I went to the dentist a while ago with a really bad toothache, and he had to do a root canal because the tooth was badly decayed. Anyway, at that time he told me I needed two wisdom teeth extracted because they had large cavities in them, and that I had another two cavities which would need fillings.
Anyway, things happened and I didn't go back for any of the other treatment after the root canal. Now one of the wisdom teeth is really painful and the cavity has got a LOT worse. One of my friends said it's really difficult to extract teeth that are so badly decayed because they tend to break off, and that I might need to have it surgically extracted now.
Is that true? And if I do have to have surgery to extract that tooth, can they do the work on the others while I'm under anaesthetic anyway? Because I'm pretty scared of going back to the dentist after the root canal, and I'm worried that I'll need more than fillings because I've left it so long.
2006-10-28
15:17:53
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