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Squashface
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Can anyone help me? I had a root canal on my crowned front upper tooth 4 weeks ago. It was done by a very skilled endodontist and he said it had all gone well when checking the x-ray afterwards.
I’ve had very mild pain/tenderness since it was done, but only when I push the back of my tooth with my tongue. I can eat and bite into food without any pain. I also get a bit of throbbing in the tooth when I going running. I posted last week about this as I was slightly concerned it hadn’t significantly improved (see post “Mild Pain 3 Weeks after Root Canal”). It’s hard to say if it’s getting better or worse as it seems to fluctuate day to day, but it’s by no means ever severe pain so I don’t feel the need to take painkillers.
Today I rang the dental clinic to ask whether I should be concerned. I was told it’s fairly normal for there to be some tenderness for a few weeks. But if it doesn’t go away by next week, they’ll prescribe antibiotics as their maybe a lingering infection in the tissues surrounding the tooth. The way this was said it sounded fairly standard.
I was given a 7 day course of amoxicillin prior to the root canal as there was an abscess and with Covid-19 I may not have been seen quickly. After the 7 days there was still a bit of throbbing and some pain. Does this mean the bacteria may be resistant to amoxicillin? Should I ask for a different antibiotic if I am told I need to take more? Also has anyone ever found that antibiotics get rid of pain after a root canal? When ever I google anything it just says pain and/or infection after a root canal indicates a failure, so the root canal procedure needs redoing. The endodontist still thinks the root canal is good.
If anyone can shed any light that would be great.
I’ve had very mild pain/tenderness since it was done, but only when I push the back of my tooth with my tongue. I can eat and bite into food without any pain. I also get a bit of throbbing in the tooth when I going running. I posted last week about this as I was slightly concerned it hadn’t significantly improved (see post “Mild Pain 3 Weeks after Root Canal”). It’s hard to say if it’s getting better or worse as it seems to fluctuate day to day, but it’s by no means ever severe pain so I don’t feel the need to take painkillers.
Today I rang the dental clinic to ask whether I should be concerned. I was told it’s fairly normal for there to be some tenderness for a few weeks. But if it doesn’t go away by next week, they’ll prescribe antibiotics as their maybe a lingering infection in the tissues surrounding the tooth. The way this was said it sounded fairly standard.
I was given a 7 day course of amoxicillin prior to the root canal as there was an abscess and with Covid-19 I may not have been seen quickly. After the 7 days there was still a bit of throbbing and some pain. Does this mean the bacteria may be resistant to amoxicillin? Should I ask for a different antibiotic if I am told I need to take more? Also has anyone ever found that antibiotics get rid of pain after a root canal? When ever I google anything it just says pain and/or infection after a root canal indicates a failure, so the root canal procedure needs redoing. The endodontist still thinks the root canal is good.
If anyone can shed any light that would be great.