Hi amee,
The problem is that your tooth is infected. There is no dental procedure that can cure an infected tooth. Root canal therapy can sometimes temporarily subside the symptoms but it does not cure the infection and the tooth would need to be removed at some point.
The dentist may have drilled too deeply into the tooth when she did the filling or the decay may have been too extensive and that is what infected the nerve. Sometimes when the decay is deep it is inevitable that the nerve will die.... and the tooth does not have to be worked on for this to happen.
You feel betrayed because it is hard for you to understand what has happened because your dentist lead you to believe that the root canal treatment was going to solve your problem. As I said, the treatment cannot cure the infection.
Your symptoms you are having associated with this tooth will subside after the tooth is removed. If you wait, the pain will get worse and the infection will spread. You may develop a swelling and/or a fistula (looks like a pimple) above the tooth as the infection spreads. The fistula means that the infection has spread to the bone. So it is best to take care of this problem before that occurs.
I would suggest that you have an oral surgeon remove this tooth not your general dentist. They are more experienced and have a better understanding of the removal of teeth.
Please keep us posted okay...
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by amee
I am a new comer here. I have been suffering for the past 9 months or so. I had gone for a dental clean and the dentist told me that one of my fillings needed replacement. She replaced the filling and the pain started. I was told that now the tooth needed root canal treatment. The treatment continued but the pain persisted from the bone to my ears and the left side of my face and my cheek bone on and off for the past 9 months.
I have been on endless antibiotics and pain killers during the whole process. The crown broke and had to be replaced this month. The pain and feeling of extreme discomfort continues starting at the bottom in the bone of the tooth with the root canal. my ears feel blocked like in an airplane and sometimes the pain and a feeling of tightness radiates to the back of my ears and the whole ear.
I had a CT scan of my sinuses and they are clear. The CT scan of my face shows there is no Temporomandibular joint disorder. The ENT specialist says there is nothing wrong with my ear. There is a sign of some composite material that has exited the root and is seen below the root of the treated tooth in the scan. Is this normal? Has the dentist drilled in too deep into the root?
Please tell me if this is the cause of my problems and if this is going to continue and what is the solution. My dentist and his team, I feel, are trying to cover up something that they did wrong.
Please, please help me.
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