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I cannot find my last post so I am making a new one. To cut a long story short I had a tooth near the front of the mouth that needed a deep filling. Dentist at the time said I needed root canal. She tried to do it and my nerves could not get numb enough so she did an ordinary filling. Went on holiday and developed an infection in the tooth. Holiday dentist said I need root canal and I developed a pimple on the gum above the tooth which was painful to touch. My dentist said I did not have a tooth infection but a gum infection. She said the tooth still needed root canal but she reminded me that when she tried before my nerve endings could not get numb enough to deal with it but she would see if she could try again. Since she was a private dentist I decided her price was too high and found a new dentist on the NHS. A friend recommended her dentist and I registered. I told the dentist about this issue and he said he would see what he could do.
Today was the appointment and as you can imagine I was a little nervous because of my previous experience. The new dentist did the root canal and it did not hurt at all and at the end of the appointment he said it had been successfully done and I was glad. He said he could see that there was still puss inside the tooth so he put some solution in it and a temporary filling and wanted to complete it all at the next follow up visit. I asked him about the lump on my gum and he said that if root canal is successful then that lump would be got rid of as he cleaned out the tooth.
I have come home and the anesthetic has worn off but I still have the lump on my gum which when I pressed on it was a it tender. I do not know why this is still the case after what he told me today. The root canal went very well (I am quoting his words) so if it went very well why do I still have this tender lump on my gum? I am going to phone the dental practice tomorrow to query this because according to the dentist this lump should not be there if root canal has been successful.
I am very upset about it
Today was the appointment and as you can imagine I was a little nervous because of my previous experience. The new dentist did the root canal and it did not hurt at all and at the end of the appointment he said it had been successfully done and I was glad. He said he could see that there was still puss inside the tooth so he put some solution in it and a temporary filling and wanted to complete it all at the next follow up visit. I asked him about the lump on my gum and he said that if root canal is successful then that lump would be got rid of as he cleaned out the tooth.
I have come home and the anesthetic has worn off but I still have the lump on my gum which when I pressed on it was a it tender. I do not know why this is still the case after what he told me today. The root canal went very well (I am quoting his words) so if it went very well why do I still have this tender lump on my gum? I am going to phone the dental practice tomorrow to query this because according to the dentist this lump should not be there if root canal has been successful.
I am very upset about it