Tooth infection - now need root canal

[elnina]

I am all for a properly done root canal (if more than 50% of tooth can be saved) than an implant. In most cases root canal won't cause any health problems. The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) reassures patients that there isn't any scientific evidence linking root canal treatments to illnesses or diseases elsewhere in the body.

Of course there is a cost factor, so some dentists promote whatever bring them more money

[Ceece]

Better to get the root canal ASAP and fight with insurance later once an infection sets in. When that happened to me the side of my face got really swollen and then went numb from ear to nose because there was pressure on a nerve that runs through there. 10 days of antibiotics and a week off work before the shape of my face went back to normal. The tooth felt fine right away, but the infection was so bad the endo had to cut the inside of my cheek to help drain it.

[.sparrow.]

Originally Posted by elnina

I am all for a properly done root canal (if more than 50% of tooth can be saved) than an implant. In most cases root canal won't cause any health problems. The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) reassures patients that there isn't any scientific evidence linking root canal treatments to illnesses or diseases elsewhere in the body.

Of course there is a cost factor, so some dentists promote whatever bring them more money

Oh, I'm sure they do.

[Deserterer]

Originally Posted by .sparrow.

Not sure if I'm too late, but I'll post anyway. You may want to do some research on root canals before having one done.

https://www.wellnessbin.com/getting-...ally-bad-idea/

I personally have known several people now, who have had health issues stemming from their root canals.

Just wanted to throw another perspective out there. I opted to have mine extracted and an implant put in. They were pushing for the root canal, but I said hell no.

Good luck.

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https://quackwatch.org/dental/reg/kulacz/


In 2008, Kulacz changed his name to Cole Sommers. When I noted this in my article, he asked me several times to remove the article so that prospective employers would not find it when searching for information about him with Google. In 2013, after he wrote to me that he had no plans of ever resuming dental practice, I did remove it. However, I recently discovered that although he is not practicing dentistry, he has been spreading his offbeat dental theories through lectures, talk show appearances, and another book, The Toxic Tooth: How a Root Canal Can be Making You Sick [9]. The book’s co-author, Thomas E. Levy, M.D., was closely associated with and at one point worked full time with Hal E. Huggins, D.D.S., whose dental license was revoked in 1996 for gross negligence. The dental board’s concerns included Huggins’s routine extraction of amalgams and root-canal-treated teeth even when they caused no symptoms [10].