justscorchone:
Wow I never knew there were other options, I remember when my gum overlap my tooth and it was grazing when I chew, the dentist said they could surgically tear off the part of the gum overlapping or extraction, which I opt for extraction and it was the most uncomfortable moment of my life.

Not all bad tooth are candidates for an RCT..
You mostly likely had Pericoronitis of the wisdom tooth..
RCTs are not done on wisdom teeth..

Pa3cia:
The problem doesn't end when you get rid of the infected tooth, you have to get rid of the worms disturbing the tooth nd not the tooth itself, why do you think the problem persists after removing the infected tooth, it's because, the worms are still living in there and will immediately start feasting on a new one, once their host has been taken, this new one takes time before one starts to notice, by the time it has eaten deep into the infected tooth is when you start to feel the pain, stop removing your tooth, or else you'll end up removing more than two, because the worms disturbing the tooth is still alive, been battling with mine since primary sch till date, herbs is all I've been using for it, now the affected tooth is breaking by itself, I hardly feel the pains. We do not remove our head simply because we are suffering from headache, rather we use drugs for it, why not apply same method you use in treating headache even though this one is different, the pain is out of this world, very wicked thing.

Aunty patrica, there is no worm in your tooth abeg

Same reason why a refrigerator repairer will always suggest that the factory gas pipe in your fridge is leaking and they have to replace it with their own constructed pipe.... Awon were

Only few can relate...

Duru9:
Here to know also


All my 3 siblings suffered toothache including my brother wife
One funny thing was they all lived together

l could be of help if they are yet to get solution

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright.....grab my weed while I read comments.....


Wait o that reminds me ......my client from Canada complained about tooth ache the other day...make I just use this opportunity ask her how the matter come be....if na remove them removed the teeth or na root canal treatment them give her as the op suggests

silly scammer

Lagosinter1:


What's CAC 1000 pls?

An effervescent tablet form of high strength Vitamin C and Calcium.

Quite good for stronger bones, teeth, and immunity.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright.....grab my weed while I read comments.....


Wait o that reminds me ......my client from Canada complained about tooth ache the other day...make I just use this opportunity ask her how the matter come be....if na remove them removed the teeth or na root canal treatment them give her as the op suggests

You sure say u go see shishi from this one wey dey vex say dem pay lazy people? Lmfao

JBArokonkwo1:


There are alot of factors to consider before opting for a root canal treatment.
They are
1. Cost: Root canal is not a cheap procedure and after its completion the tooth needs to be crowned(capped). This ideally in a govt hospital cost nothing less than 50k in Nigeria. Also it requires multiple visits.
2. Availability of equipment: Some centers don't have x-ray machines and an ideal root canal treatment requires minimum of four x-rays. This may make it impossible to carry out.
3. Tooth health status: Not all teeth are restorable. Many are badly broken down so much that the prognosis for a root canal treatment may be very poor.
4. Tooth support: the bony support for a tooth may be inadequate to hold a tooth and root canal may not be feasible......



Listen,I am a uniben trained dentist currently working in England and I can tell you I know many of our Nigerian dentists working with the NHS here and doing very well.

Please next time let your brain do the thinking first before engaging ur fingers.....u sound very unintelligent with what u posted.

well said.some lunatics will just come on nairaland to spew nonsense against medical professionals for no just cause

Same question i always ask my self

OldNairalander:


Bro connect a bro now. Poverty just dey slap me back to back for here

you must be out of ur senses.so,u want the silly fraudster to connect u to be defrauding people of their hard earned money? tufiakwa

Explorers:
That's how they removed mine about 8yrs ago cos of cavity, later saw worse cavity filled online.

Happy New Year Explorers:: Abeg when you creat new trend Nairaland is now very dry like dry fish

I am currently in a delima state. I went for an extraction last week Thursday, the anastatial given to me did not work. Hence, when the dentist was working around the tooth, she eventually broke it. Now I have to pay #40k for a full sedation for the extraction.
Since that Thursday till date, chewing food is like a punishment.
If only for this reason, God PLEASE TAKE ME OUT OF THIS CONTINENT TO A BETER PLACE WEHER ACHIEVING MAJOR THINGS IN LIFE, PAYING FOR HOSPITAL BILLS WILL NOT LOOK LIKE A DEAT SENTENCE.
I beg, I won go CANADA. I NEED SPONSORSHIP. To pay you back in THREE fold!

Angelfrost:


An effervescent tablet form of high strength Vitamin C and Calcium.

Quite good for stronger bones, teeth, and immunity.

K tnx

sirgbeja:
My experience with those Dentists wasn't funny.

I went to the teaching hospital in Ondo state for my tooth that ached me all night. He looked at it and told me he was going to extract it, but requested that I must go do a tooth scan in shoprite first. He insisted It must be shoprite and even gave me a paper to take there. why shoprite?

Las-las, dem remove my tooth o

Lol..where do they scan in Shoprite?

NoFap123:
To make more revenue for the hospital

Just so you dont know, root canal therapy is more than 5 times the cost of tooth extraction.

Dentists offer you the best treatment that will benefit you.

HenryThegreat1:
That's all they can do and make their money.
I have removed 3, but I have vowed never to remove any again.

Mehn

starbuck:
I have extracted 6 tooth , the last time in Oct I went there, na the doctor hala me talk say he is not extracting again...

He cemented 2 tooth and healed 2, told me that i should waka go

Damn bruh.

