Re: Pain in Root Canal/Crowned Tooth - PART II

I could not tell from the OP if the "decay" has caries interproximal, caries
buccal, caries lingual, apical pathoses, or periodontal pocketing. His
message could be interpreted as any of those. I say we need more
information before commenting.





"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>R E P L Y B E L O W
>
> "Billy" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I went to my dentist today for a regular six month checkup and cleaning,
>> after the on/off irritation into this tooth came and gone since the
> previous
>> post below. They took several more x-rays and found that their may be
>> some
>> decay at the top of the root that may be the cause of the irritation in
> the
>> surrounding area.
>
> Is this a root canal treated tooth?
>
>> The doc says "wait and see" instead of pulling off the
>> crown and correcting the problem. Last visit he thought it was my bite
>> and
>> filed my top tooth a bit. Obviously this was not necessary.
>>
>> One thing is for sure - the crown that surrounds the tooth is "open"
> between
>> the gum and the tooth on the inside side. This is how food and drink are
>> getting into the tooth structure to decay it.
>
> This is unacceptable. It will surely cause a huge problem later on.
>
>>I thought that the tooth
>> should have been fully enclosed by the outer crown, but the doc says no.
> Is
>> this correct?
>>
>> So they used a needle syringe to "flush" the underside of the crown with
>> some highly concentrated prescription wash and gave me one of those furry
>> flossy looking picks to clean myself regularly.
>>
>> I'm concerned that the tooth will continue to decay until it reaches a
> worse
>> situation, like damaging the deeper root or the bone. Is that possible?
>
> We agree.
>
> Joel
>
>
>>
>> **************************************************************************
>> "Billy" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > 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?
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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