After some discomfort on and off for a couple of years and some badly done dental repairs by someone claiming to be a dentist, i turned out today and had the ENDODONTIST do a re-treatment of an old root canal today. It was a more or less straight forward job, only two roots, working through the old gold crown.
Times have really changed at the Endo office. Lots of things have gone high tech, and much for the better. first, the Endo and his assistant demanded ( !! ) that i feel no pain what so ever. then, they used a rubber sheet to cover the whole mouth and clamp it on the tooth, and then none of the grindings end up in your mouth. And, he used a rubber bite block to keep my mouth open with no strain. Some of those things i have had before. But, the full time x-ray on the real time screen, and lots of little cordless pushers and cleaners, and fillers, and sealers, etc were all new. Also, he worked through a binocular microscope with its own built in light. Altogether, a pretty good experience....expensive, but good.
Had my first root canal in about 1979 from Dr. Molar (not kidding here) and it was not a good time......
piper
Times have really changed at the Endo office. Lots of things have gone high tech, and much for the better. first, the Endo and his assistant demanded ( !! ) that i feel no pain what so ever. then, they used a rubber sheet to cover the whole mouth and clamp it on the tooth, and then none of the grindings end up in your mouth. And, he used a rubber bite block to keep my mouth open with no strain. Some of those things i have had before. But, the full time x-ray on the real time screen, and lots of little cordless pushers and cleaners, and fillers, and sealers, etc were all new. Also, he worked through a binocular microscope with its own built in light. Altogether, a pretty good experience....expensive, but good.
Had my first root canal in about 1979 from Dr. Molar (not kidding here) and it was not a good time......
piper