I have a root canal scheduled for Tuesday and I fear she is going to work on the wrong tooth

[Wallymom]

I have sensitivity to hot food/liquids a couple of times per day for 2 months now. The endodontist did a bite test (negative), hammer test (negative) and ice test. She was deciding which lower molar was problematic and I feel the pain isn't coming from the last molar like she believes, but the molar adjacent to it. Can I be mistaken? She told me the rear molar has a small crack and the only test that indicated the very rear molar was the ice test in which I had a few extra seconds of sensitivity. Should I proceed with the rear tooth even I believe the pain is coming from an adjacent tooth??

I'm going on a cruise in 3 weeks and I'm anxious as to whether I should address this now or after the cruise. I've needed one root canal in the past and had a painful tooth ache. I just fear it could turn into this on a cruise ship. If I wasn't traveling, I would be waiting on it!

Thanks!

 

[Gordon]

There are a few more tests the endodontist could do, heat test, test cavity electronic pulp test, which might narrow things down a bit more.

 

[Wallymom]

Thanks for responding so quickly! She did one pass with a heat test and stopped. I didn't feel anything but a little warmth. Perhaps the equipment wasn't working properly. I'm starting to understand how difficult it can be for an endodontist.

 

[Gordon]

Amen to that one, getting the right tooth is the (relatively) easy bit