Dear Dr Gambroudes.
Posts Tagged ‘nerves’
Sometime in February 2013, I had a sensation on my canine tooth. This is even felt more whenever I eat or drink. As soon as I feel that way, I have to stop eating or drinking. This went on for a couple of weeks. A few weeks later, there was a chip on the
Thursday, September 18th, 2014Should I choose a traditional or maryland bridge to replace four lower teeth?
Monday, March 18th, 2013Hello, I am currently choosing between a traditional or maryland bridge, and wondered if you could offer an expert opinion on the decision. The cost is about the same, and it is needed to bridge the gap between my lower incisors, so is needed to replace four removed teeth. I have been advised that the main risks are nerve problems for the crowns that have to be done for the conventional bridge, and the risk of dislodging for the maryland bridge, but that they maryland may be the better solution when fewer missing teeth are involved. Would you be able to offer any advice please?
My daughter has a calcium stain on her teeth, how can this be removed?
Friday, February 4th, 2011My daughter has a calcium stain on her front tooth. which she has had since she was little. I was going to book her into Ismile cosmetic whitening to try and remove as it is affordable. What is your opinion?
I had a filling done two weeks ago and now I am in pain when drinking cold water and eating hot food; why is this?
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Hi,
I had a filling done about 2 weeks ago, was only a small one so had it done without the injection. Now when i drink cold water or eat hot food it really hurts.
What could this mean or be?
Thanks
Is it normal to develop a speech impediment after having veneers fitted?
Thursday, November 25th, 2010 I’ve had my two front teeth plated with dental veneers. My dentist recommended this as they were chipped and the fillings kept breaking off from a few hours to a few weeks after filling. The treatment was very painful as when he ground them down, it must have went close to the nerve. My face swelled up around my sinuses and I had a headache for days afterwords. Then when the veneers were put on a week ago, they were made very close together and the length of them were much shorter than my original teeth. They said they done this so I wouldn’t break them off. Now they lay in line with the teeth either side, instead of being slightly longer.
I now have a speech impediment as I cannot pronounce F or V properly, whereas I have always had correct pronunciation. I’m embarrassed to speak. I wish I never had this treatment done if I knew it was going to impair my speech.
My query is – is this normal for everyone to not being able to speak properly after having veneers fitted? What can I do to have this fixed? I looked at a website afterwords that stated Lumineers could have helped without unnecessarily destroying my teeth, but my dentist stated these were not as good as veneers and didn’t last as long? Is this true? and if so, how come dental websites can state they last 4 times as long if this is in fact the opposite?
I’m very unhappy with not being advised on what would happen when having veneers fitted, as I would not have agreed to them being fitted. I didn’t ask for them, I was told this was the only option besides bridges or crowns.
Please advise consciously.
How much does root canal treatment cost and are there any sedation options availale?
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 hi, roughly how much is it for root canal treatment on 1/2 teeth? a previous dentist I had, drilled so far into my tooth he nicked the nerve with the drill,and the tooth has just gradually gotten darker over time. it now hurts and i know i have to get it seen to, but i am absolutely petrified! also is there a sedation option available?
any help would be appreciated!
Why am I experiencing pain and pressure on my crowned teeth?
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010hi i had all my top teeth done with zirconum crowns i was told these were the best i also have 6 bottom with crowns ,my teeth were in a poor state crooked fractures and loose ,so the dentist recommend this work,i am very happy with the teeth very natural but i still have sensitivity on several also i feel light my mouth doesn’t relax properly as it feels like im putting pressure on 1 at the top when i bite or close my mouth and 1 tooth at the top is so painful ,im ok eating but soon after i feel discomfort all over the teeth this lasts for 15 min after eating .lt as got better all by 1 tooth at the top and this i painful round the gum line but the gum looks healthy could this be a bottom tooth is too high and if as to be lowered and is it normal to have so much sensitivity with this work.
Was I given an unneccessary root canal treatment?
