What to do in the 2 weeks before the root canal?
Big throbbing hole in my tooth. Two weeks until the root canal. No instructions on what to do in the meantime. I flossed out a very large filling the other week. I went to my local clinic on an...
View ArticleWhen Root Canals Fail...
I had a root canal two months ago and now have pain in that tooth. I am supposed to have the crown put on tomorrow. Should I wait to have the crown procedure started? I am supposed to have the first...
View ArticleMy root canal... it tickles?
What is this sensation I'm feeling after getting a root canal? I had a root canal on a molar exactly three weeks ago. Some of the alveolar bone between the roots had been lost, but when I went back to...
View ArticleWhy do antibiotics make it hurt worse in my teeth area?
Why does my tooth pain get so much worse after each antibiotic dose? Secondary infection at the site of a few month-old root canal in a back molar. Infection caused by bruising from a bite occlusion...
View ArticleDo I need to Crest-strip it?
I've got a bum tooth up front, and want to get a crown -- do I need to bother trying to bleach/whiten my teeth ahead of time, or just go with whatever shade I am now as a match? Pertinent information:...
View ArticleIs it realistic to attempt to have a root canal without anesthetic?
Is it realistic to attempt to have a root canal without anesthetic? My wife is about three months pregnant. She has an abscess in one of her lateral incisors. The dentist wants to perform a root canal....
View Articlepost-procedure dental pain
Should it hurt this much two days after having two teeth pulled? So I had two teeth pulled on Monday. I had been in pain for two weeks before that, and had some pain meds for four days prior to the...
View ArticleDrilling seems to be the root of the problem.
Was my co-worker the victim of a bad dental procedure? How should she proceed now she needs more expensive work done? A co-worker of mine recently went to a new dentist for a cleaning and was told she...
View ArticlePermanent crown fitted on a temp basis - how long to wait for my tooth to...
My dentist inserted my permanent crown in a temporary fashion due to my tooth's uncertainty about whether it likes all of this intrusive behaviour - how long to wait to see if it will settle down?...
View ArticleWhat's the best of three unappealing options?
I will be having a root canal soon, but the dentist has told me that the damage to the tooth may not be treatable by the root canal, and that other action may be necessary. He's given me a few options...
View ArticleTell me about your root canal!
Tell me about your root canal! Long story short, I had a VERY deep cavity filled about a year ago on my farthest-back molar, but it hasn't quite done the trick and I probably need a root canal. My...
View ArticleYou've royally screwed me...
Is is normal for a dental crown to be so painful? About two weeks ago I asked a hypothetical dental question - well here's an actual one. I had a tooth that felt perfectly fine, but after my dentist...
View ArticleIs dental tourism is Brazil a good idea?
Dental tourism filter: should I do this root canal treatment in Brazil? I have a root canal treatment and a trip to Brazil scheduled. Should I made the two into one? Cost would be the main reason for...
View ArticleDo I need to do anything about the tooth that just fell out?
I had a root canal on a tooth a couple years ago, and never got a crown on it. Most of the rest of the tooth just fell out. Do I need to do anything about it? There are still small pieces of the tooth...
View ArticleHome care for tooth awaiting its coronation?
So, I managed to break a tooth last week (whilst attempting to chew a cold gummy licorice candy that had the approximate texture of partially-cured epoxy). Saw dentist this morning, who wants to...
View ArticleAching pain after root canal
I had root canals redone (by an endodontist) and crowns placed on two of my upper teeth (by my dentist) that are side by side early last year. All was well until yesterday morning, when I woke up with...
View ArticleIs a root canal necessary before a crown?
So, I cracked one of my lower molars and it now needs to be crowned. My dentist is planning to perform a root canal on the tooth before crowning it, but I'm not sure if it is necessary. At my last...
View ArticleTooth problems while out of town - please advice.
It's the middle of the night, I'm out of town, and I'm in pain from my tooth. Please help me figure out what my next step is. You are not my dentist or doctor. I don't need an internet diagnosis, I...
View ArticleHow worried should I be about my (fake, root canaled) chipped tooth?
I was chewing on a hemp powder smoothie (the hemp powder has a gritty texture) when it happened. I've changed dentists a 3 times now as well as moved (still haven't looked up a local one) so I can't go...
View ArticlePost or crown or something else?
My partner (28 years old) had, on the same upper back-ish tooth, two failed root canals followed by a tooth extraction. They're still waiting for the extraction to heal. But they told us that a post is...
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