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Pearly77
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Lying here at night and can’t sleep. As a child I didn’t have great dental care. Well, hardly any at all. As a result I have a mouthful of fillings and crowns. Five on top and two on the bottom. Four of the crowns (my top 4 teeth) were done a year ago in May. They were done because the old fillings were large and there was concern they would crack. The other crowns —molars — all needed to be replaced due to age and wear and were done this past January. There was never any pain prior to the crowns being placed.
Suddenly, almost all of the nerves in those seven teeth were dying. I went from never having a single root canal at age 44 to having five in the last three months.
five root canals through new crowns. One even turning in to an apico. When they went in to RC every single time there was never infection but dying or inflamed nerves. My Endodontist said he had never seen so many teeth dying at the same time.
CBCT scans, x rays, panoramic, etc—nothing shows up. Strong bone, no infections, no new cavities.
Aside from my teeth going bad I am a healthy 44 year old. I don’t drink or smoke. Gave up soda years ago and brush and floss at least twice a day. Always go in for my six month cleanings and have even started doing three a year. Use Prevident 500 at night.
I am just sick as I type this because now my lower front tooth — a tooth that has never had any work on it at all has that same familiar ache. The last week there has been dull pain (on and off — mainly on). Sensitive to cold and finger pressure but seems to go quickly. Kind of always achy, though — with lots of “flare ups.”
is this another tooth dying? Why??? The tooth has always been crooked on the bottom but lately it seems to have shifted a bit. The most sensitive part of the tooth to pressure seems to be where the tooth pushes up against another. That’s where it is most achy. Could that be causing this aching and sensitivity?
Is there something else wrong with me? Something that is causing this to happen? I have been to an ent and neurologist. Been put on carbamazepine and amitriptyline to no effect.
I am just so lost and feeling hopeless right now. Scared. Scared I’m going to lose all my teeth. That all these root canals are going to fail and I’ll be in dentures. Scared that all my non root canaled teeth will do the same.
What’s happening to me?
Suddenly, almost all of the nerves in those seven teeth were dying. I went from never having a single root canal at age 44 to having five in the last three months.
five root canals through new crowns. One even turning in to an apico. When they went in to RC every single time there was never infection but dying or inflamed nerves. My Endodontist said he had never seen so many teeth dying at the same time.
CBCT scans, x rays, panoramic, etc—nothing shows up. Strong bone, no infections, no new cavities.
Aside from my teeth going bad I am a healthy 44 year old. I don’t drink or smoke. Gave up soda years ago and brush and floss at least twice a day. Always go in for my six month cleanings and have even started doing three a year. Use Prevident 500 at night.
I am just sick as I type this because now my lower front tooth — a tooth that has never had any work on it at all has that same familiar ache. The last week there has been dull pain (on and off — mainly on). Sensitive to cold and finger pressure but seems to go quickly. Kind of always achy, though — with lots of “flare ups.”
is this another tooth dying? Why??? The tooth has always been crooked on the bottom but lately it seems to have shifted a bit. The most sensitive part of the tooth to pressure seems to be where the tooth pushes up against another. That’s where it is most achy. Could that be causing this aching and sensitivity?
Is there something else wrong with me? Something that is causing this to happen? I have been to an ent and neurologist. Been put on carbamazepine and amitriptyline to no effect.
I am just so lost and feeling hopeless right now. Scared. Scared I’m going to lose all my teeth. That all these root canals are going to fail and I’ll be in dentures. Scared that all my non root canaled teeth will do the same.
What’s happening to me?
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