Excruciating pain after root canal?!
Question: Excruciating pain after root canal!?
two weeks ago i went into the dentist and she started a root canal on one of my teeth!. she left the tooth open with cotton so that it could drains etc!., and during the past too weeks i had no pain whatsoever with the tooth!. today i just went in to get the root canal completed and i am in excruciating pain!. already with the anesthetic, halfway through the root canal i was experiencing bad throbbing pain, so they had to numb me even more!. now i am at work and my tooth hurts like it has neve hurt before!. i'm talking excruciating pain!. she gave me two motrins with i dont know how many milligrams, but they're not helping!. two weeks ago she also gave me penicillin and vicodin in case there was pain, but i didn't need it!. at the time, i forgot to take the penicillin, so i just started taking it a couple of days ago!. do you think because i havent been taking the antibiotics, this is why i'm having this pain!? by the way, there is no crown, its just a temporary filling for now!. will the pain go away!? when can i take vicodin after this motrin has worn off!? help! i'm hurtingggWww@Answer-Health@Com
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You were given the penicillin for a reason!. To kill the infection in your tooth!. The root canal is done to remove the dead root!. Did you have pain before the root canal!? I myself have had 3 root canals!. The reason it hurts so bad now is because there is infection!. If you would of taken the penicillin when your dr gave it to you, you would be fine by now!. But since you didn't!. you hurt!. Continue taking the penicillin and in 2-3 days the pain should go away!. ALSO DO NOT WAIT FOREVER TO GET YOUR CROWN! Then longer you wait the more you risk that tooth breaking and you having to get it extracted!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Take the vicodin!. If you took the motrin a few hours ago, take the vicodin!. Just make sure you're okay to drive, they have a tendency to make one loopy!.
If there was an infection, your dentist probably would have noticed it today!. I had the same thing happen to me!. It sucked, and it took a few days to go away!.
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If there was an infection, your dentist probably would have noticed it today!. I had the same thing happen to me!. It sucked, and it took a few days to go away!.
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