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Endodontic retreatment
Hello,
I'm writing because I am very concerned with a recent retreatment I had on a tooth that had a root canal done several years ago. I was in NO pain, however, the dentist noticed in an ex-ray that retreatment was necessary.
I was very hesitant, since like I said, I had no pain, and my previous dentist never recommended retreatment for this tooth. I finally decided to have the procedure done. After an hour and a half, the endodontist told me that I would need to return for another retreatment, because an instrument must have broken during my initial root canal, which was blocking the root, therefore he was having trouble bi-passing the area in order to seal it up. Two days later, I'm in more pain than ever! I will be returning in a couple of days to see if he can bi-pass the instrument. If not, he said that extraction of the tooth, or a bridge might be necessary.
I'm wondering what my rights are as a patient. This whole thing is not only painful and costly, but it all could have been avoided had the initial doctor that performed the root canal been a bit more careful. How often does this type of thing happen, and is this a normal risk of having a root canal done. I'm just so upset. Please help!
I'm writing because I am very concerned with a recent retreatment I had on a tooth that had a root canal done several years ago. I was in NO pain, however, the dentist noticed in an ex-ray that retreatment was necessary.
I was very hesitant, since like I said, I had no pain, and my previous dentist never recommended retreatment for this tooth. I finally decided to have the procedure done. After an hour and a half, the endodontist told me that I would need to return for another retreatment, because an instrument must have broken during my initial root canal, which was blocking the root, therefore he was having trouble bi-passing the area in order to seal it up. Two days later, I'm in more pain than ever! I will be returning in a couple of days to see if he can bi-pass the instrument. If not, he said that extraction of the tooth, or a bridge might be necessary.
I'm wondering what my rights are as a patient. This whole thing is not only painful and costly, but it all could have been avoided had the initial doctor that performed the root canal been a bit more careful. How often does this type of thing happen, and is this a normal risk of having a root canal done. I'm just so upset. Please help!
file separation happens (or file breaking). It's nothng that is done 'on purpose though'... if your first dentist did break the file he shoudl have explained that to you. Your second dentist, suggesting retreatment was thinkign 'prevention'. He was trying to protect you from infection. You know that with a root canal treated tooth, the pulp (nerve) is taken out....and there is a hole from the crown of the tooth allllll the way into the tooth...leaving an open communication from the 'outside world' into your bone (where the tooth sits). Well... the goal is to seal that open communication. With that broken file in there, the seal wasn't adaquate and stood the chance of bacterial leakage and a chance of infections and so on. Like Kristi said, to ease your mind, get another opinion, but sounds to me like the 2nd person was trying to look out for you...
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