Is this normal for a cracked tooth?!

Question: Is this normal for a cracked tooth?

I went to the dentist this past week and found out I have a cracked tooth. (It diagnosed that way because my dentist had me bite down on a tooth sleuth which elicited pain, the tooth is sensitive to cold, it didn't hurt when he tapped on the tooth and nothing showed up on the x-ray). For the last several weeks I would get horrible pain if I bit on anything hard, but the pain would go away shortly after. From Thursday through last night, the cracked tooth was throbbing constantly on its own without me biting down on anything. I took many doses of ibuprofen and this morning the pain finally let up and is back to only hurting if I bite down. Has anyone had this happen? Should I be worried that the tooth needs a root canal and not just a crown? I have an appointment on Thursday to get this taken care of. Just wondering if this is normal or if this tooth is worse off than I thought. Also, any idea why it would throb like that and suddenly stopped?
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me out here. :)

Answers:

Speaking from experience working in dental and having the same problem, You may have a bruised tendon. Usually probing will show up a crack. The throbbing is another symptom of a bruised tendon. Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory medicine. You may have a cracked tooth, but make sure that when you go to your dentist that you tell him just what you said here. The fact that the throbbing stopped, is a good thing. I actually had the bruised tendon. I was in so much pain, I wanted the dentist that I worked for to "rip it out!". He only laughed. He explained to me that he checked for a crack and found none. So he persuaded me to take the IB and eat soft foods for a week. Problem solved. Then after talking to him I remembered that just before I had the problem, I had eaten popcorn and bit down one that hadn't popped. Ouch!. And then the battle was on.Try to think back on when you started having the problem. But make sure you keep the dentist informed of all you remember.

Good chance it is just a crack. It would probably be best to get a crown done as opposed to root canal and crown since there is a good chance a root canal is not needed. If the tooth continues to hurt after a couple of months, you may need to have a root canal done through the top of the crown.

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Is this normal for a cracked tooth?!

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