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[CLKD]

Let us know how you get on  - I need to kick-start my next implant check up to see when and how much it will cost!  I thought root-canal can be done on the NHS? as it's it not cosmetic but essential?

[viv]

My gum bleeding stopped when I started HRT. 

As for root canal...I am not sure whether we are different here but its def done on the NHS. I have to go back at the ned of the month to complete my root canal. Three more appointments,

Honeyb
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[Eddie]

Hi CLKD, not sure if you mean me, i should get any work done at dental hospital free, my dentist won't touch my crowns because i have posts that have in place for 30 years? They referred me for a procedure to rid the infection in March, but when i went i was informed it was root treatment i needed and they didn't do it. Argh, makes me mad, it will be nearly a year waiting.
I take it your first implant has settled well?
Eddie. x

[Joyce]

Think it might be different up here. We had to go private years ago, so don't have this problem.  But I have friends who have had root treatment under the NHS.  There was a Channel 4, here is the link, about treatments.  Hope it's ok to post this link.


http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/articles/dental-treatment-survey

[viv]

I am so glad we still have our NHS dentist. Although not everything is covered (you still have to make a contribution) its not as expensive as private.

I hate root canal. My tooth now feels fine although the temporary filling is a little rough and I am dreading setting the whole thing off again when they start messing.


Honeyb
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[viv]

You will need to take quite a few ABs before they have a chance of working.

Good luck and I hope it feels better soon.

Honeyb
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[CLKD]

Maybe it is different in other countries LoveyDovey     .......... thanks Eddie, my first implant felt like a huge foreign body in the gob for about 2 weeks now I don't notice it unless I feel below par when that and the crowned tooth feel 'full'.  Have to decide when to get the 2nd implant done!

You've had to wait such a long time 

[Taz2]

Oh so why is my dentist telling me it's a specialist thing (root canal treatment).
He does'nt do it, i did ask, but he says i have to go somewhere else, and it would cost a couple of hundred   Loveydovey - the standard cost of treatment for root canal work on the NHS is £204. You won't pay more than that. There is a list here of the prices charged for NHS work. It is not specialist work it is part of normal dentistry. My son has just had a root canal done on the NHS and I have had a couple done too.   http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1781.aspx?CategoryID=74&SubCategoryID=74

Taz x

[Joyce]

You will need to take quite a few ABs before they have a chance of working.

When I've been given ABs by dentist it has been in powder form, 2 doses to be mixed in water.  Very strong stuff and messes my gut up big time, but works quickly. 

[viv]

When do you go to the dentist LD. It sounds as if you need treatment sooner than later.

Honeyb
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[viv]

There is a homeopathic remedy that was recommended by my dentist.

Its called Hepar Sulph and works really well at calming an abscess.

It might be worth a try if you have to wait a while for an appointment.

Honeyb
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[Eddie]

Finally got seen at our local dental hospital, i thought i would get all the work needed done there, but no. They are only interested in whether they can save the root, they will not do root canal treatment, this will have to be done at my own dentist with a cost of upto £395. They will remove the posts (2) examine the cavity with a microscope and re-do the posts if possible, then send me back to my own dentist! This sounds a bit bizarre. But she def said the root is in a bad way and nothing else can be done about it, so she reckons 2 months and hopefully this discomfort will be gone.
Eddie. x

[CLKD]

I'm off to begin implant surgery in April - the 1st one seems successful so hopefully the next one will be OK too.  Had a scale and polish this morning 

[CLKD]

So pleased that your pain settled.  It can make life really miserable  .  I occassionally get twinges where the bone is healing from the implant and above the crown it feels 'full' sometimes otherwise ............ anyone bite their tongue on a regular basis 

[Eddie]

Finally got an appointment for 1st step of dental work, this is only to try and remove the crown and post. 9th May for 90 mins, then 23rd May again for 90 mins. Really not looking forward to it, but it's necessary. :-(
Eddie. x