Dentist pulled my Milk teeth, when he shouldnt have.

@Abbyey (760)
Philippines
May 8, 2007 5:43pm CST
I had a tooth ache a late last year, and my dentist was on vacation. I was forced to visit a different dentist and he said that i still have a milk tooth and that it needs to be removed. My milk tooth was a MOLAR upper right. He said MILK TEETH comes out at the age of 12 and he is surprise that i still have some left. When he check the xray there was no tooth underneath the milk tooth. Even if i wasnt sure about it since its painful i said YES. He did the procedure with my teeth and removed my MOLAR Milk tooth. He said that he needed to make a bridge which would coz me 12-15k, i have took care of my teeth since i was 17 (i had braces to have a nice "Bite") so i said i would think about it. When my dentist arrived from vacation she was SHOCKED to know what the other dentist did and she was also SAD because she was the one who took care of my teeth. She said that the dentist should have pulled my milk tooth because it can still be saved. I felt sad too, She also said that to BRIDGE the teeth would mean the tooth on both sides will be affected to serve as the pillars and she dont like to do it because her motto was to SAVE teeth and not to destroy GOod teeth. So i asked her what is the right thing to do since i was braced before my teeth would move. She suggested that i go under braces again thoough expensive, she would not need to destroy my good teeth. Rather she would pull one of my MOLAR forward and also a-line some of my lower teeth. I thought about it and i said yes. It was expensive i had to spend 32k but its worthy it bec my teeth are relly important to me.
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@prestocaro (1251)
• United States
9 May 07
How painful. I would be very upset if I were you! I know how painful molars are when removed (I had to get three pulled before I got my braces) and it is BAD. I also know how painful braces are -- I had them for almost 4 years -- and those aren't any fun, either. Poor Abbyey!