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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / April 2008Top notch diagnostician in NYC
Can anyone recommend a top-notch diagnostician in NYC? Have had a lot of discomfort with many teeth after major restoration, and to be honest, I think the couple of dentists I've seen already are just winging it. Anyone you can recommend who has absolutely seen it all? Thanks. > Can anyone recommend a top-notch diagnostician in NYC? Have had a lot of > discomfort with many teeth after major restoration, and to be honest, I > think the couple of dentists I've seen already are just winging it. Anyone > you can recommend who has absolutely seen it all? Thanks. Certainly if there is any doubt about the state of the pulp, any good endodontist should be able to work this out--eventually. Some cases are extremely clear-cut, others (quite likely yours) may have some ambiguity. Just because you can't just look at a tooth and know exactly what is going on every time doesn't mean they're "winging it" either. Sometimes, esp. when several teeth are involved, it can be frustrating determining the cause. But it almost always can be pinpointed--eventually. Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 >> Can anyone recommend a top-notch diagnostician in NYC? Have had a lot of >> discomfort with many teeth after major restoration, and to be honest, I >> think the couple of dentists I've seen already are just winging it. >> Anyone you can recommend who has absolutely seen it all? Thanks. > Certainly if there is any doubt about the state of the pulp, any good > endodontist should be able to work this out--eventually. Some cases are [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > when several teeth are involved, it can be frustrating determining the > cause. But it almost always can be pinpointed--eventually. That is the problem. There seem to be so many teeth that are causing discomfort. I can't believe that so many teeth are going bad all at the same time. Is that possible? (1 through 6). Can an infection leap inside from one tooth to the other? Do I just start having root canal after root canal until they find the "real" culprit? Starting to feel some sensativity way up into the sinus area above a couple of them. I'm more alarmed than my dentist is but I just have a feeling that something bad is going on. #3 and #4 are starting to look dark on the side of them but the dentist said that is from the resin fillings. Not sure I understand that. I know the dentist wants to help, but I want to find a diagnostician who has seen it all a hundred times. Before it becomes really serious. >>> Can anyone recommend a top-notch diagnostician in NYC? Have had a lot of >>> discomfort with many teeth after major restoration, and to be honest, I [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >I know the dentist wants to help, but I want to find a diagnostician who has >seen it all a hundred times. Before it becomes really serious. Find an endodontist www.aae.org > Find an endodontist Thanks, made an appointment with a top notch one. Unfortunately he is out of town and can't see me until next week. From the little I've described does it sound like a dental emergency? Wonder if I should even wait that long. >> Find an endodontist > > Thanks, made an appointment with a top notch one. Unfortunately he is out of > town and can't see me until next week. From the little I've described does > it sound like a dental emergency? Wonder if I should even wait that long. You'll be the first to know if it's an emergency. I'll admit to being curious who you're going to see. I'm sure I don't know most endodontists in NYC, but I do know quite a few. Steve >>> Find an endodontist > > You'll be the first to know if it's an emergency. I'll admit to being > curious who you're going to see. I'm sure I don't know most endodontists > in NYC, but I do know quite a few. Will email you with the name of the guy. I'm not sure I would know. Since this is the first time I've had dental discomfort in my life, it all seems like an emergency :) To me, sensitivity way above the tooth up near the sinuses sounds pretty scary but maybe it is not unusual. >>>> Find an endodontist >>>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > way above the tooth up near the sinuses sounds pretty scary but maybe it is > not unusual. Can't rule out sinus problems either, esp. with the amount of tree pollen in the air. This is my home e-mail; remove "mung" to reply. Steve >>>>> Find an endodontist >>>>> > Can't rule out sinus problems either, esp. with the amount of tree pollen > in the air. > This is my home e-mail; remove "mung" to reply. Interesting. Maybe I'll see an ENT guy as well. >> Find an endodontist > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > does > it sound like a dental emergency? Wonder if I should even wait that long. One other thought occurred to me. I had work done in that area a little over a week ago. Is it possible that an infection developed from the novocaine injection? Have you ever heard of that? >>> Find an endodontist >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > over a week ago. Is it possible that an infection developed from the > novocaine injection? Have you ever heard of that? Yes, it happens, but rarely. Oral mucosa is generally very resistant to routine bacterial infection even if traumatized. If there is a pre-existing infection--endodontic or periodontal, it can spread, perhaps be innoculated. As far as post-injection infection in a previously uninfected place, I think I MAY have seen that once in 32 years. What happens more frequently is you may nick a vein and get a hematoma that may be confused with an infection (and in fact occasionally large hematomas may become secondarily infected)--but you'd certainly be sure something was wrong in a very particular area if this happened. Steve SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001
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