ohhhh ok! I hope if you get an implant, it works out ok. They are made with titanium aren't they? I think there is also a newer one made with zirconium too. I'm sure it'll beat having a root canal <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

My Mother has probalby one of the worse case senarios in her own mouth. She has - root canals, nearly every tooth packed full of amalgam (so much so that more amalgam than tooth) and then gold as well. No doubt cavitations on top of that, most people have them following tooth extraction.

Gold mixed with amalgam is horrific apparently, creates a galvanic response (battery effect) and releases even more mercury and makes it more toxic. Then add root canals to the bargain. No wonder she is always unwell, always headaches and gets migraines and can hardly eat anything without having problems with it. Apart from a limited diet.

lol, I know what you mean about "telling a dentist how to do their job". That can come across obnoxious to them I know, but there are ways of doing things so they don't realise what you're up to! no reason why you can't just state concerns and request non vaso constrictor anaesthetic. That is fine, some people have to anyway because they react to certain stuff in anaesthetics too.

I don't think anybody can state they did everything perfectly (maybe the rare few), we're all human (including dentists), so it's not easy. But again, let us know how things go!

It would be good if you came out of this not just "duper" but "super duper" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />