I had 3 impacted wisdom teeth removed Oct. 12 its now Oct. 25. I had 2 top ones removed & 1 bottom on the left side. I had a root canal performed on the last left side bottom molar tooth probably about a 3 weeks or so before i had my wisdom teeth removed. It still has the temporary filling in. The root canalled tooth started hurting (a faint throbbing i guess) about a week into my recovery from my wisdom teeth removal. anyone know why? I wish someone (my dentist) or (oral surgeon) would have told me to get a root canal after my wisdom teeth were pulled. Any help would be appreciated... I’m having lots of anxiety. I go back to my oral surgeon Thursday and I will be asking him. But I feel like they always say "that’s normal" or "it takes time to heal" blah
& i have to say that the left side of my face where i had upper/lower wisdom teeth extracted still feels weird. not painful just the upper gums in the back feel weird. it hurts to suck in my cheeks to put blush on.
2006-10-24 20:31:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
thanks so much for your opinions. The root canalled tooth is not hurting right now, but when it does start to hurt i touched it with my finger nail in the middle of the tooth & i know its the tooth thats hurting.
I might have an infection in the left upper side because the cheek tissue inside my mouth near the extraction site of the wisdom tootth feels weird & still is sensitive to the touch. I had a pretty difficult extraction. They were all full bony impacted wisdom teeth. Im just very lucky i dont have any numbness or anything like that.
A week after the wisdom teeth removal i went and saw my doctor because the pain was so intense and i would cry every night, yes i did take pain killers (but i hate taking pills). I was convinced i had a dry socket, but when he looked in my mouth he said everything looked very good and i didnt have a dry socket. Its now been 2 weeks tomorrow & the right side feels completly normal, just the left side where i had upper/lower out still hurts.
2006-10-25 09:29:22 · update #1
I have had a lot of dental work and anytime the dentist does more work, or the weather changes suddenly I feel pain. If the pain is really distracting, persists too long or you think it may be serious, you should ask your dentist.
2006-10-24 20:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by the guru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has your dentist assured you, or even shown you instances in which an impacted wisdom tooth will re-align itself if given the room? I have had both root canals and impacted wisdom teeth. The pain on both is unique. However, knowing that the root canal basically extracts the nerve ends I would say the extraction of that tooth will not be as painful. If you are able to, I would suggest you go get a second opinion on both the extraction (especially the extraction of your molar) and the alignment. Even if I didn't answer your question, I hope you will at least look into it and not take your dentist's word for it. It's always good to get second even third opinions when it comes to your body. You are the gate keeper.
2016-03-28 06:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ouch. Root canals are no fun at all!
This is just a guess, since I had to get all 4 wisdoms pulled. The dentist and oral surgeon said I should get them pulled right away, especially my lower set, becuz they were coming out sideways instead of vertically. Underneath the gumline, the wisdoms would grind into the neighbouring molar, weaken it, make it susceptible to rot, and thus I would require a double root canal.
Maybe the removal of the wisdom tooth eased the pressure against your root canalled tooth. Depending on your age and how mature your wisdoms got, the major nerve running through your jaw is sending the pain signals (immature wisdoms did not have the time to attach to this nerve, but mature ones will), so maybe you're just feeling the effect.
At least you're asking the docs on Thursday. If you are unsatisfied with their blah answers, keep asking...ask for some logical reason or hypothesis. Get an xray, if it'll put you at more ease.
Here's to a speedy recovery for you (cuz I didn't, since I needed stitches for the darn things). Good luck!
2006-10-24 20:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by AW 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
theres a chance that the pain is actually coming from where u had the tooth extracted as oppose to the started root canal,
my suggestion is to see the dentist sooner, it can be difficult to determine which tooth is actually causing the pain, but the dentist should be able to tell you straight away
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2006-10-24 20:35:21 · answer #5 · answered by dreamsunltd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first you should be sucking on your cheeks, you still have those holes that havent close yet. and its normal that you other teeth hurt, at least that what happened to me my other teeth were hurting after my surgery but then i just took a percaset, and it went away.
2006-10-24 20:45:35 · answer #6 · answered by amy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could have a dry socket. or an infection. Keep calling
2006-10-24 20:40:02 · answer #7 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