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Is Tooth Extraction A Better Option Than Painful Root Canal?
I have a a back molar tooth. That broke as in the middle is gone. This happened over a year ago and I never had any pain. Well it finally started hurting 4 days ago and I went to the dentist today. He said it needs a root canal. I am absolutely horrible pain. He said I have a cavity on the nerve. My question is will this root canal hurt worst than a regular one since. The nerve is exposed and there is a cavity on it? He also can not do it and is sending me to a endo. Wouldnt it be easier to just have it pulled. Also he gave me pain pills but they are not working and its a Saturday cant go back till monday is there anything to stop the horrible pain. I cant not eat or sleep because of the pain. He also have me a anti biotic. He said it was becoming infected. I just wondering how serious this problem is
Mon, 13 Oct 2014
Heloo.....root canal is safer option. Many people consider extraction of infected tooth a better option than root canal treatment. Root canal treatment is a better option than tooth extraction as it saves the natural, biological tooth and it is safer and less invasive than getting the tooth pulled out. Root canal treatment is tooth preservation procedure. it has been proved that root canal treatment is a better procedure for patient’s health than getting the tooth pulled out. With tooth extraction, approximately 68-84% more number of bacteria are released in blood steam as compared to root canal treatment. So root canal treatment is a safer option than getting the tooth pulled out.
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The pain in the tooth can be because of the infection in the third layer of the tooth that is pulpitis. This can be best treated by root canal treatment. The course of antibiotics and analgesics will help for short period of time. Till you get the tooth treated, pain will not come down. If i am your treating doctor, i would suggest you to go for root canal treatment rather than extraction. Because, if you get the tooth removed, whatever we replace with artificial tooth, that will not give a strength of natural tooth. We need to trim or reduce the adjacent teeth to replace this extracted tooth in future. so i would suggest you to get it treated with root canal treatment. It is not a painful procedure.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
The pain in the tooth can be because of the infection in the third layer of the tooth that is pulpitis. This can be best treated by root canal treatment. The course of antibiotics and analgesics will help for short period of time. Till you get the tooth treated, pain will not come down. If i am your treating doctor, i would suggest you to go for root canal treatment rather than extraction. Because, if you get the tooth removed, whatever we replace with artificial tooth, that will not give a strength of natural tooth. We need to trim or reduce the adjacent teeth to replace this extracted tooth in future. so i would suggest you to get it treated with root canal treatment. It is not a painful procedure.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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