Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Tizz, I'm curious as to how your root canal problems are going?
My dentist wants to cap my four center lower teeth and he says the two center ones need a root canal before he drills. There is nothing wrong with the roots, but he is afraid he will expose a nerve while drilling. I am dead against this, but need to have the teeth capped before they decay anymore. He is telling me I will NOT need HBO treatments for root canal even though these teeth were in the field of radiation. Anyone know if that is true? I'd have a heart attack before they every got me in a HBO chamber and my insurance won't cover.
Thanks, Eileen
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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