I had pain so I went to see a dentist. He told me my previous filling is deep and it is touching my nerv. This is way I had pain when I drank something cold. He told me I need to get a rootcanal treatment done and then get a crown. For the meantime he did another filling and I have no pain. Only biting gives me a slight pain with that tooth.
My Question is. I don´t have dental Coverage because I changed my job. My dental coverage will start in 6 months. So I was wondering can I wait another 6 months before getting the treatment done?
2006-10-26 18:24:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
I want to get a rootcanal done but I really can´t afford it right now. He quoted me about 400 dollars. I have no pain. tHE assistance told me I could wait till January (because I thought this is when my dental coverage will start) but unfortunately i found out it will be end of march.
I want to save my tooth, but the dentist did say I have no infection, I have pain because previous feeling was done really deep and now it keeps hitting my nerv. As of now, I have no pain just a little bit discomfort when i bite on that tooth.
So I guess I will wait.
2006-10-26 18:36:38 · update #1
If you now have no pain, I say wait. If it only hurts when you bite, this might be normal for a new filling, but if this still happens after 3 or 4 days, go get the bite adjusted.
I am guessing that he re-did the filling with a liner under it and m-a-y-b-e you will end up not needing root canal treatment.
2006-10-26 18:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do what I did- I was in the same situation because my husband was switching jobs. Go ahead and get the root canal done and just have him put in a temporary filling. You can wait to get the crown until later. I waited about 8 months before I got my crown (the crown is the expensive part by the way- the root canal itself isn't all that much money). The temporary filling just looks like a regular silver filling. I had it done to my back tooth so it was ok. If you don't want to do this just try to wait it out- the pain may become so unbearable that you can't stand it though. Also, you dentist will usually work with you and accept payments over a period of time- you don't have to pay him in full at the very beginning. Good luck.
2006-10-26 18:32:11 · answer #2 · answered by lili 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can wait as long as you want. Root Canal surgery is not required unless you want to save the tooth. If you don't want to save the tooth, have it extracted - it will never get any better.
On the downside, the longer you wait, the greater the chance for increased pain or even infecion, which could lead to a much more costly treatment.
2006-10-26 18:28:11 · answer #3 · answered by wuxxler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in exactly the same position dentally that you are..except that my partial root canal was done so that they could work on another tooth in my mouth without causing this one pain...but I don't know how long it'll last...my dentist says a while..but I also cannot bite on that side and I don't see my dentist for another 2 weeks...but he did tell me that if it started to hurt to phone him and come in right away..so after all than info...I guess I have to tell you that I don't know how long you can wait...Did you explain your insurance situation to your dentist...he may be able to do something minor to delay the full procedure...in my experience dentists are pretty good about stuff like that.
2006-10-27 00:23:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have several friends in Regina and in Winnepeg that I talk to frequently. They never have any problems with 'waiting in long lines' to receive health care. Especially for day to day type of clinic visits it seems almost faster that what I have experienced here in the US. The longest wait my friend had was to get an MRI. He had to schedule it 2 weeks in advance but guess what? I also had an MRI here in the US and had to schedule it 10 days in advance. Difference is that his was at no cost to him. Mine, after the insurance paid their part, still cost me almost $400.
2016-03-19 00:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its really hard to say. If you wait too long, you will end up losing the tooth. If I were you, I would call the office and explain your situation. Ask the dentist opinion (not the asst or front office staff) if he thinks waiting until your insurance starts will be too long.
2006-10-26 18:55:47 · answer #6 · answered by Jackie253 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try to wait it out, just use Listerine at least two times a day to keep bacteria away from it as much as possible and you just might make it!
2006-10-26 18:50:24 · answer #7 · answered by someoneoutthere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as the filling remains intact and he cleaned it out well before putting it in you should be fine as long as you can stand the pain.
2006-10-26 18:28:03 · answer #8 · answered by NotSoTweetOne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should get the root canal or your root will die and you will get an infection .but you don't need the root canal if the root doesn't die if you can live with the pain.
2006-10-26 18:28:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep your fingers crossed that it hangs on that long, good luck
2006-10-26 18:29:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