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Question:
I am twenty four years old and I just went to the dentist because of pain
in my teeth and extreme sensitivity. He took about fifteen X-rays and
told me my teeth are calcifying and that my canals have some sort of
mineral build up or calcifying.
He seemed completely baffled and told me he was unsure exactly what was going on and he would have to go home and do some reading up on it. During my visit he made several referrences to my age making me think it might be common maybe in older people, but not people my age? So I am confused. Do you have any idea of what he could be talking about?
Answer:
Teeth calcify at differing rates.... The problem comes when you have to
attempt to go down one of those teeth to do a root canal treatment.
Before the lasers we would do the best we could to save the tooth for a
while. We used drills but they were not designed to do a job like I think
you are describing.
The Hard tissue lasers are very helpful here. I am the only one that I have
seen in my travels that has completed something like this. It takes a while
but it can be accomplished.
At times there are medical reasons for this at an earlier age but the
current problem that is related to pain needs to be evaluated.
James Sanderson, DMD
Alabama Teeth In An Hour
Alabama Sedation Dentist
1633 Montgomery Highway
Birmingham, AL 35216
(205) 979-6005
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