Root Canal Detection Prior to a Temporary Crown Posted: 11-30-03 13:14pm
I had an ex-ray done,and my dentist
informed me that I needed a crown on tooth
#19,i then went in to have the build up
treatment,then went in later to have the
temporary crown put on sept 11th,from the
time I had the temporary crown put on I
had nothing but pain,i thought that it was
normal to have some pain after a temporary
crown,on wednesday nov 26th an absess
formed alongside of the temporary crown on
the gum,i then called the dentist on
friday nov 28th,i was asked to come in
that morning,they did an xray and after
the dentist seen the xray he told me that
I needed a root canal,should'nt the dentis
have detected that I needed a root canal
from the xrays before putting a temporary
crown over the tooth?Could the dentist
have drilled down to far into the tooth
causing the nerve to die? Causing me to
have this root canal?I had terrible pain
everyday after the temporary crown was put
on,the dentist drilled into the build-up
before appling the cement for the
temporary crown the area did bleed during
the drilling process,could the dentist
have killed the nerve from the drilling
causing this root canal?
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Christina718
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 26 Location: Queens
Posted: 12-15-03 11:10am
The dentist should have seen you needed a
root canal done..So how are you feeling
right now?
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aly-gator
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Location: IL
Posted: 02-03-05 15:15pm
You know, I am going through a similar
problem..
I had to have a tooth extracted and since
I can't afford an implant, I decided to go
ahead with a bridge.
Well, I did have a filling in one of the
teeth that they cut down and they did
xrays and everything. They fit me with
temp crowns until my bridge came in. I
did have to return to the dentist as the
one crown on the
possible-root-canal-tooth-in-question was
too large.
I went in the other day to get my
permanent bridge on. I told them that I
have had some pain which went away after
taking ibuprofen... I just assumed it was
due to the problems I had with the temp
crown. Well, they numbed me to continue
taking the temp crowns off (as it really
hurt!!!) and did another set of xrays. I
could hear them speaking in the hall about
"the real question is 'is this tooth
saveable?'" I didn't know if they were
talking about me or not.
The dentist came into my room and said
that they were going to put the bridge in
temporarily and have me come back in a
week. He said that hopefully this is just
transitional pain, if not the one tooth
will need a root canal.
Now, I was wondering if that shouldn't
have been noticed prior to putting a temp
on. And is my dentist making up this
"transitional pain" just so I don't freak
out about having to get a root canal? I
am a huge baby when it comes to all things
dental.
It hurts a lot less now than it did, so
maybe he wasn't making it up, but then
what if I am just trying to convince
myself that things are better just because
I don't want to think about getting a root
canal...?? I have some "sensation" in
that side of my face/mouth, but I do know
that it most definitely isn't the same
type of pain I felt before at this point
at least.
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 02-04-05 11:12am
It is not always possible to know ahead of
time that a tooth will need a root
canal.Nerves can swell in response to
having dental work done.Sometimes the
tooth recovers and is just fine and in
other cases,as some of you know,it does
not.When the tooth does not calm down or
develops an abcess,a root canal is needed
to save the tooth.A dentist can sometimes
tell you ahead of time that she/he thinks
the tooth will need a root canal if there
is extensive decay,but sometimes a nerve
in a tooth dies just from being worked
on.Please do not think that your dentist
is not doing a good job,this is how it is
sometimes.
Patty
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Posted: 02-04-05 11:21am
It is not always possible to know if a
tooth will need a root canal ahead of
time.Sometimes the nerve dies just from
the tooth being worked on.It can happen.I
know some of you think your dentist does
not know what is going on,but,nerves can
recover from the dental work and be just
fine,sometimes not.A dentist can sometimes
know ahead of time that a tooth will need
a root canal if there is nerve exposure
from extensive decay,but sometimes teeth
that should be fine can develop abcesses
and need root canals.Nerves of teeth can
do weird things like die for no apparrent
reason other than the fact that the tooth
was worked on.There is no way a dentist
can tell you 100% that that tooth will
never need a root canal if she/he has done
extensive work on that tooth.It seems
strange that you cannot be given that
guarantee,but most dentists will tell you
that.
Patty
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aly-gator
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Location: IL
Posted: 02-07-05 01:08am
Whew! Thanks!
I am very distrusting of dentists anyway,
so this does make me feel better. On a
better note, I have really not had any
pain since getting my bridge affixed
temporarily, so I am hoping that a root
canal will not be necessary.
I think that I got upset because I had to
keep asking him question after question to
find anything out, and when he did answer
me, he had this tone in his voice like I
should have known this already. =(
i think that I just need to find a dentist
that will tell me what they are doing and
why instead of playing 20 questions...
