pain from cracked tooth after onlay
- From: martin <martinaylands@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 04:40:58 -0800 (PST)
Back in 2004 I had a molar (the one nearest the premolars in my lower
left jaw) treated for a crack which ran right through the rear inner
(lingual?) cusp. The dentist gave it a Cerec onlay (which reaches down
about halfway to the gumline), but before fitting the onlay he showed
me the prepared tooth on the monitor, and the crack was still there,
stretching in a curve from the cusp across the centre on the tooth.
He said "I'm not going to chase the crack any further down".
In a visit a couple of weeks later, to polish the tooth, he said I'd
probably always get 'the odd twinge of pain' from that tooth, as not
all of the crack had been removed.
Well, it's held up well for three years, but a couple of months ago, I
began to notice quite a lot of pain on biting. Before I had the onlay
done, the pain happened when I released the bite (a classic symptom of
a cracked tooth, I believe), but now it seems to occur as soon as I
bite. Also, I'm noticing that after the sharp pain, a dull pain
persists for several hours. Sometime the dull pain just starts for no
apparent reason.
I've tested the tooth for sensitivity to hot and cold liquids, and it
doesn't seem abnormally sensitive to either (I get some general pain
holding cold liquids in my mouth, but I have some gum recession, so
it's probably exposed roots).
Any opinions please?
.
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