I went for a clean up. now I have a root canal?

Question

What can I do. when i went to the dentist I had a cavity but it didn't even hurt, after she fixed i started feeling pain and I found out that I have a root canal on the same teeth that she fixed, she said something about "sensitive pulpatis", but what bothers me is that i didn;t even had pain before.What can I do?

Answer 1

This is a classical of "on the way" pathology....You go there for a check up. expecting a clean bill of health, and you end up with a nasty bill of lots of bucks...
Look this is nobodies fault.
Some diseases and conditions, are found unexpectedly, and have to be treated, (sometimes, inflammation of the pulp starts tu hurt suddenly) and you didnt have reached that stage...
I have found unexpected problems in people that come for a normal heck up...however, that is what this thing of health is about, detecting problems before its too late or impossible to fix it.
Recently, I saw a gentleman aged 67, who boasted he ahd been "healthy as a mule", all of his life, his only complaint was "tiredness" and some bleeding of the gums when he brushed his teeth..
Blod count and other test, proved he has chronic leukemia....
He got very angry with the diagnosis,,,,however we come to this dilemma...what is wrong....the disease, or the doctor?
is disease equal to doctor?..
I dont think so.
Its a very frequent and common misperception..we didnt invent nor created diseases...
Hope you get better (your mole or tooth)

Answer 2

Sometimes a tooth doesn't hurt yet b/c the cavity hasn't reached the nerve yet but is very close. In order to fix the cavity a filling is placed, but the dentist must first drill out all of the cavity which means he has to drill below where the cavity ends which is often very close to the nerve or even sometimes slightly exposes the nerve. The denist usually places a calming substace over the nerve to hope your tooth will settle down and remain calm after the filling is placed. Sometimes sensitivity for a few months is normal w/ a deep filling but not everybodies nerves calm down and some people have to have a root canal b/c the nerve gets flared up. If you are really worried have your dentist show you the decay on the film it may help show you how close the cavity was to the nerve. In certain areas of the tooth there is more dentin ( the middle layer of your tooth) for the cavity to travel through before geting to the nerve than other areas. Explanation - less area for drilling/filling before root canal is needed

Answer 3

I've had a cavity where I thought it was just a reg cavity. No pain also. But the doc showed me (in the mirror) how big the cavity had gotten and needed a root canal. They get a bad rap because when ppl come in, it's infected or the nerve has been exposed and are in major pain. But some aren't infected and cause no pain. When I got mines done, it just felt like a longer filling. You can always get a second opinion though. Good luck!

Answer 4

Every tooth has a root canal... that's where the nerves and capillaries pass into every tooth. If you have a "root canal" done, the doc goes in there, gets all the dead tissue out, anchors the tooth to the bone below, fills it with a special paste, then seals it up with another type of like, plastic stuff that matches the original color or neighboring teeth. She, your doc, should have confirmed an infection, if that's what you have, with an x-ray, but maybe it was too early, still to confirm an infection. Sometimes anti-biotics work with infected teeth. If you smoke, quit while you're on meds for tooth infections. Smoking decreases the diameter of capillaries and it's the blood in capillaries that need to deliver the antibiotic, plus, the white blood cells need to clean up the bacteria and dead tissue. Keep those capillaries opened up as much as possible!

Maybe you're just starting to develop sensitive teeth, like I did 20 years ago. Buy some tooth paste for sensitive teeth, non-prescription stuff, at the pharmacy. It works by filling in the small pores in the teeth that have opened up near the gumline and nearer to the nerves, but usually the cause is receding gumlines which expose thin enamel below. Helped me, and I use it maybe once a week or so.

If you cracked your tooth and you can't afford both the root canal AND the crown, you won't have much choice except to have the tooth pulled, and that sometimes has long-term, undesirable consequences.
[Good luck... I've had three crowns and one root canal. Grin and bear it while you imagine you're on an enchanted island discovering things like naked, wild and crazy Christians at a Bible ho-down parrr-teee... Just jokin'.... Root canals are no fun, but after 6-7 years, it's just a memory.]

Answer 5

get the root canal, or get it pulled.
The dentist likely drilled too deep in cleaning out the cavity and exposed the nerve pulp, it's going to be sensitive from now on.