hi... i had a bridge removed that i wanted redone for pure cosmetic purposes (back teeth,molers). after removal dentist told me that the two teeth holding bridge looked great/do NOT need root canals. He put on temp bridge and send me off with pain killers. For 2 weeks thereafter, I called and visited dentist every 2nd day, as I was in severe pain and the cause thereoff was that the temp bridge was too high! they kept grinding it down. Finally, I called and said that if he doesn't do it right, I will go back to my old dentist, cause the pain was too much and never stopped. He of course told me to come immediately and suprise suprise, I had a hugh absess on my last tooth (which he for some reason did not see the day before, even though I already felt for days that my gums were HUGH!)..He cut the absess open, called a root canal specialist and send me right over for a root canal. The specialist took a look and would have choosen the wrong!!! tooth for a root canal based on his tests! I told him to call my dentist and the talked and the last tooth got a root canal. The specialist then told me that the other tooth holding the bridge also needs a root canal!! Wowieeee how did all that come about???
Question is: did the bridge being too high, causing severe pain & therefore drama to those teeth play a role in the two teeth now suddenly in pain and in need of a root canal???? I kindof think this was a 'set-up' as when I first called about the pain the RECEptionist (not a tech or dentist) immediately said, well, we will send you to a root canal specialist, now how would she have known this??
Further to this, after cutting the absess, he should have put me on antibiotics...which he didn't..and i now for the past 3 weeks have a severe case of oral thrush, probably caused by the 'goo' which came out of the absess, which he didn't even suck up.
Am i wrong, or am i right in that the drama cause by a severely high temp bridge could have caused the additional problems (he agreed, by the way, that the bridge was wayyy to high)....
Thanks for advise!