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Getting Anxious
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- May 2, 2019
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- New York
Hi-I am new here. I never had any fear of the dentist. I go every 6 months for cleaning and check-up. Long story short- I cracked tooth # 5 but no pain. My dentist put a temp filling in told me to chew mostly on the other side until I came back from vacation. He said it didn't need root canal. A month later #14 cracks, again no pain but I go in to have them worked on. He says no root canal needed on that one either. He does a crown prep on 14 and that's where it all began to go downhill. After the numbness wore off I was in terrible pain and couldn't bear to chew or even touch the tooth without awful pain. He said it needed time to "settle down" and when the permanent crown went on it would be better. Permanent crown 2 weeks later and pain is increasing so he puts it in with temp cement and I go to the endodontist who does first stage of root canal, says it was infected and "never would have healed on it's own". The crown goes back on with temp cement, antibiotics and another appointment in 3 weeks to finish treatment. Ten days later #5 acts up bad and he has to do first stage on that one. Now I have 2 open root canals on opposite sides, eating like a rabbit but probably chewing a bit more on #14 because it has the crown. The gum line on the crown was very tender from the beginning and got worse with chewing. When I went back to get the root canal finished, my endodontist wouldn't do it because I still had pain in the gum and a bit of stinging going on somewhere in the tooth. He decided to finish #5 that day so I could get it crowned and take the chewing pressure off of 14 so it could heal. He also gave me peridix because the gum was bleeding a bit.
It has been a week since he finished #5. I can chew on it fine with no pain but it still "stings" a bit every now and then. I have an appointment tomorrow with my dentist for a crown prep- I AM PETRIFIED! This is how it all started. It's been 7 weeks and I am in such a state of anxiety that I'm not sleeping well, losing weight and am getting obsessed with this not going away. I still have the other one to deal with too.
Is this very abnormal or am I just over-reacting ? I am usually a happy person. Any encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long post but I have to get it out.
It has been a week since he finished #5. I can chew on it fine with no pain but it still "stings" a bit every now and then. I have an appointment tomorrow with my dentist for a crown prep- I AM PETRIFIED! This is how it all started. It's been 7 weeks and I am in such a state of anxiety that I'm not sleeping well, losing weight and am getting obsessed with this not going away. I still have the other one to deal with too.
Is this very abnormal or am I just over-reacting ? I am usually a happy person. Any encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long post but I have to get it out.