Decay under crown complications

[Chrissie76]

I have decay under crown and dentist wants to remove tooth but I also have a bridge next to this and the supporting tooth for this has roots going sideways due to an impacted tooth in gum line. This may become unstable after extraction and i end up with a large gap . what is the alternative. I have no pain under crown but gum is soft due to the decay.

[Chrissie76]

Had my 2nd visit to dentist and another disaster. They tried to pull out the molar but despite at least 6 doses of anasthetic i t was too painful. It seems the pain relief doesnt work for me. Was sent home again now have no tooth only roots on last molar and crown is broken but still in gum. So traumatic I went home and took a panic attack that was scary as didnt know what it was. Am now waiting for referral to hospital to remove under GA. Does anyone know how long | would need to wait. Thanks

[Chrissie76]

Thank you all for your replies. I have no pain because roots are dead and due to decay under crown there is not enough tooth left to put new crown on. I have been hoping to avoid surgery due to the adjacent tooth but dentist says there is no alternative Am due for surgery on Tuesday so may just have to grin and bear it !

[Life360_Dave]

What wrong with the roots under the decay? He can just remove the crown, take out the decay and put a new crown. There is no pain because you mostly likely had a root canal before.

[Chrissie76]

Sadly the x ray shows a lot of decay so dentist is sure he can't support crown I would prefer to leave roots in as if they move they will damage adjacent tooth and bridge will fail I just don't understand why there is no pain

[lousil]

Can he not remove the crown and take put decay and make you another crown? I would ask about that of course if the decay has gone to far into the root then he may not be able to do that.