Find me a dentist! Dentists?

it's all down to opinion and circumstances.

It should be down to data.

Is there no dentistry student out there collecting data on implant life? Or cap life? Or root canal tooth life?

Yep, I have audits of my implant work in a variety of circumstances. The longevity of dental restorations is well known including dental implants.

The NHS is different and what implant treatment you get is down to a postcode lottery and not evidenced based.

Firstly I need a new dentist, as I'm not particularly liking my current one.
Second, seems I grind my teeth, I have a mouthguard, but haven't been particularly good about using it on a regular basis since getting it pre covid.
I've got a rear molar, which has cracked and my dentist has just filled it (the molar is currently more filling than tooth at this point) and my options are:
don't wear mouthguard, and maybe have the new filling replaced every 6 mths or so.
wear mouthguard, and maybe not have new filling replaced so regularly
get a denture/cap? on molar for £200 approx
get an implant for £2,000 (I laughed out loud at the jump in costs, and dentist started to act as if I was an enraged customer who was going to start effing and jeffing and she had to talk me down from the precipice)
So question which of these options is best for my tooth in the long run.

Have a cap on two of my teeth following damage, been in ~20 and 8 years so far with no issues.

I have a cap on a front tooth after an accident about 7 years ago that's just broken off during dinner. Wasn't particularly happy with the initial work which I had done cheaply at the time when I was broke. Looking for a recommendation for somewhere in London to get it fixed to a high quality.
My local dentist that I go to for check ups is fine for that sort of thing but I don't trust them to do a good cosmetic repair on this

Just got home from a root canal treatment, my first one.

What level of discomfort should I expect over the next few days?
Couple of paracetamol, or should I dig out my tramadol stash?

I had one a few years back and, although I can't remember specifics, the whole experience was much less unpleasant and painful than I expected.

Presumably you had one because you had tooth pain due to cavity and maybe infected nerves?

So, in that case you should be heaps more comfortable. I don't remember any pain after mine, the whole point of the root canal was to get rid of the pain.

I'm still getting work done on it now and there's no issues other than the gross tasting temp filler they use.

Localised minor pain for a couple of days if you are unlucku, but like hippy said, you should feel much better after the root canal. I have had a few done... I would rather have the nerves intact in those teeth, but I kind of enjoyed the process much more so than any other dental work.

Hello fellow bruxxer. Ultimate goal would be to stop further damage, which means finding a way to stop grinding your teeth. Anything else is just varying speeds of draining water out of a sinking ship.

If you’re up for some amateur (non!!!)-medical analysis: How’s your posture? Any forward head tilt or sloping shoulders? Much tension in your upper back/neck/jaw/temple areas? How about your tongue? How’s your jaw alignment? Is your grinding related to stress? If so, have you ID’d your strongest triggers for bruxing during the day, and at night?

I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to find good dentists, even paying for private care. I cut all relation with my previous dentist after his attitude became toxic (he was clearly burning out badly) and he may have damaged my front tooth, but now I’m sans dentist and paying for private is like a £80-£130 craps shoot where I don’t win any money, I just get what I paid for.

I currently snore very loudly, and have been prescribed a mouth guard for that which I can wind up to pull my jaw forward until the snoring stops. Have no idea how this will affect my teeth grinding, or my teeth in general but am still on the lookout for a new dentist…

Wearing a mandibular advancement appliance like a Silensor essentially stops tooth grinding.

As long as your teeth are healthy and clean, wear it at night only, are fully grown, don't have orthodontic retainers and you don't drink anything acidic while wearing then they are designed to prevent damage to teeth.

Just had three fillings done under sedation. Because hey guess what? I’m an anxious over stressed person and the thought of people fucking with me freaks me out.
Sedation is awesome is my take home.

Three fillings, one very deep and near the nerve? Less so. Hoping it all settles down and I do not need to have a root canal later in the year.

Though it would mean more sedation. So swings roundabouts.

So , I basically was an idiot and didn’t look after my back teeth and looking to get 2 implants . Any people on here have any issues with heavy cycling with them in? I’m really concerned I’ve ruined my life and won’t ever be able to do strenuous exercise again .

I have an crown on the front and an implant on the incisor, busted my teeth playing football and originally they were both crowns but the incisor failed and I had it replaced with an implant nearly 10 years ago.

The implant is perfect, no issues at all as long as you look after it it'll last forever, it feels a million time better than a crown, you won't even realise its not a tooth. It won't stop you from doing anything you wouldn't do with real teeth.

I changed dentist (NHS) a year ago when we moved out of London and have just been to see them about a molar that’s got an infection (like an idiot I didn’t get a broken filling looked at until too late).
The discussion about my options had left me feeling wary about the dentist though.
I can either have the tooth extracted for £70 or a root canal for £70. However they said that if I want to go for the root canal I’d be better using their specialist (private) who charges £800. It seemed like a bit of a sell, saying the chance of success would be much higher if I used said specialist.
I’d much rather not extract the tooth without trying to save it and need to make a decision and get this sorted, but worry they’ll do a bad job if ask for root canal on NHS.
Would appreciate any thoughts

I had a root canal done and it was supposed to be finished by a specialist when they took out my wisdom teeth. That didn't happen, then the temporary filling failed and I need emergency visit to shore it up. I've since had multiple visits to another dentist to finish the root canal. It still hasn't been finished and capped and it's probably going to result in my jaw falling off or something. Stupid fucking teeth.

I think I paid 200 for the initial root canal by the dentist but have probably spent another few hundred having it cleaned further in preparation for final sealing and capping, which I've not had done yet. I'm putting it off but I know it's going to come back and bite (ptp) me.

Sounds horrible. All of that private?

Yeah. I think it's been a couple of grand so far and still not finished. There's also no guarantee that after it's all done and capped and whatever that it won't just crack and need pulling out a week later either. That's why I'm a bit lax on getting it finished.

Molar root treatment just not cost effective on the NHS so tendency to cut corners which reduces success.

Personally I'd stump up the cost of paying a specialist to do it.

Ah my favourite topic. If it’s finished and capped and pain starts I’ve been told you would want that teeth out immediately and possibly not wait a week.

Some dentists are definitely like bike mechanics where you’d better done the work yourself.

You guys have dentists?

Moved to a new place 2 years ago and haven't been able to register for one yet. Have managed to get the kids registered in a different town however.

You guys have dentists?

No. I've seen at least 3 different ones (not including the Polish one I saw a few years ago for my first checkup in 30 years) and an orthodontist for the wisdom extraction.

My missus has been going to yet another one locally and I might end up seeing if she can finish my root canal mess.

Yeah, because that can be infection and spread to the jaw or something.

Mine's not been finished off yet. I went to repeated sessions for cleaning it out and temporary fillings and to be honest I can't remember what the last step was. I think it has a more permanent filling now but I could be wrong. It definitely hasn't been "capped" but I'm not sure how solid it is. No pain yet but the fact it's not finished and in some kind of intermediate state worries me a bit because I might be making it worse. This is how I usually treat my body though so fuck it.