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What Is The Treatment For Sever Tooth Decay Which Has Snapped Leaving 25% Tooth?

Yes im having severe tooth decay and last night my front upper tooth just snaped of leaving 25% of the tooth still there.All of my problems with my teeth are my upper teeth. In 2008 Ifound out I had a rare kind of spinal cancer,I dont no the name of it rite of but they did sugery on my lower T4 and T5 disk to try and remove the cancerus tumor.They were able to remove 94% of the tumor.Now my question is can the drugs ive been on for the last five years, that include methadone, ozycodone, steriods, valume,testosterone,and there are others that have been tried that I cant rember but the ones listed above ive been on four years.Dr. befor I started taking the drugs listed above I had no problems with my teeth other than some cavaties from my youth, now i ve lost five molaes plus one front tooth and all the rest of my teeth up top are in some degree of decay,my medicade said that if the cause of my teeth problems stem from my health problems,and the drugs used to treat my condition,thay said I could get help from my insurance to fix the problem,I would love your insite into my question thank you very much for your time.
Sat, 29 Mar 2014
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THANKS FOR YOUR QUERY, I HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR QUESTION, The decayed front teeth can be restored with root canal treatment and capping if sufficient tooth structure and bone support is there. the missing teeth can be replaced with prosthesis...since you are telling you had cancer and you are treated for it you have not mentioned about radiotherapy....if you have taken radiotherapy then it can cause reduced salivary flow which causes radiation induced caries....so consult a oral physician and get it treated as early as possible, because once the tooth structure is lost then it cant be restored.. the drugs what you have is nothing to do with decay...i hope my answer will help you..with regards
Dr. Mahesh kumar T.S
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What Is The Treatment For Sever Tooth Decay Which Has Snapped Leaving 25% Tooth?

THANKS FOR YOUR QUERY, I HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR QUESTION, The decayed front teeth can be restored with root canal treatment and capping if sufficient tooth structure and bone support is there. the missing teeth can be replaced with prosthesis...since you are telling you had cancer and you are treated for it you have not mentioned about radiotherapy....if you have taken radiotherapy then it can cause reduced salivary flow which causes radiation induced caries....so consult a oral physician and get it treated as early as possible, because once the tooth structure is lost then it cant be restored.. the drugs what you have is nothing to do with decay...i hope my answer will help you..with regards Dr. Mahesh kumar T.S