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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / January 2005Loose Front Tooth HELP!!
Hello everyone. Well quick background. I have a front tooth that had a root canal done about 4 years ago. It is yellowish in color due to the root canal. Last night I was eating a bagel and my lower teeth bumped pretty hard into the back of my upper teeth. Well my front right big tooth (root canal one) became a little loose. If I lightly wiggle it at the bottom of the tooth I can feel it moving and my gum moving a little in that spot. I dont know if I cracked a bone up in my gum area or what. Well Im not eating on it Im using my back and side teeth. I tried to make an appointment earlier today but they arent open until tuesday! What can I do between now and tuesday! Allso what do u think they will tell me what my options are. If I wiggle the tooth at the top its pretty sturdy and doesnt move at all. Also seems to be a little pain above tooth in gum area. Is it possible that it will re heal and become strong again. Thank you all for your help! Jim Eckertusaf@comcast.net >Hello everyone. Well quick background. I have a front tooth that had a root >canal done about 4 years ago. It is yellowish in color due to the root [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >today but they arent open until tuesday! What can I do between now and >tuesday! Allso what do u think they will tell me what my options are. Nothing to worry about today. What is done is done and it is not the bagel. MY GUESS: The root canal did not work out as well as expected and you have root resorption. It may spell disaster. Do you have other missing teeth and how old are you? EXPLORE options today, so you will not be surprised on Tuesday! Joel M. Eichen DDS > If I >wiggle the tooth at the top its pretty sturdy and doesnt move at all. Also [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Jim >Eckertusaf@comcast.net >>Hello everyone. Well quick background. I have a front tooth that had a root >>canal done about 4 years ago. It is yellowish in color due to the root [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>Jim >>Eckertusaf@comcast.net Quite likely a broken tooth, too. .. Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S. Troy, Michigan, USA I am writing on a Tablet-PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my handwriting. >>>Jim >>>Eckertusaf@comcast.net > >Quite likely a broken tooth, too. No doubt! I forgot to mention that. Thanks. Joel >.. >Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S. >Troy, Michigan, USA > >I am writing on a Tablet-PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my handwriting. >>>>Jim >>>>Eckertusaf@comcast.net [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Joel Any time, Pal. .. Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S. Troy, Michigan, USA I am writing on a Tablet-PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my handwriting. Something similar happened to my dad last year. In his case, he bit down on a piece of (hard) chocolate and a tooth (that also had a root canal done) broke off. Now he has a bridge in place of the tooth. >Something similar happened to my dad last year. In his case, he bit >down on a piece of (hard) chocolate and a tooth (that also had a root >canal done) broke off. Now he has a bridge in place of the tooth. Root canal teeth become brittle. A widened canal (through instrumentation) may weaken the supporting structures. That is why many RCT teeth are crowned. Joel > >Something similar happened to my dad last year. In his case, he bit > >down on a piece of (hard) chocolate and a tooth (that also had a root [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Joel Makes sense. >> >Something similar happened to my dad last year. In his case, he bit >> >down on a piece of (hard) chocolate and a tooth (that also had a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Makes sense. I had one patient where I got the x-ray back from the endodontist, and I could not find any tooth structure left! It was all root canal filling. I kept looking at the x-ray wondering how my post would ever hold. (This reinforces Steve Mancuso's theory about breakage). Fortunately, the patient never showed! Joel Makes sense. I'm quite sure the tooth wasn't crowned. I assume bridges are often more expensive than crowns (?) ...it's funny how you think you're saving money, when really ... Thank you everyone for that info. I am just so nervous about having a blank spot in the front of my mouth.. Whats a crown?? > Thank you everyone for that info. I am just so nervous about having a blank > spot in the front of my mouth.. Whats a crown?? http://www.animated-teeth.com/dental_crowns/t1_dental_crowns_what_are.htm I love that website. :D > Thank you everyone for that info. I am just so nervous about having a blank > spot in the front of my mouth.. If you lose the tooth, you can probably get an implant. Or a plate. >Thank you everyone for that info. I am just so nervous about having a blank >spot in the front of my mouth.. Whats a crown?? If a tooth requires extraction, I always have a temporary replacement, either a removable flipper, or I make a Monodont or other glued-in temporary. Joel >Makes sense. I'm quite sure the tooth wasn't crowned. I assume >bridges are often more expensive than crowns (?) ...it's funny how you >think you're saving money, when really ... Absolutely correct. Whenever I see damage, I can't help but wander back ten or twenty years in my own mind and imagine what I would have done ...... I never mention this to the patient as it would be unethical. Joel |
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