Hi karensue,
I am in the dental field and can offer you some information here.
Talk about over prescribed dentistry!!
The original problem seems obvious in that #18 was infected when the crown came off and it should not have been recemented on. This recementation was most likely the cause of the symptoms. In order for the crown to be put back on at that time, the dentist had to debride (clean up) the tooth which stirred up the bacteria and then inflammation set in. Covering an inflamed and infected tooth with a crown is going to cause a build up of pressure in that tooth and that is why you had such pain following the recementation.
The root canal procedure is done to remove some visible nerve tissue and retain the tooth. The procedure cannot cure the infection as the nerve tissue in the microscopic canals cannot be removed. An infected tooth can infect the adjacent teeth and bone and so on. In all probability tooth #18 was infected for a very long time but you were not aware of it until you had pain after the recementation of the crown.
It is possible that the additional root canals may not have been warranted as the pain may have been coming from #18 the whole time. Did the xrays blatantly show that these other teeth were infected prior to performing the root canals? Cold sensitivity is not a legitimate reason to root canal a tooth. So please be cautious about letting anyone do another root canal on you.
You have been on far too many antibiotics and not only hasn't the original problem been solved but now you have several additional compromised and non vital teeth. Your intestinal health is also in jeopardy as the antibiotics have destroyed any good bacteria that was present which could result in an intestinal bacterial infection. Do you take a probiotic supplement? Do you know what that is? Do you want information on that?
You can develop neurological type pain from infected teeth and unfortunately all of the teeth that you had root canaled are harboring bacteria which causes inflammation to the nerves, etc.
May I ask, do you have regular dental care or do you see the dentist when you only have a problem? I am just trying to get a feel of why this has happened to you. Also, do you live in the US ? You can PM me that information if you prefer.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by karensue77
Hi, On December 4th my crown on tooth #18 popped off and started everything. My Dentist re-cemented the crown back on and the pain was excruciating, it went through my mind that something wasn't right. 1 week of non stop pain and I called the dentist back (he is only there on Thursday nights and books up fast).
January 15th he did a root canal on #18 and it was infected so I took 10 days of antibiotics. (he uses the wand machine with 2 different anesthetics).
February 4th, root canal on #18 finished and crown saved and put back on but I was still having hot and cold sensations so we scheduled a root canal for tooth #19. Prescribed a Z pack.
March 12th root canal on tooth #19, another infected tooth so 10 more days of antibiotics.
March 19th emergency visit to dentist for pain. Dentist sanded the crown on #18 down to adjust bite.
March 26th another emergency visit to Dentist. He suggests that I see a specialist but then he decides to take the crown off of #18 because I thought it felt like it was throbbing. He had to numb my whole jaw to get the crown off because of the pain. 10 more days of antibiotics.
April 2nd went to see an Endodontist, the X-rays didn't show anything wrong with #18 or #19. He did a cold test and found #20 to be sensitive so he did a root canal on #20.
April 7th back to Endodontist still in severe pain. He sanded #20 down and gave me 7 days of antibiotics. He did another cold test and #21 now sensitive to cold (#21 is a virgin tooth).
April 23rd back to general Dentist to finish root canal on #19. He suggested seeing a neurologist and not have anymore dental work done. After #19 was finished I had one week of no pain but exactly one week later on April 30th the pain came back full fledged.
May 5th Endodontist took more X-rays and can see no problems. I now have an appointment for a 2D dental scan with an Oral Surgeon on May 11th.
Any ideas on what might be causing all this pain? I can't sleep at night, I'm crabby and frustrated and we are going on vacation May 17th.......been planned for months and can't cancel. Endodontist did give me some vicoden for vacation and another round of antibiotics.
Thank you.
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