不要拖呀，能治好就不要拔

恩，谢谢大家。

要那么久阿，4年前是3000多，估计现在又该涨价了。

那我还是在这看好了，

会不会很痛？这个复杂的“根管治疗”和什么没听说过的“牙龈延长术”？

还有，

这种牙齿治疗是不是一般的保险都不会cover? 即使是专门的牙齿保险，

我在想有没有可能，

在开始根管治疗前去买个能cover这个的牙齿保险什么的？

我有一只牙的根管治疗拖了好几年，不知道是不是很不好。只要注意不吃火气太大的东西，牙齿还好不太痛。一般牙保险都cover50%到80%。我的保险保80%，去年做了一次根管治疗，自己付了20%，大概200刀左右。这边医生都会打麻药，不痛的。听说还是美国的专科医生好些。我有一个朋友回国做了个根管治疗，又复发了。后来在美国找了个专科医生做，就根治了。

买保险之前先弄清楚这个算不算pre-condition之类的，保险公司会不会拒付。

1)You may get a second opinion from other dentist.

2) If your tooth really needs a root canal, you'd better do it early. Otherwise, you'll lose your tooth. Even though you might need to pay a lot now, the procedure you go throught today will beneifit you for the rest of your life.

sorry can't type Chinese.

A. based on what you said, I guess the decay you had now was caused by the wisdom tooth which might not erupt in the right place and the decay has been progressed for more than 2 years. Now it's too deep to keep the pulp (basiclly the nerve) intact.

B. the decay is below the gum margin which will cause any treatment difficult. The small surgery your dentist talked about is not to extend the gum, but it's called crown lengthening--cut off some gum tissue to make the defect area exposed better. This is not for the root canal therapy but for the crown after the therapy.

C. If you are not sure about it, get a consultation from an endodontic specialist. You may ask your dentist to refer you one. This is somewhat a complicated case and specialists are better for handling it.

D. personally I don't suggest you go back to do it. I'm not implying anything. You now have a pulpitis and it's better to get treated asap. Second, the quality of RCT and the crown here can be guaranteed if you find a good specialist or even general dentist.

Just my two cents. Good luck.

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