Guest guest Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 I need help making a decision regarding toothwork. I have already had 2 teeth extracted and now have partial dentures (both upper and lower) ~the problem is the lower partial fit wrong and ended up fracturing the tooth it was clasped next to it I also have osteoporosis so I'm thinking the integrity of my bones is not so good thus fracture easily I don't know... at any rate, I saw the dentist yesterday (a different dentist than I saw last time) because I have managed care.. HMO type thing so each time I go in I have a different dentist.. anyway, my dentist last time told me I would need a crown which is $750 and my insurance won't cover it unless you choose stainless steel which food can get under there then you have decay etc... This dentist said if I couldn't afford the crown (porcelain) then he could just take out my old filling and put in another filling and see if that helps etc anyway, the dentist I saw yesterday said something entirely different... this dentist said " We can start you on a root canal today " I said no because I wanted to think about it. I said that my other dentist never said anything about having a root canal done and that I wanted to take the most conservative approach for that day despite how much pain I was in so they went ahead and did a " sedation filling " -Dentist said from xray there is no sign of decay infection of pulp etc the tooth has fracture line. I am familiar with George Meinig's book " Root Canal Cover-Up " where the root canal tooth when extracted was ground up and injected into a healthy rabbit.. and then the rabbit would promptly develop all of the same diseases and die -these experiments done not just once... but dozens of times and with identical results you can't help but think more on this subject... Anyway, any thoughts/comments/help on this subject would be helpful to me right now thanks jen " And we have made of ourselves living cesspools, and driven doctors to invent names for our diseases. " Plato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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