So someone will be afraid to french kiss you so that your teeth won't fall in their mouth

JBArokonkwo1:


There are alot of factors to consider before opting for a root canal treatment.
They are
1. Cost: Root canal is not a cheap procedure and after its completion the tooth needs to be crowned(capped). This ideally in a govt hospital cost nothing less than 50k in Nigeria. Also it requires multiple visits.
2. Availability of equipment: Some centers don't have x-ray machines and an ideal root canal treatment requires minimum of four x-rays. This may make it impossible to carry out.
3. Tooth health status: Not all teeth are restorable. Many are badly broken down so much that the prognosis for a root canal treatment may be very poor.
4. Tooth support: the bony support for a tooth may be inadequate to hold a tooth and root canal may not be feasible......



Listen,I am a uniben trained dentist currently working in England and I can tell you I know many of our Nigerian dentists working with the NHS here and doing very well.

Please next time let your brain do the thinking first before engaging ur fingers.....u sound very unintelligent with what u posted.

I am an accountant that work in a Dental Clinic. Some people think Dentist are not Doctors and even forgot that being a Dentist is a specialized arm of medicine and as such it takes hard work, dedication and discipline to be one

southniyikaye:
instead of speaking grammar and insulting, you could have enlighten me since you know much
Oga per second billing

why didn't you initially ask to be enlightened ?you've been given a dose of ur own medicine and you're complaining

omoharry:
Dont mind them .So many of them talking rubbish will never go for scaling & polishing even if the price is as low as N2000.They would rather use that money to buy bear.
Secondly how many of them have the money for a RCT anyway , aside from those that have insurance in which most do not cover such treatment .If they tell them the price, dem go they talk another thing .I am not a dentist but I work in the Dental health organization and I know how Nigerians reason .

Please oo, what's the essence of scaling and polishing??
My babe have been disturbing for that

DarkJeddi:
By surgically,you mean IMPLANTS?
That would cost a few hundreds of thousands..

Yes. Implants. Like how much could it cost here in Nigeria?

Miyachi:
I could remember getting the same opinion when I visited a dentist . The guy was zealously advising me and was willing to do it right away.
I had to say no, went and got treatment elsewhere.

What kind of treatment where you given to ?
Currently I’m suffering from toothache and I don’t want tooth removal

Most get angry and upset anytime you opt for other options other than extraction.

starbuck:
I have extracted 6 tooth , the last time in Oct I went there, na the doctor hala me talk say he is not extracting again...

He cemented 2 tooth and healed 2, told me that i should waka go

Laughing while reading, so sorry dear, I believe none disturbing now again ?

Duru9:

Honestly speaking They do eat late at night
Few months I stayed when I visited them We usually eat around 11pm at times 1am

Oshey, make dem change their eating habit oo

Same here, we don't remove teeth. I just placed a tablet of aspirin on the affected tooth and the pain will stop. Now the affected teeth is breaking, I can even chew a bone with the remaining breaked teeth.

Pa3cia:
The problem doesn't end when you get rid of the infected tooth, you have to get rid of the worms disturbing the tooth nd not the tooth itself, why do you think the problem persists after removing the infected tooth, it's because, the worms are still living in there and will immediately start feasting on a new one, once their host has been taken, this new one takes time before one starts to notice, by the time it has eaten deep into the infected tooth is when you start to feel the pain, stop removing your tooth, or else you'll end up removing more than two, because the worms disturbing the tooth is still alive, been battling with mine since primary sch till date, herbs is all I've been using for it, now the affected tooth is breaking by itself, I hardly feel the pains. We do not remove our head simply because we are suffering from headache, rather we use drugs for it, why not apply same method you use in treating headache even though this one is different, the pain is out of this world, very wicked thing.

Miyachi:
I could remember getting the same opinion when I visited a dentist . The guy was zealously advising me and was willing to do it right away.
I had to say no, went and got treatment elsewhere.

Do Root canal right away? Wow!!


Such should not even be carried out without a Blood Pressure test let a lone someone coming in just for a checkup or pains from a tooth issue.

if you have slightly above normal BP , carrying out a root canal can aggravate that and result to cardiac arrest or other complications because of severe pain.

But here in Nigeria. I have never seen a dentist except in Teaching Hospitals and some select Dentist who would require you go home first, rest, relax and come back a day or 2 later to carry out such procedures when you have stabilized.

The number of people who have lost their lives to doctors not following procedures is quite high. We don't have litigations and rarely carry out autopsies so most get away from losts of things

You can make a valid point without being rude..
I honestly don't know why Nigerian trained Dentist are very defensive and can never ever accept constructive criticism.....

JBArokonkwo1:


There are alot of factors to consider before opting for a root canal treatment.
They are
1. Cost: Root canal is not a cheap procedure and after its completion the tooth needs to be crowned(capped). This ideally in a govt hospital cost nothing less than 50k in Nigeria. Also it requires multiple visits.
2. Availability of equipment: Some centers don't have x-ray machines and an ideal root canal treatment requires minimum of four x-rays. This may make it impossible to carry out.
3. Tooth health status: Not all teeth are restorable. Many are badly broken down so much that the prognosis for a root canal treatment may be very poor.
4. Tooth support: the bony support for a tooth may be inadequate to hold a tooth and root canal may not be feasible......



Listen,I am a uniben trained dentist currently working in England and I can tell you I know many of our Nigerian dentists working with the NHS here and doing very well.

Please next time let your brain do the thinking first before engaging ur fingers.....u sound very unintelligent with what u posted.

You are too uncultured to be a Medical professional...I can't help but feel sorry for your patients... It isn't Rocket science to keep shut if you don't have anything sensible to say...

SirBunky85:
well said.some lunatics will just come on nairaland to spew nonsense against medical professionals for no just cause

homesteady:


Aunty patrica, there is no worm in your tooth abeg

There is jor

mjbaba:
Cos u can't afford the procedure most times

And most of us dont have any health insurance cover.