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zahnschmerzen · 07-25-2002, 10:10 AM

Hi deb,

Let us know how your root canal went. Thinking about you today. Best wishes.

Deb47 · 07-25-2002, 06:38 PM

Hi, Zahn. Thank you for remembering today was my root canal day! Actually, I post poned the appointment, till Aug. 20th. I kind of hated putting it off that long; but I have been trying to get my bridge (well, the gum under the bridge, from the tooth I had pulled) to calm down. I think its getting better, finally. I didn't want both sides of my mouth to be out of commision. Sometimes the tooth I want root canaled really bothers me...right now its okay. It makes me so nervous; I've been just running on nervous energy lately. If I can tired myself out, then I really don't think about the tooth as much. I sure have been getting a lot accomplished around my home, though, lately! I've been dipping the spongy part of the special bridge floss in peroxide; then flossing inside the bridge with it. Then I rinse my mouth out with a peroxide/water rinse. The gum under the bridge had been so sore. My dentist just didn't seem concerned about it; but I wanted to try and heal it up before it got worse. Today, for the first time, I didn't have as much swollen feeling in the gum above the bridge; above that socket I mean...its slowly getting better (knock on wood). I just could not have handled getting used to the bridge, and the pain of a root canal, at the same time. Root canals never used to bother me: not I suffer afterwards for quite some time. The gum under the bridge is sore still, but with some luck, it'll keep improving. Thanks for remembering, Zahn....I'lllet you know how it goes, when I do get it done...Deb47

antoni · 07-26-2002, 10:37 AM

Hey DEb,

Good luck with the bridge.

SherryElaine · 07-26-2002, 05:51 PM

Deb did you get a bridge right after tooth extraction? My mother in law had to wait one month after extraction before dentist would put in a bridge.... You say it takes a long time for you to get over your root canals. How long? It has been 5 months for me since last rooth canal and it still bothers me at times. Not the tooth but under the tooth in jaw bone. Looks ok on xray and they say either take more antibiotics or extract it. Could possibly be cracked vertically and not be able to see it on xray. I hate to pull it if is going to get better but 5 months seems like a long time.

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Sher

zahnschmerzen · 07-26-2002, 06:24 PM

Hi Sherry and Deb,

First of Deb, good luck with the healing! It took my mother a while to adjust to her bridge. At least it's "only" the gums, and not one of the bridge abutment teeth that is giving you trouble, so it will get better sooner or later

I might postpone my second root canal as well (my appointment is on Wed) until I finally have the other side of my mouth finished (still about a month and a half away), 'cause I want to be able to chew... Nothing worse than a summer on a liquid diet. And that tooth is bothering me only a little these days (probably it will get worse the moment I cancel the appointment). Don't we all know that feeling.
Sherry, I had my first root canal 3 months ago. Got worse after - sensitivity to touch and general soreness on that side of my face. Very unusual (supposedly), since I did not have an abscess. In my case, the sensitivity to touch finally went away a week and a half ago, after the endo replaced the root filling by medication. x rays are fine. Soreness/pain remains. I can't tell whether the pain comes from my upper or lower jaw. It depends. I am worried it may be another tooth. Is your pain localized to the jaw in which you had the root canal?
At any rate, did you have an abscess (something visible on the x-ray) when you got the RC? Did it smell bad when they opened the tooth? In those cases, I think it's normal if the tooth takes quite a while to heal. Unfortunately I didn't have any of that, so my pain after 3 months is a mystery. I just hope it's not another tooth!!! (Although I guess that would mean that at least I wouldn't lose my root canaled one).
Best wishes to both of you. I feel very lucky to have people like you to share tooth stories with - my husband is sure sick of it.