Yesterday I had my first dental check-up here in Australia. I felt a slight pain with my tooth that has a temporary filling. My last dental appointment was November 2007 back in the Philippines. My temporary filling is really overdue. That supposed to be three weeks after being placed, but you know we became busy after then. I had an abscess on the gum that keeps on coming back. The dentist perform the x-ray and remove the temporary filling, clean it and change with a new temporary filling. The dentist told me that an abscess on the gum is caused by an infection of the root canal and if the root canal will not undergo treatment, the abscess will really keep on coming back unless I have to give up my tooth. As for now, it’s under observation. If there’s a good improvement with my next visit, then the root canal treatment will start. But, if it will get worst then bye bye tooth. I’m always careful with my teeth but no matter how we’re careful, tooth will get old, tooth will decay. I also hate the teeth discoloration. You know, dental is too costly especially here in this country. We spent more than 400 bucks including my son’s tooth filling. There’s still more to go. We need to protect the other teeth to avoid paying much more in the future. I don’t like my oldest son’s teeth alignment at present and hopefully it will be corrected after all those milk teeth will gone. Anyway he’s just 8 years old. I don’t have idea yet what is this root canal treatment and how it will be done. I will make a research for it.