[Leica] Okay, completely OT - any dentists here?

[msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)]

Hey Vick, I am not a dentist, my wife is, i do very frequent visit to
dentist office (not my wife's) for various repairs. I have also been
around dentistry for a long time, being in the software business i
have worked on solution both for the dentist and insurance side of the
dentistry from hmo...to ppo and FFS ( these are us terms), needless to
say i have been around dentistry along time. my wife says every time a
took has a cavity is like the kiss of the death, filling the cavity
(whatever the process amalgam, porcelain inlay, white feeling),...it
might or might not work. so the root of your problem go back to the
original filling

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Okay, completely OT - any dentists here?
>
> My dentist says I need a root canal.    Here's the  background:
> - dentist advises to redo a 20 year old filliing in Dec, with an inlay
> - inlay is done, flares up with severe pain at New Year's day
> - go to emergency dentist, take x-ray, determine inlay isn't cemented or
> sitting properly
> - pain goes away, dentist replaces inlay
> - now - June - go for regular cleaning, sees blister at gum of tooth (I
> thought it was loose skin). No symptoms of pain or abnormality with the
> tooth (a rear molar).
> - take x-ray, says that it is infection, now recommend root canal.  I'm
> concerned that the root canal means redoing the inlay
>
> I'd much rather spend the money on an 80mm Summilux-R.
>
> What do you dentists think - can I "wait and see" on the tooth situation 
> and
> the infection goes away?
> Searching the web on "tooth infection" isn't nice, on the "potential 
> further
> bad things" if a tooth infection runs away.
>
>
> ....Vick
>
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