Hi Bryanna,

I'm seeing oral surgeons about getting tooth number 15 extracted. I've had a crown or temp crown on #15 for almost 2 years that doesn't fit properly. No matter what dentists try, it still causes irritation on the tongue every time I eat. As a last resort......because I don't know what else to try, I'm thinking of having it extracted so the tongue can heal, and I don't have the irritation/pain from eating any more. I don't know if it would be possible to make a crown so small that it wouldn't have contact with the opposing tooth, just so I could keep the tooth? The first oral surgeon I saw wanted to overdose on meds with valium, versed, brevatol, local anesthetic just to remove one tooth. I saw a review about him that someone ended up in the ER because they were given too much anesthetic. Before I saw him, I just thought that it was an isolated incident. But after hearing of all the meds he planned on using that review made more sense, and scared me away.
Other oral surgeons in the past would just plan on using local anesthetic for this tooth. That works better for me since I have a lot of allergies to meds, epinephrine, etc. They almost always use Carbocaine to avoid epinephrine with me. I did go for a consult with the doc that is just starting out, and he would just use carbocaine. I'm agreeing with you that it would be better to find someone with more experience, so I think I need to keep looking for a surgeon I feel comfortable with. Thanks!