Hi sweethearting,
You would need to see an oral surgeon for the removal of the tooth/teeth. The tightness that you feel could be inflammation form infection. Root canals cannot cure the infection inside of a tooth because it is impossible to reach the countless tiny canals that have infected nerve material inside of them. These tiny canals are called accessory canals or dentin tubules. So both of these teeth, the broken one with the started root canal and the one with the old root canal treatment are infected and will continue to be infected irrelevant of how well the root canal procedure is done. There is no such thing as a "specialist" Endodontist. These dentists only perform root canal therapy and nothing makes one more special over another.
Your physical symptoms could be related to the inflammation and infection. Imagine a splinter in your finger that has been festering for months or years...... picture what that area of your finger would look and feel like. Imagine the pain from that splinter radiating into your hand and beyond. That is the same principal as an infected tooth. The only way to cure the infection in your finger and the radiating pain would be to remove the splinter because that is the source of your infection. The same holds true with our teeth.... the only way to remove the source of the infection is to remove the tooth/teeth.
I know this is a scary time for you.... and you feel so crummy on top of it. I've given you the information you need to understand the infection process. Go with your instincts on this... don't let any dentist convince you of anything you do not feel comfortable with. Ask your general dentist what your replacement options would be if you chose to have these teeth out.
Keep us posted ok....
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by sweethearting
hello i,m new on this forum bur have introduced on newcomers page. I,m off to the dentist tommorow again after being in pain for 3 and half weeks (1 week was pain after broken tooth filling) and 2 and half weeks after 1st part of root canal. I, m going to ask him for x ray as other teeth on my left upper side are now hurting (in fact they have hurt since I had the filling, it feels like my teeth have moved and are being pushed together very tightly, could the first dentist who did the filling have made the tooth bigger after it broke, could that cause problems ?.) I went to a different dentists for the root canal treatment a practice which has a specialist endodontist. Anyway I,ve had the worst headache and vomited this morning. I was wondering if the pain is just as bad tommorow I,m going to get him to look at my 16 year old root canal aswell which is two teeth away and I am thinking about getting him to pull the tooth, do I need to go to a specialist to have the tooth removed is there some certain qualification I am looking for in a dentist as I have read some horrible stories on here about infection not being fully excavated when teeth are pulled. thanks for reading x  |