I been having extreme pain in my tooth for the past few days and went to my dentist today to see what was going on. She said that she took an xray and told me it wasn't infected but was dying. This is the second tooth since I've had rsd that has died on me. The first one was pulled last year because it got infected. I asked her to pull this one too, but because of all the dry sockets I got from the first tooth pulled, she thought it would be better to see an endodontic root canal specialist and try to save the tooth. She was concerned that my rsd could spread if I had another tooth pulled. She said that she thought that the rsd is attacking the nerves in my teeth and killing them. She said she's been studying rsd since she heard about it from me. She then sent me tonight to the endodontic dr because I couldn't wait another day to have my root canal done.
The pain was so bad. He confirmed my tooth was dying after taking another xray and that a root canal would be better than pulling the tooth. He told me in so many words that the rsd could still spread after a root canal, but there was less of a chance than if it were pulled. I said to do the root canal and I said that I would take my chances. I couldn't live with this pain, and felt I had not choice. He started the root canal and took the nerves out of the dying tooth after numbing my mouth with three shots of novacaine. That's on top of the shot my dentist gave me before I went to see him. My mouth is really sore, but the pain is not nearly as bad now thank goodness. I still have to go back two more times to finish the procedure but am glad I did it. I also am glad I have such excellent dentists and endodontics. They were so caring treated me right away. I just wanted to share my story, because I never knew that rsd could attack the nerves in the teeth. But I guess it makes sense. It it a nerve disorder. Plus the fact that I've never had teeth die until after I got rsd. Well, I hope you all have a better night than I did, and a better day tomorrow. Take care.