Hello,
I would like to ask about a dead tooth. My dentist removed the nerve from the upper right second molar, but the tooth itself was already quite damaged, so only a small shell of the tooth or tooth enamel remains; everything else is a filling with reinforcement. My problem is that this tooth bothers me a lot. From time to time it irritates or itches, including around the tooth—the gum—and I have a feeling of fullness because the filling is made in such a way that the remaining piece of enamel is slightly pointed; this developed due to chewing and the filling has sunk a little in this area. The root is supposedly fine, at least that is what my dentist told me. Occasionally I also feel nauseous. I have had all the other medical examinations and they found nothing that could be causing the nausea, so I personally am convinced that something is wrong with this tooth, because I have also heard that dead teeth cause nausea. I would most like to have a crown made, but I do not know how much biting force a metal-ceramic crown can withstand. I would like your opinion, and also your opinion on whether implants are good, because some dentists claim that an implant is a foreign body because it is not natural, and that it is best to choose the most expensive implant together with a crown, costing from EUR 1,200 to 1,600, which is very expensive, or whether cheaper implants, for example for EUR 500, are not good enough.
Thank you and kind regards