7 December 2012

Root Canal Treatment, should I wait

QUESTION – Root Canal Treatment, should I wait

“I began to have pain in a premolar a couple of months ago, my dentist diagnosed a dying root and did a root canal. It seemed ok for a couple of weeks after but then the tooth became sensitive again and if I push the gum with [...]

2 August 2012

Root Canal Treatment

ONLINE QUESTION – Root Canal Treatment

“I broke my tooth and went to see an NHS dentist who advised I have a crown made. This was fitted and now it is throbbing. I went to see my own NHS dentist who works in the same practice, who said I may need a root canal, but [...]

15 July 2012

Root Canal Treatment

ONLINE QUESTION – Root Canal Treatment

“I had a root canal done a few weeks ago on a molar and am due to get a temporary crown this week and a final crown soon after. I noticed the last few days that the tooth has moved inwards very slightly. Is any movement normal, or a [...]

24 February 2012

Root Canal Treatment needed

QUESTION

“I needed to get root canal done on a tooth at the lower back of my mouth. I didn’t have someone experienced in root canal treating me so she started the treatment which was painful then stopped midway and told me my tooth is too small to treat. I was referred to the hospital [...]

12 December 2011

Denied Root Canal Treatment

Dental advice wanted – denied root canal treatment

"I have a tooth with a 5-year-old root canal which is failing (infection underneath). My NHS dentist thinks I should have it redone but he doesn’t provide the service. He forwarded me to the region’s waiting list for treatment… after 4 months wait my dentist got [...]

7 December 2011

Root Canal Treatment

Dental advice wanted – root canal treatment

“About a year or two ago I got a root canal on one of my first premolars. Everything’s fine, until about a month ago when most of the front side of the tooth chips off, nearly all the way to the gum. The back side of the tooth [...]

21 September 2011

NHS dental treatment during pregnancy

Dental advice wanted – NHS dental treatment during pregnancy

I needed an emergency root canal filling having broken a tooth after falling when pregnant.  I was registered at a private practice but saw my dentist at his NHS clinic where he advised, due to my pregnancy I would be treated on the NHS.  He [...]

27 June 2010

NHS Root Canal Treatment

A very interesting article in the Guardian yesterday "British dentistry is in a painful state" written by Patrick Collinson. He details his experiences wading through several dentists in London and Edinburgh in an effort to get an NHS dentist to deal with his painful tooth which needed root canal treatment.

So one has [...]

29 March 2010

Dental Treatment in Ireland

It looks like dental care is taking a nosedive in Ireland. According to the Irish Independent newspaper dental patients in Ireland will have to have teeth extracted rather than properly repaired with fillings and root canal work because of dental funding cuts. Are we going back to the dark ages? It is ridiculous to [...]

7 April 2009

What is a Root Filling

All teeth have roots, and canals within these roots. Different teeth have a different number of roots and canals.

Front teeth (incisors and canines) have 1 root and 1 canal. Side teeth (premolars) have 1-2 roots and 1-2 canals. Rear teeth have 3 roots and 3-4 canals (upper molars), or 2 roots and 3-4 canals [...]



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