Hello, I found this board when searching about my dental issues.
I am considering a partial lower denture after suffering 2 years of botched procedures. I am very afraid because I have read how much trouble people have with lower partials.
I have been in some degree of pain for 2 years now. I never thought I would be in this situation of losing teeth. I kept up with my cleanings and exams although it is harder for me now because my dental anxiety has escalated to dental phobia from going through so many terrible appointments. I can no longer comfort myself by saying the fear of the appointment is worse than the actual procedure.. because all my appointments have far exceeded my worst fears.
2 years ago I had all my teeth except wisdoms and had not even had a cavity in decades. Now I have been through more dental work in 2 years than most people go through in a life time.
It started with replacing a filling that had chipped. They replaced my old large amalgam with a larger composite supported by a pin. The pin fractured my tooth. I did not know it at the time, I just knew I was in agony an never chewed on that side again.
after multiple trips to the dentist and taking 12 advil and 6 Tylenol a day for the agony with no relief I was told to have the tooth crowned. I did so and the pain did not stop. Then I was told to have it root canaled. I did and the pain did not stop. I was told to have a surgery to cut off the root tip, I refused and demanded extraction.
The oral surgeon who extracted it told me it was fractured and that was the cause of my pain and nothing would have saved it. So I had all those appointments of torture for nothing.
I could not get used to the hug gap (it was a first molar) though I wish I had tried.
I opted for a bridge because I was too afraid of an implant. I had my healthy second molar crown prepped and a notch cut out of my premolar to support a wing.
My new bridge did not fit but was cemented in anyway.it had huge gaps all the way around and all of the porcelain and some of the metal was sheared off so I could even close my mouth. I could not chew on it at all, even soft foods.
It was cut off 2 weeks later and a new one made.
That did not fit either. it had a short margin which exposed the back of my tooth and again all the porcelain and some metal sheared off. I could not chew on it.
I went to another dentist who told me that my tooth had been under prepared and that is why no bridge would fit me. he said there was lab error and dental error.
I suffered for months and then had the second bridge cut off.
a new one was made and it was a beautiful expensive zirconia.
It needed much adjusting. I had it for 8 days when on the day after the third bite adjustment it cracked. It had been adjusted too thin and was too weak to chew on. It could not be repaired and had to be cut off.
When cutting it off the dentist could not get me numb enough and I was crying and begging for another shot. he said another shot would not do anything. He continued to drill, cut, tap, hit, pull, pry, and chip pieces of zirconia off. When he pulled the last piece off a chunk of my tooth went with it still embedded in the cement. Now my new bridge which I already paid for would not fit. and I do not want to try to support a bridge with a broken tooth anyway. He offered no apology for breaking my tooth. He did say he was not sure if it broke all the way to my jaw bone.
My broken tooth is now crowned but I do not feel it is recovering from the trauma of being in and out of 3 bridges, 4 temporary crowns, 1 temp bridge, and now this ill fitting cerec crown which has bits if bristles from a brush he used on it embedded in the cement and poking out of my gums.
I am too afraid to go through another root canal, and with such little tooth structure left doubt a root canal would last long anyway. I am seeing an oral surgeon to see if he will just extract it. I think It may be getting infected, it is not throbbing but it is very sore deep in my gums where the roots are.
I would like him to refer me to where a decent dentist can just make me a partial lower denture to replace my 2 molars. I am too afraid of implants after so many botched procedures. I am also afraid of lower partial dentures sine reading how bothersome they can be.
Any words of advice or encouragement would be greatly appreciated.
I am considering a partial lower denture after suffering 2 years of botched procedures. I am very afraid because I have read how much trouble people have with lower partials.
I have been in some degree of pain for 2 years now. I never thought I would be in this situation of losing teeth. I kept up with my cleanings and exams although it is harder for me now because my dental anxiety has escalated to dental phobia from going through so many terrible appointments. I can no longer comfort myself by saying the fear of the appointment is worse than the actual procedure.. because all my appointments have far exceeded my worst fears.
2 years ago I had all my teeth except wisdoms and had not even had a cavity in decades. Now I have been through more dental work in 2 years than most people go through in a life time.
It started with replacing a filling that had chipped. They replaced my old large amalgam with a larger composite supported by a pin. The pin fractured my tooth. I did not know it at the time, I just knew I was in agony an never chewed on that side again.
after multiple trips to the dentist and taking 12 advil and 6 Tylenol a day for the agony with no relief I was told to have the tooth crowned. I did so and the pain did not stop. Then I was told to have it root canaled. I did and the pain did not stop. I was told to have a surgery to cut off the root tip, I refused and demanded extraction.
The oral surgeon who extracted it told me it was fractured and that was the cause of my pain and nothing would have saved it. So I had all those appointments of torture for nothing.
I could not get used to the hug gap (it was a first molar) though I wish I had tried.
I opted for a bridge because I was too afraid of an implant. I had my healthy second molar crown prepped and a notch cut out of my premolar to support a wing.
My new bridge did not fit but was cemented in anyway.it had huge gaps all the way around and all of the porcelain and some of the metal was sheared off so I could even close my mouth. I could not chew on it at all, even soft foods.
It was cut off 2 weeks later and a new one made.
That did not fit either. it had a short margin which exposed the back of my tooth and again all the porcelain and some metal sheared off. I could not chew on it.
I went to another dentist who told me that my tooth had been under prepared and that is why no bridge would fit me. he said there was lab error and dental error.
I suffered for months and then had the second bridge cut off.
a new one was made and it was a beautiful expensive zirconia.
It needed much adjusting. I had it for 8 days when on the day after the third bite adjustment it cracked. It had been adjusted too thin and was too weak to chew on. It could not be repaired and had to be cut off.
When cutting it off the dentist could not get me numb enough and I was crying and begging for another shot. he said another shot would not do anything. He continued to drill, cut, tap, hit, pull, pry, and chip pieces of zirconia off. When he pulled the last piece off a chunk of my tooth went with it still embedded in the cement. Now my new bridge which I already paid for would not fit. and I do not want to try to support a bridge with a broken tooth anyway. He offered no apology for breaking my tooth. He did say he was not sure if it broke all the way to my jaw bone.
My broken tooth is now crowned but I do not feel it is recovering from the trauma of being in and out of 3 bridges, 4 temporary crowns, 1 temp bridge, and now this ill fitting cerec crown which has bits if bristles from a brush he used on it embedded in the cement and poking out of my gums.
I am too afraid to go through another root canal, and with such little tooth structure left doubt a root canal would last long anyway. I am seeing an oral surgeon to see if he will just extract it. I think It may be getting infected, it is not throbbing but it is very sore deep in my gums where the roots are.
I would like him to refer me to where a decent dentist can just make me a partial lower denture to replace my 2 molars. I am too afraid of implants after so many botched procedures. I am also afraid of lower partial dentures sine reading how bothersome they can be.
Any words of advice or encouragement would be greatly appreciated.
New here and years of dental problems
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