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I've had several deep filings replaced, and that resulted in the teeth 
needing root canals, and then eventually a crown.
I think some people's teeth are more irritated by work done on them. Pretty 
much if the root gets exposed during the replacement of the filing it needs 
a root canal automatically because of the bacteria invasion. If the tooth is 
bothering her it could be an infection/abses and you could ask to try 
antibiotics before a root canal. If the antibiotics can settle the tooth 
down then you can avoid the root canal.... but it could flare up again.
If the dentist does a root canal, this will make it a "dead tooth", and 
eventually it will become very brittle. Almost every tooth that gets a root 
canal will need to be capped (get a crown) within a year or so, if not 
immediately, or it will crack and fall apart.
The worst part is that most plans only cover 50% of root canal work, and 50% 
of crowns, and each of those procedures costs about $1000, so you might be 
looking at $1000 out of your pocket just because she had to replace a simple 
filling. It has frustrated me time and time again, but apparently such is 
life, and the dentist will probably not ofter to lower the charge for you, 
even though it is probably his/her fault for upsetting the tooth in the 
first place by not doing the filling properly.
One other point, make sure that before the dentist preforms a root canal or 
a crown that you send in an application to your insurance company, getting 
them to authorize the work.... or they could refuse to cover their share (%) 
of the cost.
Good luck with this.


"White Phosphorus" <yellow@cake.com> wrote in message 
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> <m3nn0_s4r@salmahayeksknockers.edu> wrote in message 
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>> My wife recently started going to my dentist.    In general, she has 
>> perfect
>> teeth, but an old filling in a molar was bugging her - slightly.
>>
>> The dentist recommended replacing the filling with an inlay, which he did 
>> at
>> a cost of ~$400.
>>
>> Within a day, it was obvious that the inlay was too "high", and my wife 
>> went
>> back two more times for adjustment.   The first return visit, the 
>> opposing
>> tooth was ground down to make room, and the next visit, the inlay was 
>> ground
>> ground down.
>>
>> After each visit, her tooth has hurt more.    Now, a month later, it's
>> excruciating, and the dentist says that she may need a root canal.
>>
>> 1)  Is it normal for a filling replacement to escalate like this?
>>
>> 2)  Should she be expected to bear all of the costs?
>>
>>
>>
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> I've got a great dentist and during a recent filling removal / cap,
> they were upfront about the possibility of a root canal.   He / she
> should have mentioned that there was a possibility of a root canal.
>
> I was also told that if the filling is very deep, once it's removed
> bacteria "floods" in immediately and heightens the odds of a root
> canal as infection can occur. This isn't always the case,  but can
> happen...
>
> Tooth pain sucks,  sorry to hear about it.  I found good ol' Advil
> was better suited than a more "potent" pain killer.
>
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