Q.
Hi I broke a piece off an already filled, front molar about a year ago, my dentist very skillfully removed the old filling and effectively re0built me a tooth from filling. I had recurring niggles with it,& have taken a few courses of antibiotics to settle things down. Apart from the tooth feeling slightly looser than the rest, all has been well until a week or two back when I had pain, and my dentist thought I had an abscess, one more lot of antibiotics (which don’t agree with me at all), the pain has mostly, but not completely gone. My dentist mentioned that if the antibiotics don’t work then root canal and crown will be the next move. I have had a root canal in the past that didn’t work (but have a crown which has done sterling service), so I am unsure as what to do next. Since my filling tooth is a bit wobbly is a crown worth trying, would that maybe give it more stability, (I half wonder if I have the abscess now due to the movement in the gum), do I ask to try another lot of antibiotic even though I know they’ll make me feel ill, or, cut my losses,have the tooth out and then think about a bridge or implant, although I am terrified of dental treatment and have no idea what each of these involves; I’ll be happy as long as I’m sedated!!!! Sorry it’s such a long question, but hope you can advise,