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Suggest Treatment For Severe Tooth Infection

my dentist says he wants to remove a tooth, he says its infected. he says it could be cracked, but cant be sure. he sent me to another dentist to have a 3-D XRAY taken. That dentist said he couldn't do a root canel and the tooth would have to come out. He hammered on the tooth and asked if I had pain. when I told him no!! he hammered again and tried to wiggle it. tHe said I would have to have it pulled and each tooth pulled on each side an than have a bridge. which would cost 5000 dollars. he sent me back to my orig. dentist saying that he doesn't do that , and he only does root canels. He charge me 200 dollars for the xray, When I went to my orig dentist, he said he would remove the tooth, for 100 with my insurance an charge my share of the bridge for 2000 dollars. the thing is the tooth isn't giving me any problems, I have no pain. Am I being riped off?
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain if the tooth is not giving you any problem abut still it is advised for extraction then it can be probably an impacted wisdom tooth but in case if it is not an impacted wisdom tooth then what is the exact reason for removing the tooth has to be ruled out by evaluation your x rays and I can advise you how to proceed for further treatment that is extraction or bridging can be done only after asking you certain details and evaluating your x rays..

So please send scans of your x rays and detailed question by going to my profile and clicking on "Ask me a question".
You should not proceed for removal of teeth without proper reason for extraction as once the teeth are lost the artificial teeth cannot exactly replicate the functions as the natural teeth does..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.

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Suggest Treatment For Severe Tooth Infection

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain if the tooth is not giving you any problem abut still it is advised for extraction then it can be probably an impacted wisdom tooth but in case if it is not an impacted wisdom tooth then what is the exact reason for removing the tooth has to be ruled out by evaluation your x rays and I can advise you how to proceed for further treatment that is extraction or bridging can be done only after asking you certain details and evaluating your x rays.. So please send scans of your x rays and detailed question by going to my profile and clicking on Ask me a question . You should not proceed for removal of teeth without proper reason for extraction as once the teeth are lost the artificial teeth cannot exactly replicate the functions as the natural teeth does.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.