Who are you with for dental insurance out of interest?
Iām with Denplan. I was on it as a kid and then didnāt immediately take it on as an adult. Bad move! 
Always try and keep or replace teeth because where you have no teeth your jawbone weakens. The portion of the jaw bone that anchors the teeth in the mouth, no longer receives the necessary stimulation from chewing and begins to break down, or is resorbed.
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Iām having a 3rd Molar (wisdom) removed and one filled. Costed me a fortune
Did it hurt getting it removed?
Sadly the nhs hardly covers anything related to dental now
That one didnāt, plenty of injections
But had to get another out last week. It broke at the start of the first lockdown and they wouldnāt give appointments unless I was in pain or my face was swollen. 3 weeks ago it started hurting and I had to wait 2 weeks for an appointment. Theyāre still not doing fillings so I told her to take it out. I was only getting 2 hours sleep a night with the pain and Iād had enough. But there was an infection so the injections didnāt work on the nerve. Yeah, I screamed. A lot 
But I didnāt pass out, although it was close
So basically if thereās an infection take the antibiotics first, and youāll not have any problems
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I was going to click on the ālikeā heart there, but found it a bit inappropriate. OMG - that sounds horrendous. There is almost nothing worse than continuous toothache and if you are getting to the point of passing out from the pain 
Reminds me of Tom Hanks in a cave on a lonely pacific island with developing tooth decay using one of a pair of ice-skates in an act of desperation to sort it
Antibiotics is a very good shout there.
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It was horrendous for 2 minutes and then it was all over. I am so happy to be able to sleep again so it was totally worth it.
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Reminds me of Dustin Hoffman and his oil of clove, after his difficult meeting with Laurence Olivier.
Is it safe?
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I can like that post without any guilty feelings.
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Glad you got it fixed thatās how I am atm unable to sleep and eat because of it so got a feeling I might need both wisdom out + a filling.
Nothing worse than toothache, it actually makes me cry
Thatās probably the only painful part, at least for me
Personally id go for extraction if its a tooth at the back youāre not going to miss it . Once itās out no more costs done and dusted x
Iāve had 3 root canals and crowns. All cost about Ā£200 each on NHS. I think itās about Ā£283 now but Iād never pay higher than the NHS Band 3 treatment on a non-visible tooth.