Extreme pain after root canal

I had a root canal done on my back molar yesterday. Once the numbing meds wore off, I've noticed if my tooth above it hits it a tiny bit, it is blinding pain-and I have a high tolerance. The pain is at the base of the tooth, where it meets the gum and below by the jawbone. Is this normal??

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i had a root canal on my back molar last friday so i am just over a week out. I am just now able to chew on it. i had so much pain before the root canal for weeks.

there is a lot of trauma involved. I would give it another day or two and then call the dentist again. the pain is in the same tooth they worked on? or another tooth when it meets when you bite?

it could just be everything is irritated and will need some time to calm down.

Extreme pain after root canal

The pain is in the same tooth and shoots down to my jawbone. But it's like a blinding pain. I was in a lot of pain for the past week prior to it being done, but I'm having trouble eating at all.

Extreme pain after root canal

A different kind of pain, but my friend just had her wisdom teeth out and developed a dry socket with incredible pain. She was able to get this kit from Walgreens and said it helped pretty much instantly:



http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/red-cross-toothache-complete-medication-kit/ID=prod1769-product

Perhaps it would help you as well.

Clove essential oil is another natural remedy that helps with tooth/jaw pain.

Message edited 1/17/2016 6:57:09 PM.

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Extreme pain after root canal

Do you have to go back for part 2 of root canal? Did they place a temp crown? I'm dealing with something similar. I'm ten days out, I was in massive pain. Just finished antibiotics, but still really need Motrin 800 every 6-8 hours. Have a lot of throbbing still. There was so much trauma, I do think you need to give it some time, but i would still call the dentist.

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Extreme pain after root canal

I'm sorry. I can imagine that being pregnant limits what you can take which doesn't help. I had to wait to get et a root canal done once and antibiotics helped me tremendously. Did you get any of those? I will say that I would call because -knock on wood- I don't have pain after.

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He didn't give me antibiotics but I truthfully think he should have. This is not fun :(

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I would call in the morning. It's better to stay on top of it than chance things getting worse. Also maybe check with your ob to set if there is anything stronger you can take our at least the ask what the max dose of Tylenol is you can take.

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That happened to me once. The tapping of the tooth below (mine was top molar) was excruciating.
I went back to dentist - he opened the office for me and he shaved down the temp so the teeth wouldn't touch. That was pretty damn painful too. But as soon as he did that? It was like heaven. I have very sensitive teeth so after a root canal i have had some severe pain.

You should call tmrw and see if the dentist can do that. Make temp shorter so there is no tapping from the above tooth. That'll help until the tooth "cools off" from the root canal.

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When is the next appt?

The rest of the nerve is prob aggravated from the work/trauma being already done on the tooth

I would
Try to have them finish it ASAP

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Also make sure none of the temp filling fell
Out bc if some
DID and the that nerve is exposed that why you are in pain

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I thought it was just temp filling not. Temp crown?

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A temp filling for a root canal it would be soft,almost gel like. Meaning if it was high she would grind it right off

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No, blinding pain after a root canal is not normal! Call your dentist. Or even better, see an endontist!

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Normally I would say its because of the way the temp crown is fitting but since its just a filling I would definitely call and make an appointment to take a look at it.

Extreme pain after root canal

So I went back to see my endontist. As it turns out, the root canal itself was a very difficult one due to to length and shape of the root. He said there was a lot of trauma and my gum is basically bruised. When my top tooth would bump the affected tooth, it would basically make the bruising worse. He was able to file down my top tooth instead of touching that one, which is a huge relief. I'm able to eat some soft stuff. He said it should be feeling better in a few slays once it has the chance to heal. So far, it's way better. Thank you all!