Ugh. Broken Molar.

[JudoMom]

While eating breakfast, part of one of the faces of a bottom molar broke off.

 

I feel like curling up in a ball and crying. It doesn't hurt (thankfully), but it'll cost a pretty penny to fix. I feel like it's my fault, because I don't have good dental genetics and I wasn't taught very good oral hygiene growing up. Now I feel like I'm wasting our hard-earned money on my stupidity.

 

And I do not like my dentist. Our dental insurance really limits who we can see, and dh was going to scope out a new dentist for us this year (neither one of us is confident in going to our current dentist for cleanings for various reasons--me it's because the hygienist pulled a filling out during a cleaning and denied it and I ended up with a root canal and crown).

 

Ok, big fat venty whine is over now.

[Jean in Newcastle]

Oh, I am so sorry. I am glad that it does not hurt. Perhaps this will be the push that your dh needs to put a new dentist on the top of his priority list? (Not blaming him, I just know how we need things to become urgent to become a top priority in our house!)

[elegantlion]

My dh recently had a back molar pulled that had broken was causing severe pain. We have no insurance. Fortunately the pain of the tooth hurt more than the pain of the bill.

 

:grouphug: I hope it doesn't hurt before you get it fixed.

[asta]

I totally feel for you. My teeth are literally crumbling from my anti-convulsants. I went in for a root canal and not only did the dentist do the wrong tooth, she botched it. So I had to have it re-done by another dentist AND have the correct tooth done. I just had the TWO crowns fitted (bill hasn't arrived yet...).

 

I would strongly advise looking for a dental school in your area. If one of your local universities has a dental school, there will be one. It will be worth the drive, as you of course know this is going to be around $1500-$2500 before it is all over.

 

 

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[Tammyla]

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

 

I'm sorry.

[In the Rain]

:grouphug: I'm sorry. Tooth problems always make me queasy.

[Chris in VA]

Ugh. I can so relate. I broke a molar (last one on the upper right, if anyone cares) last August. It scared me, really. My fault, too--bad dental hygiene as a child resulted in tons of metal fillings, and pica contributed as I craved and indulged in eating ice.

I have 4 cracked teeth that need crowns, two teeth that need fillings replaced, and crummy dental insurance.

 

:grouphug:

[amyable]

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

[JudoMom]

Thanks for the commiseration and hugs.

 

I'm going to the dentist in about 30 minutes. Hopefully they'll be able to do what they need to do today and I won't have to go back to get the work done. I'm praying there is enough left to save the tooth and get a root canal/crown.

 

I'm going to back to the dentist I don't like--I think he does a fine job on root canals & crowns (he's very gentle and numbs me up good), and then I'll try to figure out another practice to go to so I can get in and get a cleaning (it's his hygienist that does all the cleanings that I refuse to see).

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I broke a cusp off a molar once. The dentist said that there had been a tiny cavity going sideways through the cusp, which weakened it. I bit into a saltine cracker, and the cusp broke off. I was in my early 20s, and had good, strong teeth, but it still happened.

 

In other words, this wasn't necessarily your fault! Give yourself a break! :)

 

Oh, and the dentist was able to fill it with a regular filling, and I never really missed that cusp. Didn't cost much.

 

If the tooth cracked vertically, though, that's a different story. Crown city. :(