I had root canal treatment 6/12 ago, and the dentist said, that after the treatment the tooth would need crowning, he then said would you like a gold crown. So I think dentists like to push them, may be a bigger profit margin. I said no, I don't like the thought of metal in the mouth ( I definitely did not want any type of metal in the mouth did not fancy that idea at all). But he continued to push, saying the gold would last for ever. I was adamant I did not want metal, and said, I wanted the white porcelain type. But I think a weaker person could have caved in,there you are in the dental chair discussing options and you are vulnerable to this type of pushing.
The root canal treatment took two two hour sessions one week apart. The first one he did two canals and the second session the same. There were 4 canals upper left molar. Now after the first session, it was like a cake walk no pain,no nothing. After the second session it was a nightmare. It was done on a Saturday morning, and wiyhin one hour of returning home it started, the worst pain in the history of the world, I dossed up with analgesics and anti-inflammatory. Nothing touched the pain, I was completely disabled by the pain, so bad I could hardly function, I was like a zombie.
By 10pm, I decided to go to bed, my daughter was staying out at her boyfriends house. I really felt like I was dying. I really thought , I will go to sleep and not wake up--seriously. So I wrote a note to my daughter, saying that I had dental treatment, I felt shocking like I was going to die, and said I have left this letter with instructions, what to do if you find me dead----seriously.
Any way I did not die and after 3 days , I was ok. The drilling required to have these 4 roots, left the tooth rim too thin to be crowned, so I have to be content with the filling, so good so far.
