Hello!
I am 49 years old. A few months ago, while eating, I felt severe pain in my upper first premolar. The pain gradually subsided and I made an appointment with my dentist. By the time I was seen, more than a month later, I no longer had pain. During the examination, the dentist found that I had a vertically cracked tooth (upper left first premolar). She removed the old filling and, using some procedure, “bonded” the tooth. Unfortunately the bonding was not successful, which she herself told me at the next visit. I now feel that things are worse than before the bonding, because the gum above the tooth is sensitive and I have developed a “bump”, probably with pus, somewhere near the end of the root on the gum. Pressure on the tooth is also unpleasant, so I avoid loading it. The proposed solution is extraction of the tooth and placement of an implant. Visually the tooth looks excellent and I am sorry to have it extracted, so I would like to know whether there is any way to preserve it with some other treatment and “bonding” procedure.
Kind regards and thank you for your answer, Stanka