On root canals

[Guest guest]

I wanted to add one more note about this whole experience and why I

was so much on the fence about getting this root canal. Of course,

I had read the books by Dr. Hal Hugggins ( " It's All in your Head,

and " Uninformed Consent " ) and heard about " Root Canal Cover-Up " , and

just really had thought that I would never allow myself to get a

root canal. It sounded as bad as breast implants with the promises

that didn't deliver.

My dentist is a holistic one. He does not do root canals himself.

He refers them out to a specialist, and in fact, it was the

endodontist that did his root canals for him.

What had me on the fence was my dentist's wife. She told me that she

had been very, very sick at one time (and they've always been

interested in my breast implant work, so I am not sure what

connection there is there....) and that after she had her root

canals removed, (she had 3 or 4), her health improved greatly. That

was a testimony that carried some weight with me.

But the idea of tooth implants (if I opted to remove the affected

tooth) and shifting or teeth falling out due to spaces from the

missing teeth really left me wondering what the best options were.

I guess there are none.

I just thought the dentist's wife's testimony was worthy of

consideration. I guess bottom line is that if the root canals

affect my health in negative ways, or my health declines from here,

I can always get them out.

How many of you have had to suffer through root canals since

implants?

Patty

> Yes, it's true, I just had a root canal. Actually, not one, but

two.

> I was so torn about this. I absolutely stalled as long as I could

on

> this one, believing against all odds that I was going to beat this

> thing and not have to have a root canal. I spent 4 long months in

pain

> that got increasingly worse to the point of agonizing and bringing

me

> to tears. (Not to mention popping ibuprofen like candies, which

was

> against my principles as well.) My husband came home one day and

> found me crying in pain and he called the dentist and asked for an

> appt right then and there. When it came down to it, that's the

only

> thing that could help, or else pull the tooth. I really had a

hard

> time saying go ahead. To make things worse, after going through

the

> first root canal, the pain didn't go, and so I had a second root

canal

> a week later on the next tooth, the back molar. I am just getting

> over that, and scared, because the pain isn't totally gone yet.

It

> should be, because the nerve is supposed to be gone. And that

second

> root canal was a killer. They could not get me numb and must have

> shot me up about 4 times, including straight into the pulp of the

> tooth. This dental stuff is something I can do without!

>

> Rogene, I feel for you. I have never had major dental issues

before

> now. After going through those 2 root canals, I know I never want

to

> have major dental issues again!

>

> COnsider yourself extremely fortunate if you have not had to make

> these decisions. I thought my good luck with my dental health was

> going to last. NOT! I still have my pretty teeth, but yikes, I am

> beginning to wonder what the future holds!

> Patty

>

>

>

>

> --- In , " mikat828 " <mikat828@y...>

wrote:

> > -

> >

> > Rogene

> > Travelling sounds fun. Where are you going? Dental surgery not

so

> > fun. What are you having done? Patty just had a root canal.

What

> > class are you taking? Hope all goes good!

> > Hugs, kathy