Dental advice needed

If you have a crown - won't you also need the route canal?

What about an extraction and a bridge? Was that not an option?

I like the implant idea - they're expensive though.
Would it be Titanium or Zirconium?

Dentists are NEVER concerned about root canals.

The more problems, the more they make. I hate to sound so crass but I have yet to meet a dentist I liked. My mom and sister both have worked in dental offices their entire careers... I've met quite a few. I liked my own dentists even less than the ones they worked for.

Oh - sorry for that rant!

Anyway, after everything I've researched, I will never have a root canal. I also agree w/ Girlie, bridge seems the least risky although probably also less convenient.

The matierial they're using isn't the issue - the issue is thatwith a crown, they have to be sure they are removing all of the decay or whatever the problem is before they cover it up and can no longer easily detect any problem underlying the metal of the crown.

If they do a root canal, they have to be sure they are removing the entire problem and the site isn't still infected before then also closing it up.

The implants are probably less problematic from a "buried infection" perspective, but tey can also be an issue if the bone is infected and cost a lot.

And I agree about the crown - I can't imagine that any problem that might be solvable with a root canal, complete extraction, could be worth the cost and effort of putting on a crown that has to be redone in a matter of time. Doesn't make sense.

I'd go for a 2nd opinion. Maybe even a 3rd.

My guess is Magoo will be along shortly, with more info. ;)

-p

You may consider reviewing the notes from the lyme summit and see how many docs talk about patients getting metals and root canals pulled out of jaw.
I would fire your current dentist- clearly he doesn't think about any biological affects on his work.
Find a biological dds- first get the infection out of your jaw then get a bridge-a crown covers infection-root canals are infection and metal implants lower overall infection- especially for someone already sick

But if you get a bridge...then don't you have jaw bone loss under the crown.

Also, the teeth on either side of the crown - have to be shaved down some...and isn't there metal attaching the bridge to the teeth on either side?

What do you do when you don't have enough good teeth to support bridges?

I mean we have to do something - have to have some foreign material in our mouths if we want to eat.

This post couldn't be more timely for me.

I had a dental appt today.

Over the past week, my thyroid swelled up and was extremely painful to touch. The pain spread to my jar and behind my ear. I have 7 nodules and hashimoto's. Diagnosed with nodules and hashi's a year ago. I had blood work done and my thyroid levels are fine. I will have another ultrasound tomorrow to check those nodules again. Endo blew me off and said nodules are not painful. I made an appt with another endo, a dr recommended by my primary. I feel like I have dealt with 8 years of drs blowing off my symptoms and I am not about to put up with that nonsense one more minute. I fired her. But my new endo can't see me until the end of august.

So off to the dentist to see if my molar could be causing pain in my jar and ear. She looked and didn't find anything, but cannot be sure what is going on under a crown I have. There is no root canal under the crown. After discussing it with her, she wants me to wait to see if it is just a nerve issue and not a tooth issue per say. She said it is not a good idea to mess around in there with the lyme and hashi's.

Then we went on to discuss a loose tooth on the top of my mouth. She took and xray and says I have lost bone around that tooth. She shaved it down so I do not hit the tooth with other teeth while I bite down hoping that will tighten up the tooth. She said if it doesn't, I need to see a specialist to deal with that tooth also.

She doesn't want to do any work on me because of the lyme and hashi's possibly flaring up. She is open to lyme, but admitted she knows nothing about lyme and the mouth. I told her I didn't think it was wise to get a root canal with lyme. She asked why and i honestly told her with my lyme brain, I couldn't remember what the problem would be, but I would research it to see where I stand.

So now I am all aflutter (is that a word?haha) about what to do about those teeth.

I have had great teeth in the past. I take very good care of my mouth. I floss twice a day and my dental hygeine is great. So its not lack of caring for them. Could the lyme be destroying my mouth at this point?
How do I go about treating these two teeth? I really don't want to lose my teeth. I feel really down today, feeling like no matter what I do, this lyme thing just keeps making more problems for me.

Also, do I need to inform my lyme dr about the bone loss in my mouth?

I don't know what to do about these teeth. I can't find a biological dentist in my area. The one I have found has been disciplined and had his license removed. He practices with his brother, another biological dentist, also instead of being a dentist, he is now practicing as a dental technician. I saw the two of them at a lyme meeting in my area, they were high pressure salesman and made me very nervous to let them anywhere near me. However, this was long before I had issues with my mouth.

The dental thing with me has just exploded. Fine one day, the next day not.

Suggestions anyone?

That sounds horrible Jinna!



If your jaw bones were jelly wouldn't your teeth be loose. At least have some mobility?