Q.
My white fillings in my two grinder teeth both cracked and fell out at roughly the same time and after a year or so i finally gathered enough funds to have them replaced as white fillings are only available privately. My dentist completed a refilling on one tooth but after a week the sensitivity was increasing not decreasing. Upon returning to the practice and advising the dentist of the issue an x-ray revealed that he’d drilled away at the tooth too much and used excess filling material which was pressing on my nerve irritating it and causing hypersensitivity. The dentist didn’t take any responsibility for this error and only offered a root canal as solution. In addition to this because i was not happy with the treatment offered and the first set of results, i still have not had the procedure on the 2nd grinder tooth. It has been roughly six months since the first procedure and in this time I have since visited 2 other dentists who have given 2 different sets of evaluations, advice, treatments and costs and I’m at a loss. The last dentist I visited irritated the tooth further and now i have constant numb pain in my mouth. I have had my confidence in dentists shattered but i feel like doing nothing will cause my dental health to suffer even more. Please advise if there is action i can take regarding my dissatisfaction with and the outcome of the original treatment and also the various options available to me for treatment. Please I am very anxious that time is not doing either the sensitive or untreated tooth any favours.