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Love800:
So what is the solution to decayed tooth or painful tooth?

Talk to a dentist, they have other options like ozone treatment, ceramic implants. But tk be truthful, about a decade ago when mine started acting up, I got annoyed at some point and just pulled all the bad ones, like 3 molars on the whole. Had sinus issues for about a year or two, after and then peace.

Doo1:
How do you do that, or is it just using it to brush?

yes brush with any of them. U can add a little paste inside hole of the affected tooth too

Lutherblaq:
Can a tooth with a large hole be cured without extraction?

Asking for my kid bro

better go and remove it... It must be smelling by now and really painful... I had same experience... Go and remove it.... Don't listen to any of dis remedies here... Visit a dentist 2mrw ASAP

Buy original Colgate tooth paste. And thank me later

davidque:
Its best you pull it out and maybe put in a replacement tooth. I once had a hole similar to this and it had to be pulled out, the hole was too wide. that tooth will likely break if they tried to clean it and fill.

Yeah mine got broken and fell out it self, that particular space is now empty.
I woke up one morning with my tooth in my mouth. That was the end of my intense tooth pain.

Exactly.. You're absolutely right... Happened to me and was like a living hell for me... If they like let them pour holy water, nothing would heal the tooth except it's removed and I suspect it's the molar tooth. As long as it has a hole, it'd it'd keep getting bigger and painful, especially if something like bread is eaten. The smell would still be there.

Took me 5 injections to get me numb so that it could be removed because mine was curved. I'd tried every thing I could possibly lay my hands on from local to Bonjela.

Once that tooth is removed, the pain stops ASAP, 2 weeks the gum closes and youre back to normal.

OP, the earlier the better for you to go remove it and not let it stay long like mine which I kept and was enduring the pain for more than 6 months... You'd have serious migraine coz of just that one tooth...it can make you feel like going crazy. Go to a very good dentist. You can try Be-Hess at Egbeda or anyone you kn9e that's good. I leave you in peace with any other remedy... Your choice.

Judolisco:
better go and remove it... It must be smelling by now and really painful... I had same experience... Go and remove it.... Don't listen to any of dis remedies here... Visit a dentist 2mrw ASAP

Just went to page 1 and saw the pic... Go to the denstist, ASAP and remove it... Similar to mine.. It's the molar tooth (the one at the back). You'd feel pain when eating; even when you're not eating on that side. I still have my tooth that I removed...

Lutherblaq:
Can a tooth with a large hole be cured without extraction?

Asking for my kid bro

I experienced this, later it starts breaking, creates a wider vacuum if you smoke and the teeth pains regularly each year but i didnt do anything to mine. It broke and there is a deeper hole.

Fritz73:
You know they did an x-ray first, before taking action .

Obviously its part of the diagnostic tools

Sheuns:
Yes it can. A procedure called Root Canal Therapy will be carried out. It involves removing the sensitive parts of the tooth (the pulp) and filling it up with a substance called amalgam. After this is done, the enamel will need to be covered with a substance called crown.

I had the procedure done in 2017. It saves the tooth.

That depends. Judging from his picture, that tooth is gone. Besides, the procedure of root canal now is up to 400k from a good dentist. A crown that will last 25yrs should be more than 200k now.

Lutherblaq:
Can a tooth with a large hole be cured without extraction?

Asking for my kid bro

yes

Sheuns:
Yes it can. A procedure called Root Canal Therapy will be carried out. It involves removing the sensitive parts of the tooth (the pulp) and filling it up with a substance called amalgam. After this is done, the enamel will need to be covered with a substance called crown.

I had the procedure done in 2017. It saves the tooth.

Reprieve!

SimeonOTC:
Thanks.. please what do you mean by halt the gradual process?

The decay is a gradual process, occuring over years.

You can halt/reverse it by optimizing your oral hygiene(eg brushing twice daily and immediately after eating with the proper toothpaste), avoiding surgary food particles sticking to your teeth, and treating any sign of tooth infection promptly.

LuxuryThrift:
Exactly.. You're absolutely right... Happened to me and was like a living hell for me... If they like let them pour holy water, nothing would heal the tooth except it's removed and I suspect it's the molar tooth. As long as it has a hole, it'd it'd keep getting bigger and painful, especially if something like bread is eaten. The smell would still be there.

Took me 5 injections to get me numb so that it could be removed because mine was curved. I'd tried every thing I could possibly lay my hands on from local to Bonjela.

Once that tooth is removed, the pain stops ASAP, 2 weeks the gum closes and youre back to normal.

OP, the earlier the better for you to go remove it and not let it stay long like mine which I kept and was enduring the pain for more than 6 months... You'd have serious migraine coz of just that one tooth...it can make you feel like going crazy. Go to a very good dentist. You can try Be-Hess at Egbeda or anyone you kn9e that's good. I leave you in peace with any other remedy... Your choice.

exactly bro, mine was there for more than 5 yrs.... I had carryovers in sch because of it.... D pain was jst 2 much.... When dentist see am, d dentist shout....he said how have you been coping with the pains.... Since I removed it nothing like toothache again, nothing wey Ino use oh... From dolo-meta-b to touch and go 😂

Lutherblaq:
Can a tooth with a large hole be cured without extraction?

