post root canal pain

[Aharami]

had a toothache last week and got a root canal (my first) done this past fri. I still have the followup appt this coming fri for either a filling or a crown. Dentist said it might be sensitive and prescribed vicodin (and penicillin) just in case. My tooth was fine all yesterday but today it suddenly started hurting again. Not a sharp pain, but something like a sore pain. It has slowly gotten worse and now is at a point where I cant even bite without wincing. Vicodin didn't do much.

Is this normal? I'd call the dentist, but unfortunately her office is closed now.

 

[JohnCU]

any swelling?

 

[Aharami]

none that i can see.
oh and the tooth (first molar on lower left) feels like it's loose, but cant see any visible movement. it hurts if i put pressure on it with my tongue.

 

[Chronoshock]

More vicodin!

 

[Aharami]

man this sucks. wife made meatloaf (w/o knowing my tooth was hurting again) and I wont even be able to enjoy it fully.
I love meatloaf

 

[Wag]

Dry socket. Youch. If it is really bothering you I suggest going back. Either you need stronger painkillers or your antibiotics aren't working. Either way you should contact your dentist immediately. Pain is a signal something is wrong.

 

[Heller]

never ever get Vicodin, that's week shit.

make sure you get at least perc's

 

[senseamp]

Put meatloaf in blender

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Aharami
had a toothache last week and got a root canal (my first) done this past fri. I still have the followup appt this coming fri for either a filling or a crown. Dentist said it might be sensitive and prescribed vicodin (and penicillin) just in case. My tooth was fine all yesterday but today it suddenly started hurting again. Not a sharp pain, but something like a sore pain. It has slowly gotten worse and now is at a point where I cant even bite without wincing. Vicodin didn't do much.

Is this normal? I'd call the dentist, but unfortunately her office is closed now.

Never heard of anything but a partial or full crown after a root canal. How could a filling cover that much of the tooth's natural crown without breaking?

Anyhow, where is the pain? The nerves of the roots of the tooth should be gone now. Sounds like he didn't get them all.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Wag
Dry socket. Youch. If it is really bothering you I suggest going back. Either you need stronger painkillers or your antibiotics aren't working. Either way you should contact your dentist immediately. Pain is a signal something is wrong.

dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: jjsole
Never heard of anything but a partial or full crown after a root canal. How could a filling cover that much of the tooth's natural crown without breaking?

Anyhow, where is the pain? The nerves of the roots of the tooth should be gone now. Sounds like he didn't get them all.

yea i mistyped. partial or full crown
pain is at the base of the tooth...in the gums. im guessing she didnt get all of them either. but what i dont get is that there was NO pain all of fri and yesterday. started all of a sudden this afternoon

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

wha?

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: JohnCU
dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

wha?

something like advil or aleve

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: JohnCU
dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

wha?

something like advil or aleve

ah. is advil stronger than vicodin? there is no swelling btw

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: JohnCU
dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

wha?

something like advil or aleve

ah. is advil stronger than vicodin? there is no swelling btw

you might have some inflammation that you just can't see. advil isn't stronger than vicodin it just works in a different way.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Aharami
had a toothache last week and got a root canal (my first) done this past fri. I still have the followup appt this coming fri for either a filling or a crown. Dentist said it might be sensitive and prescribed vicodin (and penicillin) just in case. My tooth was fine all yesterday but today it suddenly started hurting again. Not a sharp pain, but something like a sore pain. It has slowly gotten worse and now is at a point where I cant even bite without wincing. Vicodin didn't do much.

Is this normal? I'd call the dentist, but unfortunately her office is closed now.

Never heard of anything but a partial or full crown after a root canal. How could a filling cover that much of the tooth's natural crown without breaking?

Anyhow, where is the pain? The nerves of the roots of the tooth should be gone now. Sounds like he didn't get them all.

I had a root canal on a molar and there was enough tooth leftover that the dentist decided just use a filling. That was eight years ago and it seems to be fine.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: jjsole
Never heard of anything but a partial or full crown after a root canal. How could a filling cover that much of the tooth's natural crown without breaking?

