Dental care, Tooth Decay under a filling is it the dentists fault?
About a year ago I had a medium size filling done on a back molar. Now I went to the same dentist that did the filling only to be told that I have tooth decay under the filling. And that Now I may need a root canal and a crown done. Which is going to cost over $1000.00
However is this not the dentist fault in the first place? After all it is clear that he did not get all the decay out the first time when he did the filling and now it is worse and he going to charge me for his mistake. What is up with that? What can I do about this?
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Friday, Oct. 1st 2010 9:37 AM at 9:37 am
You know you can get a new cavity on the same tooth with a filling. It may be that it just got under the filling but was started on the side of it.
A year ago is a long time if the dentist left decay with the original cavity I would say you would have been feeling it before now.
Friday, Oct. 1st 2010 9:42 AM at 9:42 am
Did you address this issues at the time with the dentist? If so what did they have to say. I am not sure you are correct but maybe you can talk them down on the cost they are trying to charge you