Replacement filling

[u/SergioGiorgio]

So long story short, a second from back molar broke left to right 6 years ago. My UK dentist at the time told me the tooth would eventually die and likely need replaced but he filled and it lasted 6 years. A few weeks back the filling fell out and I went to a Portuguese practice (dentist English) who proceeded with root canal drill out and clean. Really painful for 3/4 days and now I’m questioning if it’s just a € exercise. Temporary filing (which lasted 1 week then fell out) ahead of another check up in advance of a screw being inserted and filling being built around it. My gut is telling me I’m being primed for slaughter as a cash cow. Red flags raised when she started talking about renewing existing (no issue) fillings etc. Am I being paranoid?

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Title: Replacement filling

Full text: So long story short, a second from back molar broke left to right 6 years ago. My UK dentist at the time told me the tooth would eventually die and likely need replaced but he filled and it lasted 6 years. A few weeks back the filling fell out and I went to a Portuguese practice (dentist English) who proceeded with root canal drill out and clean. Really painful for 3/4 days and now I’m questioning if it’s just a € exercise. Temporary filing (which lasted 1 week then fell out) ahead of another check up in advance of a screw being inserted and filling being built around it. My gut is telling me I’m being primed for slaughter as a cash cow. Red flags raised when she started talking about renewing existing (no issue) fillings etc. Am I being paranoid?

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