Re: Pain in Root Canal/Crowned Tooth

From: W_B (no_one_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 01:13:11 GMT

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:53:51 -0500, "Billy" <nospam@comcast.net> wrote:

>I've had pain (the pressure type) on my lower rear molar for several days
>now and the dentist can not determine the cause. I was hoping that someone
>could give me their thoughts or experiences on this.
>
>The history of this molar tooth is that I've had a gum lengthening procedure
>by a peridontist to fit a crown, then a route canal and crowned it (silver
>with porcelain coating) - applied about three years ago.
>
>Suddenly last week, I started feeling pain in this area when I was chewing.
>It becomes real painful and sensitive for an hour or so then subsides. When
>it is sensitive, the area is very tender to any chewing down on it. It feels
>like there is a weight being pressed on it. When the pain subsides, chewing
>on it feels faintly annoying - not even a bother. Then it comes back hours
>later or the next day and hurts again. Then subsides again.
>
>I went to the dentist and had an x-ray. Nothing found. He filed the tooth to
>realign the bite thinking that this may be the reason. This still did not
>fix it.
>
>I looked around the tooth myself and did some poking with a travel plaque
>pick very lightly at the gums. The gums did not hurt and are not
>red/swollen. What I found is that there is actually a hole (or pit you might
>call it) in the underside of the inside part of the crown. I can stick this
>plaque pick right inside the underside of the crown. When I move it around a
>bit in there - bingo - painful!
>
>How could there be pain in a root canalled tooth? Do you think this might be
>the tooth, the gums, or the bone itself that is causing this intermittent
>pain?
>

Show this area to your dentist or get a second opinion from an
endodontist.

Could be a fractured root. 

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