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Problem Didn't Show Up On Dentists Xray
I had a normal dental check up on the 8th of August, which is only 5 weeks ago, and I had an xray on all my teeth to up date my records.
I was given the all clear, and he said I will see you again in February.
Then last night while eating a grated cheese sandwich on white bread I suddenly felt something hard while chewing, only to find the back piece of one of my back teeth, and the cracked bit was black and rotten.
My point is shouldn't the xray have shown this?
I will now have to ring them tomorrow to see what to do.
Its not currently painful, but it hurts to drink something cold or hot.
Where do I stand with the xray, is there any sort of guarantees with it?
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Spotting small cracks on X-rays isn't always easy. I went to A&E with what I was certain was a broken wrist, only to be told that nothing could be seen on the X-ray, so it must be a sprain. A fortnight later, when I was still in pain, I got them to take another look at the X-ray and it was only then that they spotted the fracture.
I think from a patients point of view like myself, I would have rather something showed up on the xray during my check up, so I could have had it filled or something then.
Now theres a chance I could either lose my tooth, or have an expencive filling, or root canal, or even crown.
I get the feeling only 5 weeks ago this could have been avoided.
Or am I wrong in thinking that way?
I'm not blaming the dentist for negligence as such, but given it was only last month, do I have a leg to stand on by voicing my concerns to him?
barry1010,
Yes its an old filling, but I have regular 6 monthly check ups.
The only difference this time he asked if we could do fresh xrays to update the records. But no problems showed up.
But here I am with a chunk of tooth broke off, and I was only chewing something soft.
I honestly don't know where to stand with this. Could the tooth have been saved sooner.
I hopefully will have my questions answered tomorrow when I ring reception to see how we move forward with this.
My point is shouldn't the xray have shown this? - - No. ( vedry conscious TTT says I dont write clearly - well today I am trying!)
it wont show rotting teeth - the black bit was just about to drop out.
X ray is an xray, and is good for bone erosion ( whoops ! long word there TTT) but not a tooth that is about to fracture
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