Root Canals

[Guest guest]

I've never had any dental work done. Pretty much, my teeth seem to be the only

part of me that function well.

However, I've had pain in one tooth when biting down for 7 years. I'm fairly

certain it is cracked, yet no one can identify which tooth it is, and certainly,

we can't find the crack. I will soon lose my insurance ('cause I'm living the

American Dream of being an unemployed cancer patient...) and I want to take care

of this tooth problem before I end up with a serious dental problem and no

insurance.

I have challenged my dentist to find the crack and we are going to do some tests

next week.

But if we do find the cracked tooth, what should I do? I can't actually pay for

a crown, but it would be better than ending up with a dead tooth, right?

Anyway, dental problems are foreign to me, so I'd like to ask the opinions of

those in this group.

I want to avoid the need for a root canal. How do I do that?

I started a poll in the conventional treatment group I'm in just to see how many

breast cancer patients had root canals prior to diagnosis. Only a handful have

voted as of yet. But we're running about 60% did have root canals and 40% did

not.

In my readings, it says when diagnosed with cancer, get rid of the root canal

teeth. But, as one woman asked, what is she supposed to do? She's had three

root canals. One woman has had about five, I think she said. Are these women

supposed to pull all those teeth? Again, I'd love to hear your opinions.

Thanks,

ar