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TINA LOUZON

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Thanks for your input!!
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