Crown of 6 Weeks Still Extremely Sensitive to Cold Drink Posted: 01-09-04 00:32am
The dentist says the xrays shows nothing
wrong with the tooth underneath and there
is nothing wrong with the crown. He
suggests a root canal.
I disagree. There must be something
wrong. Either there is a small flaw
in the crown fit or the quality of the
material... Before the crown was
installed I have had the same filling for
25 years. The tooth ached once in a while
but I never had this sensitivity to cold
drink. Please if you have any ideas let
me know... Thank you.
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mike101
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 136 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted: 01-09-04 01:27am
I would tend to agree with the dentist.
If you have developed a sensitivity to
cold, then it would indicate an underlying
problem with the tooth rather than the
crown.
I am surprised that the dentist would have
put a crown on the tooth if you had
indicated occoasional problems with the
tooth.
Mike
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cinnamonsparky
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 5
Re Posted: 01-09-04 17:05pm
You dentist may be right, but what
surprises me is that he did not tell you
that you just may have some nervers
surfacing and if you used the special
tooth paste, over the counter its
sensadine (dont think thats spelled right
sense-a-dine).
This tooth paste will help the nevers
receed and make you less senative to hot
and cold. Its just a thought you may
like to try that before you get more work
done to the tooth.
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Absinthe
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Washington State
Posted: 01-23-04 18:43pm
All dental work is traumatic to your
teeth. Most of the time they heal just
fine, but eventually the nerve becomes so
irritated that it starts to die. This is
probably happening to your tooth.
Crowns require a great portion of tooth to
be removed and this is a severe trauma to
the tooth. If it was already sensitive,
then this could have been the "straw that
broke the camel's back."
i had a tooth become sensitive after a
crown, and it stayed that way for about 2
years. Then it suddenly flared up and
caused me horrible pain until I had the
root canal. My advice is to maybe wait a
little while longer, but if it doesn't get
better pretty soon then go have the rc.
You don't want it to go bad on you when
you least expect it. Not fun.
