I had a filling in a mollar fall out twice. I'd be chewing gum and feel a crunch and there it'd be. My filling.

After the second time, I lost my insurance and just left the cavity open cleaning it as best as I could.

I got a new job with insurance after 9 months or so. When I went to get it looked at, it turns out my last dentist never cleared the rot fully so even after putting a filling, the rot would grow and that made my filling loosen up.

Imy tooth had almost rotted to the nerve, it was within millimeters. I caught it right on time bht the damage was so bad a filling wouldnt cut it.

My new dentist shaved my tooth down to a nub and installed a crown. There was a huge chance I'd need a root canal because how far the rot spread. Luckily I didn't need it.

Point is, our country is full of rot and we have to remove all of the rot before we can fix it up. What's happening now is we are seeing the depths of the rot. We're in the "taking an x ray to assess what we're dealing with."

However, it's close to the nerve and we need to see action be taken fast.