Dentist

[PerkyOchrePeer]

I have never heard of this before but apparently my dental surgery has two different kinds of X-rays and that is an ordinary X-Ray and a superior X-Ray and they only do a superior x-ray if you go with tooth pain so the ordinary xray is false as it doesnt show up any dental issues

Ugh, school holidays.

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Here are some full stops for you, OP.

In that case can you tell me why when I had a pain in a tooth a different dentists did an X-ray and when she looked at it she said it's a shadow here I don't like to look off and I will refer you to the Maxi facial department of the hospital so they can have a look and treat it and so I said my dentist hasn't ever told me about this shadow and her reply to me was that's because he didn't take the appropriate x-ray the x-ray he took would never have shown this shadow and it's only visible because of the type of x-ray I've done on your tooth

I would love to know how her x-ray differs from my own dentist x-ray for her to see the Shadow and he not

Anyway she referred to me to the hospital and they wrote back saying we have seen the X-Ray and we don't think it's worth bothering about

You know, you’re supposed to feed the brandy to the Christmas cake, not neck it yourself.

Op all you need to know is that there we two types of dental x Ray a normal one and a more sensitive one for the root. You don't need a ct scan a normal dental X-ray is sufficient for most problems

Sounds like your tooth is all ok then try to relax

Has a village lost its idiot?

Actually the dentist who did the hospital referral is newly qualified and she actually told me that she felt obliged to refer me because otherwise she wouldn't be doing her job properly and I suppose she felt that she might get into trouble for missing something whereas a more experienced dentist was years and years of experience would be able to tell by looking whether it was an issue or not

Dentist here!
what @Lollygaggle said is correct,
the rest of the thread is well ……..!!!

Dr. You clearly have no comprehension of the level of radiation that involves... which comes with a risk of cancer. You really don't want to be having annual ct heads for the curiosity that there may be a developing cavity

I think you've misunderstood a lot of what you have been told.
I'd also like to give you some full stops ......... and fillings fillings fillings fillings fillings (not feelings)

It is not all okay I need root canal and if I don't want canal then it has to be taken out

So is it ok or not because in another post you write:
Anyway she referred to me to the hospital and they wrote back saying we have seen the X-Ray and we don't think it's worth bothering aboutAnyway she referred to me to the hospital and they wrote back saying we have seen the X-Ray and we don't think it's worth bothering about

And now you're saying it needs a root canal.

@PerkyOchrePeer so have a root canal? It's better than having a tooth removed and a gap/denture/implant???

Fillings!

No idea why my comment was deleted. Very innocuous and hardly breaking any MN guidelines.

The bacteria are feeding on the sugar. They produce acid which eats into your teeth. So reducing sugar means fewer bacteria, less acid. Removing bacteria will also mean less acid.

Anyway I don't have any contact with this person anymore because I've decided that their ideas are a bit bonkers Thank goodness for that!

Are you referring to an OPG as opposed to an actual CT scan OP? My dentist would normally use a regular X-ray which you can have in dentist chair. The OPG is a stand up one where you nedd to bite down on a piece of plastic. It gives more detail than the standard x-ray. CT scan would not likely happen at an actual dental practice but in a hospital or scan centre.

I've recently had all 3 of the above done in preparation for surgery to remove wisdom tooth. The CT scan took a long time to organise and only referred to it by oral consultant as they needed to check how close tooth is to nerve in order to plan surgery.

Many surgeries do have ct scanners.

An opg does not give more detail , it shows a wider area so for eg wisdom teeth it will show where they are in relationship to the nerves of the jaw. However an OPG is not as good as a bitewing or periapical x Ray for detecting decay or abcesses .