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loopylass
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- Oct 5, 2019
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Hi - everyone is so helpful on here and I‘m often reading other peoples stories for help with my own teeth.
I’m looking for reassurance as I’m in a tizz about an upper premolar that’s going to be completed next week. I’ve had a couple of failed root canals on other teeth that are now extracted, they were cracked teeth, and never got pain free even after initial clean out of nerve. This one was started in January and became infected recently so has been cleaned out, and is not giving me pain but is tender. The dentist did the tap test and it didn’t hurt - it’s just tender if I press on it with my tongue. The x ray didn’t show infection and I’d had a course of antibiotics prior to the cleaning. Dentist said it’s just some residual infection. I understand as Gordon says, that this is because the root treatment has not been completed. I’ve had tenderness for so long now with that tooth that I want to hope that it’ll be better after it’s been completed - but I’m worried it’ll end up being another failed tooth. I am nervous about the actual appointment as they’ll be masked up and in full PPE, which will be scary, but I am preparing myself for that, my main fear is that I’ll still have months of tenderness afterwards. It makes is so hard to forget about the tooth then. I can’t take anti inflammatory meds so have to rely on paracetamol to bring down any inflammation. Have others had similar tenderness that has gone away after treatment?
I’m looking for reassurance as I’m in a tizz about an upper premolar that’s going to be completed next week. I’ve had a couple of failed root canals on other teeth that are now extracted, they were cracked teeth, and never got pain free even after initial clean out of nerve. This one was started in January and became infected recently so has been cleaned out, and is not giving me pain but is tender. The dentist did the tap test and it didn’t hurt - it’s just tender if I press on it with my tongue. The x ray didn’t show infection and I’d had a course of antibiotics prior to the cleaning. Dentist said it’s just some residual infection. I understand as Gordon says, that this is because the root treatment has not been completed. I’ve had tenderness for so long now with that tooth that I want to hope that it’ll be better after it’s been completed - but I’m worried it’ll end up being another failed tooth. I am nervous about the actual appointment as they’ll be masked up and in full PPE, which will be scary, but I am preparing myself for that, my main fear is that I’ll still have months of tenderness afterwards. It makes is so hard to forget about the tooth then. I can’t take anti inflammatory meds so have to rely on paracetamol to bring down any inflammation. Have others had similar tenderness that has gone away after treatment?