Yes! They are SO disappointed- in their inability to save your tooth, but also in you and your lack of resolve to tough it out and keep treating it. My dentists/endodontists have all expressed the same frustration, as if I am giving up on life (instead of giving up on the tooth that is ruining my life). Even worse, I still haven't managed to convince anyone to do the extraction. Even after the periodontist acknowledged that both root canals were probably unnecessary. (It's funny- well, maybe not *funny*- that you had to cry to get your dentist to agree; after months of following everyone's advice and suggestions, I broke down on the phone last week with my dentist and he still doesn't want to do the extraction. It made me think that dentists must love teeth more than people.
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I hope you're feeling better!
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Originally Posted by Canmom
Yeah Sadie, they acted like me wanting the tooth gone was ridiculous, my first dentist actually laughed at me when I suggested it!  It wasn't until I cried at an appointment with my new dentist that she caved and reffered me to an oral surgeon for extraction. My dentist was so dramatic saying, "it is so sad that we couldn't save the tooth...i wanted to save the tooth...i tried to save it...this is such a SHAME...i wish there was something else i could do...to have you get it pulled is such a loss...it is devastating really...i wish there was another way..."  |