“Can a dentist drill too deep?”
I am a 29 year old female and I will get a filling. Can a dentist drill too deep?
9 Answers
A dentist is trained to know how and where to drill for various types of dental treatment. Unfortunately, like any profession, an incompetent dentist may drill deeper than is indicated for the specific treatment. Patients, however, sometimes don’t understand that the dentist has to remove all the decay and the extent of the decay is what determines how deep he needs to drill.
Yes, unfortunately this happens from time to time. It is possible that a dentist can drill deeper than necessary.
Anything is possible. This is rare. Please share this concern with your dentist.
Hi,
The answer to the question is very complicated since sometimes decay would be more extensive than actually as it appears on X-rays. Is there a need sometimes to drill more than what we see in X-ray answer is yes. But usually dentist should be able to discuss this prior to treatment give you an idea how deep the decay would be and if it will be close to nerve. May end up needing root canal or just a regular filling would solve the issue.
Good luck.
The answer to the question is very complicated since sometimes decay would be more extensive than actually as it appears on X-rays. Is there a need sometimes to drill more than what we see in X-ray answer is yes. But usually dentist should be able to discuss this prior to treatment give you an idea how deep the decay would be and if it will be close to nerve. May end up needing root canal or just a regular filling would solve the issue.
Good luck.
Yes, if he/she is not careful enough or sometimes the patient moves abruptly and it's not the doctor's fault.
Not too deep, that might irritate the nerve and you start having pain. If the decay is deep enough and you have pain after the filling, your dentist will refer you for a root canal.
No
Yes. But a dentist knows the anatomy of a tooth and will prevent that. Deep decay will determine that as well.
If filling is done when a tooth has a cavity. The drilling to remove the cavity depends on the depth of the decay of the previous existing filling. The depth of the filling is dictated by how deep the cavity is.
