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Should I go for the root canal or continue searching the source of the pain?
Tuesday of last week, I started having pain in some of my lower right teeth, mainly around my pre-molars. Went to see my dentist yesterday and he doesn't see any problems and I have no cold, hot, pressure sensitivity. The dentist said one tooth is perfectly healthy (no restoration on it) and my other pre-molar does have some filling on it. He asked me to wait a week, and if I still had pain, he could do a root canal. I had similar pain in the past where the dentist suggested a root canal, but the pain would either just go to a new spot, or simply stay around the same area and the dentist isn't sure a root canal on my current painful tooth will fix my issue.
I'm quite fearful so I take sedation for dental treatment (I'm fine for the cleaning and for the dentist exams) and being in this situation where I don't know why I'm in pain makes me nervous/anxious. I've been going from one dental problem (with some moments where I felt better in between) to another since I started working / graduated from university back in (end of) summer 2009 and I just hope I can stop having these pain my dentist can't explain.
I'm not sure if I want to go for a root canal to see if it will stop the pain or just wait to see if eventually we can't find a clear source of my pain. The other thing is that I don't want to end up with pain during the Christmas holidays. Would anyone have some recommendations?
Tuesday of last week, I started having pain in some of my lower right teeth, mainly around my pre-molars. Went to see my dentist yesterday and he doesn't see any problems and I have no cold, hot, pressure sensitivity. The dentist said one tooth is perfectly healthy (no restoration on it) and my other pre-molar does have some filling on it. He asked me to wait a week, and if I still had pain, he could do a root canal. I had similar pain in the past where the dentist suggested a root canal, but the pain would either just go to a new spot, or simply stay around the same area and the dentist isn't sure a root canal on my current painful tooth will fix my issue.
I'm quite fearful so I take sedation for dental treatment (I'm fine for the cleaning and for the dentist exams) and being in this situation where I don't know why I'm in pain makes me nervous/anxious. I've been going from one dental problem (with some moments where I felt better in between) to another since I started working / graduated from university back in (end of) summer 2009 and I just hope I can stop having these pain my dentist can't explain.
I'm not sure if I want to go for a root canal to see if it will stop the pain or just wait to see if eventually we can't find a clear source of my pain. The other thing is that I don't want to end up with pain during the Christmas holidays. Would anyone have some recommendations?