Hi, I had root canal work on a premolar tooth carried out over two appointments after suffering tooth ache for several months which didn't settle. The second part of the root canal was done last Tuesday and has had a white filling put in for now which will be replaced with a crown in a few months time.
I was in agony before the root canal. After the first appointment the temp filling was too high causing pain on chewing (using the other side)and I had to have it filed down. It didn't settle and at the second appointment last week the dentist found a second canal that she had not been able to see the first time due to all the infection in the tooth. Both canals were cleaned out and filled. X-rays seem fine with no signs of infection and both canals treated according to the dentist.
My filling after this second appointment was again too high and I returned the following day to have it filed down. I was told it might still be too high and to return in a week if it didn't settle down.
Since the weekend I have been in pain again. Ibuprofen and the occasional Codeine help but don't take away the pain. Tapping the tooth hurts and the corner of the tooth that feels too high is very tender. It doesn't help that I grind my teeth quite badly and am waiting to collect a mouth guard at the end of the week for this.
My GP has given me antibiotics in case of infection this morning and I have got another dentists appointment for later this week.
Has anyone had something similar happen? From googling it appears at best it could be the ligament holding the tooth being inflamed causing the pain and at worst the nerve not being properly removed? I'm so tempted to just have the tooth pulled out as I've spent months in pain but it's a side tooth and it would be noticeable when I smile widely until I could get a bridge put in.