part of root canal tooth broke.. now what?

[Guest guest]

We did a root canal for my wife 6 years ago -while she was pregnant

(we did not know any better at that time), and bingo, last night,

when she was eating, she just sensed something was wrong. She felt

like she bit a stapler pin. What we figured was the root canal tooth

may have chiped/cracked.

We were able to, thankfully, get an appointment with the dentist

today itself. He said, because we did not put a crown/cap on the

root canal at that time(financially influenced decision at that

time), the tooth just broke off, after this while. He said it was

not a very bad crack, and he removed the part of the tooth that was

broken. he said it was probably 15% of the whole tooth. He

recommended that we put on a crown cap asap.

Is putting the cap the best option now. (That way we can have the

natural tooth, for chewing etc.)?

Are there any other options we are not thinking of?

Thanks for any ideas.

-Dan.

[Guest guest]

Capping it will not long term fix the problem, IMO. I went in for a

consult yesterday on my two front teeth (double root canals when I was

around 12 years old). My body is reabsorbing them and they are

compriming the bone structure.

Best option (and SOMEONE PLEASE CORRECT ME IF THIS IS WRONG) is to get

titanium implants. Bone grafts to them effectively so if they take

well you will hopefully almost permanently fix the problem...

Only drawback is that they are expensive, but for us, I would rather

have a one time large expense than lots of moderate expenses for the

rest of my life and the comfort of knowing that I have hopefully solved

all the long term health problems root canals contribute to.

[Guest guest]

Root Canals can be very dangerous, and from what I've read should

never be done and if they are done they should be removed completely.

They are a dead tooth and and stuff they use to fill in where the

pulp used to be rarely fills it in %100 and can allow pathogenic

bacteria to grow inside your tooth, creating very potent toxins.

Please don't ignore something like this, it can wreak havoc on your

wife later on and needs addressed.

http://webpages.charter.net/kyarbrough/rootcanals.htm

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>

> We did a root canal for my wife 6 years ago -while she was pregnant

> (we did not know any better at that time), and bingo, last night,

> when she was eating, she just sensed something was wrong. She felt

> like she bit a stapler pin. What we figured was the root canal tooth

> may have chiped/cracked.

>

> We were able to, thankfully, get an appointment with the dentist

> today itself. He said, because we did not put a crown/cap on the

> root canal at that time(financially influenced decision at that

> time), the tooth just broke off, after this while. He said it was

> not a very bad crack, and he removed the part of the tooth that was

> broken. he said it was probably 15% of the whole tooth. He

> recommended that we put on a crown cap asap.

>

> Is putting the cap the best option now. (That way we can have the

> natural tooth, for chewing etc.)?

>

> Are there any other options we are not thinking of?

>

> Thanks for any ideas.

> -Dan.

>