Asking for my kid bro

The cost of filling is more expensive than extraction

You can extract the bigger one and fill the smaller one

The pains is unbearable to have such bad denton

Alright.

Mubby4luv:
Oh oh, sorry about that. Yes please exhaust your options first before removing. Get cloves and fresh garlic with little salt. Grind and mix together then apply on the tooth and gums. preferably apply it and go to bed with it in your mouth.

You tried to have endured that for 5yrs. I gave up the day I mistakenly chewed bone..the pain went to my brain straight up. I started running around the house pouring water on my head. I didn't think twice to go see the dentist.

Some who haven't experienced this are giving remedies that won't work. That hole has eaten deep and the gum is suferimg from the tooth being there.

OP, if you think I was telling you lies about removing the tooth which both of us have told you, here's mine as a proof to let you know I'd passed through it.

Judolisco:
exactly bro, mine was there for more than 5 yrs.... I had carryovers in sch because of it.... D pain was jst 2 much.... When dentist see am, d dentist shout....he said how have you been coping with the pains.... Since I removed it nothing like toothache again, nothing wey Ino use oh... From dolo-meta-b to touch and go 😂

YoungBlackRico:
Leave am make he dey yarn apkata, maybe na paper dem go come spend for hospital. The reason most Nigerians shy away from hospitals is nothing but the bills

But same Nigerians spend on everything else.

It is only healthcare bills that scare them.

Alcohol, outings, parties and owambes.

Stroll around on any given evening, is it paper they spend there too?

It is only when it comes to our health there's no money and they yarn okpata, health o, like your life and well being.

You can buy wigs of 25,000, some wear wigs of 1million and above.

How much is tooth extraction? 10,000 in some places, private hospitals 15,000-50,000.

femi4:
It's the best. I have been there, did all manner of alternatives, the pain always come back 2-3yrs later until it was finally removed

it is not the best, it is only the Cheapest. Tooth extraction 10k or less but RCT nothing less than 45k. They will treat it and that pain you would never feel it again, and if u choose to fill it and crown it then na ur money dey talk

cedricksly:
it is not the best, it is only the Cheapest. Tooth extraction 10k or less but RCT nothing less than 45k. They will treat it and that pain you would never feel it again, and if u choose to fill it and crown it then na ur money dey talk

lolz
Not this stage

Stage 6: Tooth Loss
The final stage, six, is when the tooth decay has damaged the tooth beyond repair. The tooth will need to be extracted or it may even fall out on its own.

Same way you can't repair damaged disc or gear tooth

Love800:
So extraction is bad?
Goodevening.

The doctor after accessing would know the best approach.

Extraction is the last option, most times root canal can solve it.

Okay.
Someone said root canal is dangerous also.
After doing the root canal, maybe after some few years or months, ur jaw bones start rotting away.

YellowbaMoslem:
The doctor after accessing would know the best approach.

Extraction is the last option, most times root canal can solve it.

Love800:
Okay.
Someone said root canal is dangerous also.
After doing the root canal, maybe after some few years or months, ur jaw bones start rotting away.

Pls read and research, root canals don't cause the bones to rot.

Root canals gave been practiced for over 100 years, if there was real evidence of its danger, it would have been scrapped, e.g Mercury was found to be dangerous and is no longer being used.

Root canals even helps new bone form around teeth, it won't cause bones to rot.

Google is your friend.

Why do y'all believe crap easily?

This is why I try to talk about stuff sometimes and enlighten people, misinformation is super dangerous, the person spreading such won't see it as anything, but now imagine all those who have seen and will now believe that Root canals cause bones to rot.

The Dentist who said it was trying to advertise her own form of treatment (which also have side effects), so what happens when another person disproves her own theories too?

Maybe it's best y'all stay away from hospitals, learn the hard way abeg.

At least....population control.

Wow!
This ur post is top-notch. I love it.
Thanks so much. I appreciate.

Phoenixandfire:
Pls read and research, root canals don't cause the bones to rot.

Root canals gave been practiced for over 100 years, if there was real evidence of its danger, it would have been scrapped, e.g Mercury was found to be dangerous and is no longer being used.

Root canals even helps new bone form around teeth, it won't cause bones to rot.

Google is your friend.

Why do y'all believe crap easily?

This is why I try to talk about stuff sometimes and enlighten people, misinformation is super dangerous, the person spreading such won't see it as anything, but now imagine all those who have seen and will now believe that Root canals cause bones to rot.

The Dentist who said it was trying to advertise her own form of treatment (which also have side effects), so what happens when another person disproves her own theories too?

Maybe it's best y'all stay away from hospitals, learn the hard way abeg.

At least....population control.

femi4:
lolz
Not this stage

Stage 6: Tooth Loss
The final stage, six, is when the tooth decay has damaged the tooth beyond repair. The tooth will need to be extracted or it may even fall out on its own.

