root canal, the only thing that really hurt was the needles to numb me, and the cost.

Those crowns used to be called caps. with what they cost, it's no wonder they changed the name.

 

Look at what you can afford. Then make choices. The important thing to keep in mind is that bad teeth can cause heart problems. Very serious. Prevention and correction. Better to have plastic teeth than infections that can cause heart disease. Also, if you ever need a joint replacement, your teeth have to be in good condition first.

 

... there you go again.

 

I can somewhat relate. I woke up the other morning and noticed I have a filling missing. No idea when I lost it (or where it went), but its getting patched up next Wednesday.

 

It will pass.

 

...and THAT"s how the get you.
Nothing irrational about a fear of dental drills, your body is just trying to protect itself. So sorry your problems escalated, this happens to me all the time. One thing leads to another, then they find something else, complications arise, etc. I know what you are going through.
In MD, dental insurance is considered some kind of privilage. There was a case a few years ago of a child on public assistance who had an infection in a tooth and died. Usually public assistance (Medicaid) is carte blanc, covers more than private insurance. Apparently, they don't consider your teeth part of your body.

 

I KNEW IT, I thought Murphy was just over my shoulder the other day, he was not.
He was hanging out in Wyoming that day.
Only Joking, hope you feel better soon.