Thursday, November 18th, 2010Hello Andrew, I have just the one filling (UL6) which I have had for approx 15 years (I am 32). The filling was replaced approx ten years ago and was fairly large (covered back half of tooth). At some point during the early summer I somehow broke the filling in half (I grind my teeth in sleep, so this could have been the reason!) and stupidly did not go to my dentist straight away as the only symptom I had was pain when drinking iced drinks. Last weekend I developed severe pain, which felt similar to that I had with an abscess on my wisdom tooth in my teens, so I assumed that the cracked filling had led to an infection. I did not however expect to need RCT though for the following reasons: No sensitivity to percussion No pain on biting Not sensitive to heat Pain was only intermittent No discolouration However, after a sleepless night I went to Guys hospital as an emergency case to have the tooth looked at and some antibiotics prescribed while I awaited my dental appointment. The student agreed that it did not sound like I needed RCT after the exam but ordered x rays just to be sure. The x rays came back with very slight dark areas around the base of the roots of that tooth so he said that RCT would indeed be required. He said he would double check with his supervisor (who agreed but appeared to be newly qualified himself, so I was not confident). I expressed concern with having RCT as I am aware that it kills the tooth and so makes it brittle (I am a teeth grinder, so worried that it would not last long, in addition to the fact that I had orthodontic treatment as a child and so had already lost two upper molars!), However I was told that it was the only option and the first part of the surgery was carried out (they did not have all the tools so only removed some of the pulp and nerves and added sponge and a temp filling, but I am told the bulk of pulp was removed). I was advised that as I had lost quite a bit of tooth, a white crown would not fit properly, I would eventually need a gold crown as they are thinner. I visited a new dentist in London today, who told me that he can finish the job, but would advise me to choose private as he will then be able to fit a white crown (despite my previous advice) and will use tools not available as an NHS patient. I was the only person in the waiting room not on benefits, so I assume he was just making the most of actually seeing a patient that was able to afford private treatment 🙂 but my questions are as follows: In light of my lack of symptoms, was RCT really necessary or would a course of antibiotics and a standard filling not have been suitable as a first course of action? If this is the case and some of my pulp and nerves are still intact, do I need to proceed with completing this or could the sponges be removed and a standard filling placed to retain the life of my tooth? Is a private RCT really more successful than an NHS treatment due to ‘better tools’? Or is it only the quality of the crown which differs? At the moment I am still suffering sensitivity to cold touch on the side of the tooth, a kind of dull throbbing as if it would hurt if I still had all my nerves and pain if I sneeze or bend down, so I assume the tooth is still alive at the moment! This dentist that I am supposed to go back to next week also did not advise on me taking antibiotics as he said that they would only kill the good bacteria as well as the bad. Have I been given an unnecessary RCT and am I being ripped off by being advised to switch to private treatment?
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Why is my molar filling suddenly painful after three weeks?
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010I got a filling in a molar about 3 weeks ago and everything has been fine with the tooth since then. However, starting this morning I have gotten maybe 4 or 5 very quick, sharp, shooting pains in that tooth. They are not brought on by food or drink, and they go away as quickly as they come. Help!!! Thank you,
My teeth are sensitive after root canal treatment. Could tooth next to it be causing problem?
Friday, November 5th, 2010Hello. I had a root canal 2 years ago and crowned a few months ago. The past 2 weeks I have been getting pain on this tooth if I eat on it and it is sensitive to hot and cold. I have seen an NHS Dentist, who took an xray. She said she cannot see anything wrong with that tooth, but the tooth next to it had ‘shadowing’ around the top and bottom, so she wants to do a filling first, then possibly root canal on the other tooth, which she said could be causing the sensitive tooth to cause me pain. She did say that the tooth previously root canalled had one canal filled right to the bottom and other canal stopped half way down. Would the xray show if the root canal has not worked? And is this sometimes the case that another tooth could be causing pain in the tooth next to it? I am finding it hard trusting this dentist, as they don’t have a very good reputation, but I cannot afford the private dentist who did my original root canal. Thank you.,