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Decay in the front two teeth
My filling in the front has gone bad. The decay is touching the nerve and I am suggested root canal with crown or extraction and artificial tooth as the only 2 options.
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Those are the only two options available now
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Hi mam, sorry to know that your decay is touching the nerve. Kindly save the teeth with root canal treatment. It's your front tooth, so you should be more concerned for saving it as the natural teeth once lost can't be retrieved. Thank you
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root canal treatment and crown
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get your teeth examination done once in every 6 months to avoid the decay reaching the nerve. Take care
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Saving the tooth is always better.
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If possible, go for saving the tooth .
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Dr. Kshitiz Rohilla
Dentist
16 yrs exp
Faridabad
You should try to go for root canal treatment of the teeth so that extraction can be avoided because that is never the first choice of treatment. We can replace the teeth by many modalities, but nothing can be as good as a natural tooth.
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