hello again. recently i had my post from one of my broken teeth removed. the remainder of this tooth is small and they offered me extraction (for implants which was the doctor’s choice, not covered by insurance) or endodontic re-treatment for a dental veneer (i think, my preferred choice which i did because it’s cheaper with the insurance coverage).
the issue is this tooth looks like an L from its sides, meaning it has a very narrow segment in the front and im afraid it might break and then i would have no choice but to extract it. their list of dos and don’ts is kinda vague and the only solid piece i got from it was to eat nothing for 2 hours. also i think the temporary filling is too little but i don’t know about that.
if there are any dentist hexbears or someone who has experience with this it would be appreciated.
EDIT: seems like a little bit of the temporary filling has washed away. is that a problem?
Until they put a new crown on just eat soft foods, avoid hard food, avoid taffy/gum, nothing too hot or cold (some soup and ice cream is fine, maybe not after each other), also avoid soda. Eat on the other side as you can.
I had one of those earlier this year for 3 months without a crown, you’ll be fine, you’ll just really miss crispy etc things. So no crispy shell taco being washed down with a coke, maybe have a soft tortilla one.
is just fine. Potatoes are good, just not potato chips.
can i brush it? can you sleep on that side of your face? did you also experience the pain pulsing? even at its worst it’s mildly annoying but it doesn’t let me sleep.
Yes carefully, sure you can sleep on that side. There was pulsing, but I was told it shouldn’t last for more than a few weeks, for me it lasted a few days. I was told to take ibuprofen.
thanks for your help i appreciate it
No problem, teeth problems are the worst. Hope yours feel better.