Pain after root canal?
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From: InVinoVeritas on 5 Oct 2005 10:08 I had a root canal done on a tooth that was causing me pain. The procedure itself was fairly painless (started throbbing towards the end) but I still have pain when chewing with that tooth (upper middle molar). Is this considered "normal"? Just for some background, the dentist did RCT, core buildup (whatever that is), and a crown. It's not an extreme pain, but I understood a root canal to remove the nerves in the tooth, thereby rendering it unable to even produce pain. Just curious.
From: dr shad j lewis (via google) on 5 Oct 2005 12:08 I feel bad for patients when this happens, but it happens. Nothing we do is 100% guaranteed, unfortunately. In cleaning out the root canals of the tooth, often, the instruments we use go beyond the tooth, and therefore will cause lingering inflammation afterwards. Sometimes, these canal system are very tricky and sometimes we dentists miss the smallest of canals that don't get instrumented. Typically, what I do after performing a root canal, I don't immediately restore the tooth with a crown, but leave a temporary filling in and wait and see if any symptoms develop. If so, we go back in. If not, we restore.
From: cgsoftlabs on 5 Oct 2005 12:25 "Pain is never normal..." the pain it shows you that you are alive :) Most of the time, if no periapical pathology is detected...the pain after root treatement is because of the bone lesion made by the needles What about after treatment? In most cases after the procedure is completed, you can expect mild discomfort. In other less frequent occasions there might be some more discomfort. But the truth is that in the majority of cases you will not feel anything at all. If you feel anything this can be very easily treated for a few days with an over the counter analgesic. -- Best Regards Christian Gheorghe
From: Joel M. Eichen on 5 Oct 2005 19:58 On 5 Oct 2005 07:08:30 -0700, "InVinoVeritas" <jsanantonio(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I had a root canal done on a tooth that was causing me pain. The >procedure itself was fairly painless (started throbbing towards the >end) but I still have pain when chewing with that tooth (upper middle >molar). Is this considered "normal"? > >Just for some background, the dentist did RCT, core buildup (whatever >that is), and a crown. It's not an extreme pain, but I understood a >root canal to remove the nerves in the tooth, thereby rendering it >unable to even produce pain. Just curious. Sure, there are no nerve fibers INSIDE the root itself but there are plenty inside the alveolus (jawbone). If the bacteria are pushed a little past the apical formen (hole in de end of de root ~ apex = apical), then you get pain! Joel
From: InVinoVeritas on 6 Oct 2005 09:48
>Sure, there are no nerve fibers INSIDE the root itself but there are >plenty inside the alveolus (jawbone). >If the bacteria are pushed a little past the apical formen (hole in de >end of de root ~ apex = apical), then you get pain! >Joel So assuming that is what happened, does that problem rectify itself w/out further treatment? |