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thebektionary



Joined: 11 May 2011

PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This one dentist in Chuncheon told me that I needed a root canal when I really didn't. I had some sensitivity in one tooth due to trauma after my dentist in the U.S. put a filling in. When I came back, I went to my U.S. dentist who told me that the filling is nowhere deep enough to even barely touch the nerve and that all I needed to do was take ibuprofen and some anti-inflammatory steroids for a few days to help the tooth heal. He was right. I'm now able to eat on that side of my mouth. Imagine if I had gone through with that root canal... I would've lost a whole tooth for no reason!

Be careful.
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Skippy



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon

PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thebektionary wrote:
This one dentist in Chuncheon told me that I needed a root canal when I really didn't. I had some sensitivity in one tooth due to trauma after my dentist in the U.S. put a filling in. When I came back, I went to my U.S. dentist who told me that the filling is nowhere deep enough to even barely touch the nerve and that all I needed to do was take ibuprofen and some anti-inflammatory steroids for a few days to help the tooth heal. He was right. I'm now able to eat on that side of my mouth. Imagine if I had gone through with that root canal... I would've lost a whole tooth for no reason!

Be careful.


The KOREAN dentists here love root canals and wisdom teeth removal. They are another of the up sells they do.
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thebektionary



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Skippy wrote:
thebektionary wrote:
This one dentist in Chuncheon told me that I needed a root canal when I really didn't. I had some sensitivity in one tooth due to trauma after my dentist in the U.S. put a filling in. When I came back, I went to my U.S. dentist who told me that the filling is nowhere deep enough to even barely touch the nerve and that all I needed to do was take ibuprofen and some anti-inflammatory steroids for a few days to help the tooth heal. He was right. I'm now able to eat on that side of my mouth. Imagine if I had gone through with that root canal... I would've lost a whole tooth for no reason!

Be careful.


The KOREAN dentists here love root canals and wisdom teeth removal. They are another of the up sells they do.


Yeah! He said that he couldn't even take an x-ray to see if it needed one. He said the only way he would take an x-ray is if I paid for a root canal.

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