Same way you can't repair damaged disc or gear tooth

you are not a doctor.. When the bone under the tooth hasn't been affected, it can still be saved... Mine was worse when I put my tongue through mine I feel it is removal, but after the xray on the tooth I discovered it hasn't reached the bone underneath the decaying tooth. RCT was done on it on 4 different sessions when he confirmed I wasn't feeling pain anymore he filled it with amalgam(silver kind of substance) after 3 Weeks of filling and no pain it was crowned with porcelain. Mine wss worse, and funny thing is I didn't even go to the dentist when I was having lain on it, I went there years later. My point is he should see a dentist and the dentist is in the best position to advise him, not all these remove it remove it bcoz of a common picture he showed... I say it again extraction is always cheaper, hence why people feel wtth every teeth pain is extraction.

Bro...the picture of the tooth of the OP has gotten to the stage of removal. That's the molar back there. It's quite similar to mine; the last tooth at the right. I'd even posted pics of mine when it was removed by the dentist (scroll above to some 4 posts before yours). When he saw it, he said the only option was to remove it. If there were other options, he'd have suggested so...

Do you think that tooth in the OP's post would just stay that way? Nah, it'd eat deep with everything you let enter that hole, it gets either green or black when you look into it and when you brush or even at certain times, it smells. Lets not even go to the pain coz it hurts like the upper tooth is pounding on the one below, when it actually isn't even touching.

Y'all do underestimate the tartar that lies within and between your teeth. As tiny as they are, they're strong and powerful enough to drill in one's mouth or tooth. Had to floss my teeth after removing the bad tooth to prevent future occurrence coz the last thing I want is another tooth giving me nagging headaches.

cedricksly:
you are not a doctor.. When the bone under the tooth hasn't been affected, it can still be saved... Mine was worse when I put my tongue through mine I feel it is removal, but after the xray on the tooth I discovered it hasn't reached the bone underneath the decaying tooth. RCT was done on it on 4 different sessions when he confirmed I wasn't feeling pain anymore he filled it with amalgam(silver kind of substance) after 3 Weeks of filling and no pain it was crowned with porcelain. Mine wss worse, and funny thing is I didn't even go to the dentist when I was having lain on it, I went there years later. My point is he should see a dentist and the dentist is in the best position to advise him, not all these remove it remove it bcoz of a common picture he showed... I say it again extraction is always cheaper, hence why people feel wtth every teeth pain is extraction.

Love800:
Okay.
Someone said root canal is dangerous also.
After doing the root canal, maybe after some few years or months, ur jaw bones start rotting away.

That's a huge lie, the tooth would be treated with drugs, after being cleaned and drilled with machine to clear the infected areas, after which they fill back your tooth with special substance that would solidify as a tooth.

It takes 21 days.

That's what people go to school and study for 7 years.

You think dentistry is all about uprooting tooth? How long does it take to learn how to uproot tooth for someone to spend so many years in the university studying dentistry?

cedricksly:
you are not a doctor.. When the bone under the tooth hasn't been affected, it can still be saved... Mine was worse when I put my tongue through mine I feel it is removal, but after the xray on the tooth I discovered it hasn't reached the bone underneath the decaying tooth. RCT was done on it on 4 different sessions when he confirmed I wasn't feeling pain anymore he filled it with amalgam(silver kind of substance) after 3 Weeks of filling and no pain it was crowned with porcelain. Mine wss worse, and funny thing is I didn't even go to the dentist when I was having lain on it, I went there years later. My point is he should see a dentist and the dentist is in the best position to advise him, not all these remove it remove it bcoz of a common picture he showed... I say it again extraction is always cheaper, hence why people feel wtth every teeth pain is extraction.

What do you mean when the bone under the tooth hasn't been affected it can be saved? There are many hopeless dental cases that don't involve the alveolar bone. Maybe you misunderstood what you were told.

But i do agree he should see a dentist so proper investigations will be done. But most likely that tooth will be extracted as its a 3rd molar.

YellowbaMoslem:
Yes, do a root canal and crown it.

60-100k depending on Tinubunomics


Do not extract it, unless you don't have Money.

Kai, poverty has really made many people throway their tooth forever.

Extraction of the 3rd molar is better for everyone. Trying to save it is just a waste of money except the patient really wants it. 3rd molars can be removed without affecting the patient's quality of life.

Its only when you start moving forward from 2nd molar and onwards that you definitely want to avoid extraction at all cost

Okay.

I appreciate alot.

Thankz.

YellowbaMoslem:
That's a huge lie, the tooth would be treated with drugs, after being cleaned and drilled with machine to clear the infected areas, after which they fill back your tooth with special substance that would solidify as a tooth.

It takes 21 days.

That's what people go to school and study for 7 years.

You think dentistry is all about uprooting tooth? How long does it take to learn how to uproot tooth for someone to spend so many years in the university studying dentistry?

jikins:
Extraction of the 3rd molar is better for everyone. Trying to save it is just a waste of money except the patient really wants it. 3rd molars can be removed without affecting the patient's quality of life.

Its only when you start moving forward from 2nd molar and onwards that you definitely want to avoid extraction at all cost

Waste of money? For someone to save their tooth.

Unless the person is not well to do.