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Carlotta
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Hello everyone. Today my dentist opened up my tooth that had already undergone a root canal because not long after having a zirconia crown fitted, my gum flared up along the palate side with puss. She didn't give me any anesthetic because the area was infected and swollen.
What I would like to know is, why it hurt me when she pushed those "torturous pin-like" endodontic files up the canal. When she reached a particular point I would feel a sharp pain and flinch back. And then she kept doing it even though I started trembling with fear and had tears rolling down my cheeks. I whimpered but she just wanted to get on with it. Why did I feel pain if there is no nerve in the tooth?
I also remember that when I originally had the root canal done (in two visits), on the first visit there was no pain (as I had been given anaesthetic - which I also had a scary reaction to but that's a whole other story that I will leave for another day) but on the 2nd visit, which was to close up the canal, she said I wouldn't need anaesthetic because the nerve had akready been taken out - but every time she poked those files right up as far as they could go - I could feel pain. I could feel everything. Has this happened to anyone else?
I have to go back agian to close the canal that she reopend but I am terrified - I would literally rather be given lashes that have that file anywhere near my face again - seriously. I am a very anxious person and this just makes everything worse! Please help me....
What I would like to know is, why it hurt me when she pushed those "torturous pin-like" endodontic files up the canal. When she reached a particular point I would feel a sharp pain and flinch back. And then she kept doing it even though I started trembling with fear and had tears rolling down my cheeks. I whimpered but she just wanted to get on with it. Why did I feel pain if there is no nerve in the tooth?
I also remember that when I originally had the root canal done (in two visits), on the first visit there was no pain (as I had been given anaesthetic - which I also had a scary reaction to but that's a whole other story that I will leave for another day) but on the 2nd visit, which was to close up the canal, she said I wouldn't need anaesthetic because the nerve had akready been taken out - but every time she poked those files right up as far as they could go - I could feel pain. I could feel everything. Has this happened to anyone else?
I have to go back agian to close the canal that she reopend but I am terrified - I would literally rather be given lashes that have that file anywhere near my face again - seriously. I am a very anxious person and this just makes everything worse! Please help me....
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