Sounds very much like the situation I've had with one of my wisdom teeth. It's at an angle and was against the tooth next to it in the same way so food was getting caught, acids were building up, and the tooth it was up against was getting a deep cavity.
In fact, the dentist was kind of surprised I wasn't waking up with nasty pain in the tooth, for it seemed very, very close to the softer insides. He wasn't even sure he could do a filling with it, but it worked out. Going to give it about half a year to see how things hold up and after that we'll see if either of those teeth need to go.
I did have one on the other side pulled a couple weeks ago, and it was definitely a weird experience. Pretty painless, fortunately.
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Date: 2004-08-06 10:30 pm (UTC)In fact, the dentist was kind of surprised I wasn't waking up with nasty pain in the tooth, for it seemed very, very close to the softer insides. He wasn't even sure he could do a filling with it, but it worked out. Going to give it about half a year to see how things hold up and after that we'll see if either of those teeth need to go.
I did have one on the other side pulled a couple weeks ago, and it was definitely a weird experience. Pretty painless, fortunately.