Anyhow, where is the pain? The nerves of the roots of the tooth should be gone now. Sounds like he didn't get them all.

yea i mistyped. partial or full crown
pain is at the base of the tooth...in the gums. im guessing she didnt get all of them either. but what i dont get is that there was NO pain all of fri and yesterday. started all of a sudden this afternoon

Hopefully its not an infection, but is always a risk. To get pain on the third day doesn't necessarily mean that is the case tho, it might have taken that long for alcohol to dissipate from within the canal. I'm no expert tho, obviously its something that needs to be monitored, and fortunately you already have an appt. this week.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Strk

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Aharami
had a toothache last week and got a root canal (my first) done this past fri. I still have the followup appt this coming fri for either a filling or a crown. Dentist said it might be sensitive and prescribed vicodin (and penicillin) just in case. My tooth was fine all yesterday but today it suddenly started hurting again. Not a sharp pain, but something like a sore pain. It has slowly gotten worse and now is at a point where I cant even bite without wincing. Vicodin didn't do much.

Is this normal? I'd call the dentist, but unfortunately her office is closed now.

Never heard of anything but a partial or full crown after a root canal. How could a filling cover that much of the tooth's natural crown without breaking?

Anyhow, where is the pain? The nerves of the roots of the tooth should be gone now. Sounds like he didn't get them all.

I had a root canal on a molar and there was enough tooth leftover that the dentist decided just use a filling. That was eight years ago and it seems to be fine.

Cool. I've usually had root canals after a significant amount of decay has led to an infection. So there's already the decay, and then the grinding to open up the roots. I guess it depends on how much of the tooth is still good before the root canal, and how many roots the tooth has as well.

 

[MovingTarget]

Ouch

 

[Wag]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Wag
Dry socket. Youch. If it is really bothering you I suggest going back. Either you need stronger painkillers or your antibiotics aren't working. Either way you should contact your dentist immediately. Pain is a signal something is wrong.

dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

Ah, my mistake, I thought he had a rebuilt tooth like I did, where I had to have a complete reconstruction. But you are incorrect when you said dry socket is just from wisdom teeth reomoval, it can happen at any tooth.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Wag

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Wag
Dry socket. Youch. If it is really bothering you I suggest going back. Either you need stronger painkillers or your antibiotics aren't working. Either way you should contact your dentist immediately. Pain is a signal something is wrong.

dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

Ah, my mistake, I thought he had a rebuilt tooth like I did, where I had to have a complete reconstruction. But you are incorrect when you said dry socket is just from wisdom teeth reomoval, it can happen at any tooth.

oh well i stand corrected also then

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Wag
Dry socket. Youch. If it is really bothering you I suggest going back. Either you need stronger painkillers or your antibiotics aren't working. Either way you should contact your dentist immediately. Pain is a signal something is wrong.

dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

Dry socket can be from ANY tooth removal, but you are correct in that it doesn't happen in root canals as they are packed (and there is really no blood clot to dislodge causing the dry socket).

 

[Rubycon]

Take four ibuprofen (motrin, nuprin, etc.) - that's 800mg prescription dose. Just don't exceed 3.2 grams in a 24 hour period. If that does not kill the pain you may want to call your dentist back. :laugh:

 

[CowZ]

Theres a possibility that he did not remove all the nerves of that tooth. Check with your doc about that. When i had mine done, there really wasn't any pain at all afterwards. I don't even remember taking painkillers. Maybe everyone reacts differently.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Wag
Dry socket. Youch. If it is really bothering you I suggest going back. Either you need stronger painkillers or your antibiotics aren't working. Either way you should contact your dentist immediately. Pain is a signal something is wrong.

dry socket is from wisdom teeth removal, not a root canal.

try some NSAIDs to reduce inflammation.

Dry socket can be from ANY tooth removal, but you are correct in that it doesn't happen in root canals as they are packed (and there is really no blood clot to dislodge causing the dry socket).

yeah yeah i already said i was wrong!