Do I need a root canal or is the dentist wrong? Please those with experience ans!
Question:
Do I need a root canal or is the dentist wrong? Please those with experience answer. Thanks?
Recently, I went to dentist for a checkup and cleaning. The dentist said that I need fill-ins on 4 sides of my teeth and on next visit, started on the top right first side. The dentist said that I may have to come back the next day if I felt like it was uneven for them to adjust .I felt like it was uneven when I left, but thought it may go away, so I left. The next day, I could not eat or close the right side of my mouth. It felt like there was a piece of something in between my top and bottom teeth. I went and the dentist adjusted it. A few days later, I had to come back because my tooth still felt uneven as if I could not close it all the way or when I bit down on the left side the right side would hit. The dentist adjusted it for the second time. A few days later, whenever I bit on this side, I started to feel pain and could not drink anything remotely cold or hot on the side. I went back to dentist who took fill in out and said I may need a root canal. Do u feel this is right?
Answers:
yes, after some work on the tooth, time must be given to let gums and trauma of fill in to wear off. After the tenderness from the fill in goes away, if there is still pain in that tooth, then a root canal may be necessary.