Tagarchieven: can the tooth be saved

I have just left the dentist and the  trip has sent me reeling. Photo showed a tricky hole in a back molar – totally invisible to the naked eye. The hole is almost touching the nerve (hence the pain) – and since the dentist is poised to go on two weeks holidays – a decision was made there and then to remove the nerve this afternoon at 15.30. Only when the filling has been taken out – and the dentist can see first hand the full extent of the damage – can a decision be taken whether this … Lees verder →