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madsteph
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Hi all,
I've posted so many questions about root canals so I thought it wouldn't hurt to post another!
I had my root canal done on Tues - no pain during the treatment as I was sedated and no real pain once the anaesthetic wore off although I did take 2 pain killers as that what he recommended. He did say to me that it was likely I would feel some pain and that it could take a while to go away. I'd like to mention here that he also said on a scale of one to ten, my root canal was about a 7 in terms of difficulty - lots of infection, very deep filling etc.
Since last tues I've been taking pain killers every day. As soon as I take a pain killer, the pain goes away. It doesn't hurt that much unless I leave it for quite some time in which case it aches (I think this could partly be due to the fact that I'm a teacher so I have to talk quite a bit). But like I said - as soon as I take a pain killer, the pain is gone.
I've not eaten on the tooth at all - some food has escaped over there and I've had a little go and whilst it seems to put up with it, the tooth still feels quite delicate and I don't think it could withstand be chomping away on some seriously chewy food.
I'm just wondering if what I've described is all normal? So far today I've only taken some pain killers in the morn and the tooth has not really caused me any probs. Because it was a difficult tooth, do you think that the pain might go on a bit longer than normal? Should I wait for my inlay to be put in before eating down on it (got to wait a month for this - not sure the difference between inlay and crown? just know it still costs quite a bit!).
Also it seems that once one thing goes wrong in my mouth, everything else starts..on the top right hand side of my mouth, my gum appears to be quite sore..not any of the tooth near the gum but just the gum itself..i've had a feel around and I can't feel any ulcers or anything but it's quite sore..if i move my mouth around i can feel it (it's like i'd expect an ulcer to be there but there isn't?) anyone have any clues as to what might be wrong? not had the sore gum long, just a few days after root canal (root canal may i add is on the other side and is on one of the back teeth)
Sorry for all the questions! I know you lovely dentists will help me
Steph x
I've posted so many questions about root canals so I thought it wouldn't hurt to post another!
I had my root canal done on Tues - no pain during the treatment as I was sedated and no real pain once the anaesthetic wore off although I did take 2 pain killers as that what he recommended. He did say to me that it was likely I would feel some pain and that it could take a while to go away. I'd like to mention here that he also said on a scale of one to ten, my root canal was about a 7 in terms of difficulty - lots of infection, very deep filling etc.
Since last tues I've been taking pain killers every day. As soon as I take a pain killer, the pain goes away. It doesn't hurt that much unless I leave it for quite some time in which case it aches (I think this could partly be due to the fact that I'm a teacher so I have to talk quite a bit). But like I said - as soon as I take a pain killer, the pain is gone.
I've not eaten on the tooth at all - some food has escaped over there and I've had a little go and whilst it seems to put up with it, the tooth still feels quite delicate and I don't think it could withstand be chomping away on some seriously chewy food.
I'm just wondering if what I've described is all normal? So far today I've only taken some pain killers in the morn and the tooth has not really caused me any probs. Because it was a difficult tooth, do you think that the pain might go on a bit longer than normal? Should I wait for my inlay to be put in before eating down on it (got to wait a month for this - not sure the difference between inlay and crown? just know it still costs quite a bit!).
Also it seems that once one thing goes wrong in my mouth, everything else starts..on the top right hand side of my mouth, my gum appears to be quite sore..not any of the tooth near the gum but just the gum itself..i've had a feel around and I can't feel any ulcers or anything but it's quite sore..if i move my mouth around i can feel it (it's like i'd expect an ulcer to be there but there isn't?) anyone have any clues as to what might be wrong? not had the sore gum long, just a few days after root canal (root canal may i add is on the other side and is on one of the back teeth)
Sorry for all the questions! I know you lovely dentists will help me
Steph x