I've been in pain the past week - went to the dentist with a slight pain in my gum, came back home with two cavities filled. Ended up with one week of a throbbing headache and tooth/gum-ache. Dentist then took an x-ray and says I have a gum problem; remedy - increase Vit C and Calcium intake and live with the pain.
Got a second opinion this morning (through life's experiences realise that at times doctors/professionals play guessing games). The minute my friend-cum-dentist Sabariah looks at the x-ray, she says there's a lesion on the gums as the root canal done few years' back wasn't a good job - only 1 of the canals had been filled (though not well compacted) and this has led to accumulation of dirt, etc leading to infection.
(Check out demo if want to know what a root canal is: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1759080/root_canal_treatment_procedure_mumbai_india/)
So today was my first out of three treatments to get a better job done. Yeah, no throbbing now, just soreness from the cleaning up of the canals.
Do people really know what they are doing or just out to make a fast buck?
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