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Originally posted by aephi alum
Anyway, I'm really scared because of something that happened to my husband about a year ago. I mentioned earlier in this thread that he'd had a root canal. Why? He went for a routine checkup and cleaning, and the dentist discovered a cavity forming under one of his fillings. So he redid the filling, only he f*cked it up and hit the nerve. Root canal time. I'm scared that when I go in to have my cavity filled or the tartar removed, my dentist is going to hit a nerve and then I will need a root canal. (Obviously I am seeing a different dentist!)
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Sometimes the filling is extremely deep that it cannot be avoided. Dentists that have many years of experience can readily tell from looking at the x-ray and in the mouth if maybe the cavity formed will be too deep... Inexperienced dentists just go right in all the way without thinking...
USFSDTAlum--
If your insurance pays, then you need to see an "oral surgeon" for your routine procedures. Or, try to see a dentist that can put you on Nitrous. Because, you'd be labeled a big fat "8" on my dad's charts--crazy 8--for crazy patients... (the main reason why I chose NOT to become a dentist)...
My mother is the worst patient on the planet. She curses my dad out for hurting her. Scrunches her face when he works on her and he hasn't even touched her... The moans in pain when he hasn't even started the work!!!
I'm my dad's best patient, he worries if I am still awake when he works because I am so calm and quiet...
Go figure...