What is the surgical management on abscess like symptoms on six month old root canal?
90348
I find that extremely hard to believe.  A dentist is not going to "drill into" a tooth without first having an x-ray of the tooth.  An x-ray will show whether or not a root canal has been performed.  Thus, the dentist would have known before he "drilled into" the tooth if it had previous root canal therapy.
848024
An abscessed tooth is usually sensitive or painful. Abscess is usually caused by deep decay or an accident. Abscessed or traumatized (nerve damage) tooth generally requires root canal therapy or extraction. The pieces of tooth that you mention may be that of fillings (3 failed fillings for same tooth by the same dentist?). Beware, as in certain cases an abscess may compromise the immune system. Find a new dentist fast for an attempt to save this tooth.
491848
ooh god .. he shoudl have covered them with temporary crowns .. . you have to ask him for that .. or at least to keep your lower teeth away from air, cold or hot things .. use salt warm water ... to clean .. use pain killers .. and don;t worry .. It will be Ok no inflamation there .. this happens only coz of the near nerve pulp .. from the surface ..
595699
Root canals are the long passages full of soft tissue deep within the dentin of a tooth, adjoined the pulp chamber. In dentistry, a pulpectomy is an endodontic treatment to cure an infection of the root canal; informally a root canal. A root canal, coupled with internal tooth bleaching, is also used to fix teeth that have blackened due to infiltration of decayed soft tissue into the dentin in the teeth, most often seen in frontal incisors that have been injured through a sudden impact.\n\nAt the center of a tooth is a hollow area that houses soft tissue, known as pulp. This hollow area contains a relatively wide space towards the chewing surface of the tooth called the pulp chamber. This pulp chamber is connected to the tip of the root of the tooth via thin hollow pipe-like canals—hence, the term "root canal". Human teeth normally have one to four canals; teeth toward the back have the most canals. These canals run through the centre of the roots like pencil lead runs through the length of a pencil. The tooth receives nutrition through the blood vessels and nerves traversing these canals. Occasionally, a cavity on the outside of the tooth may allow this soft tissue to become infected. If left untreated a serious jaw infection can result. The infection and inflammation is very painful in most cases. Ideally treatment should take place before this happens.\n\nTo cure the infection and save the tooth, it is necessary for the dentist to open into the pulp chamber, and remove the infected pulp by scraping it out of the root canals. Once that is done, the dentist fills the cavity with an inert material, usually Gutta-percha, and seals up the opening. This procedure is known as root canal therapy. If enough of the tooth is damaged by the disease or removed as a result of the treatment, a crown may be required.
908654
This happened to me too my old shitty dentist didn't do a good job, she didn't drill and clean all the decay, now after few years i found a new great dentist, he fixed he said i may have ended up having root canal too, maybe tomorrow, maybe in five years maybe never as long as it doesn't hurt and since he filled my tooth again, he even put some medicine there it doesn't hurt and no problems whatsover! So find a good dentist that's a start! ask your family or friends i am sure somebody knows, that's how i found mine!
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I'm a dentist.\n\nGod help you pal.  Some of the advice given here not only reeks of ignorance, but is just plain stupid.  Advil for swelling caused by an infection?  Any high-school student would know that makes absolutely no sense.\n\nUnfortunately, and believe it or not, ER docs aren't particularly good with dental infections and at times, don't really know how to handle them.\n\nThere are a few things you must evaluate:\n\n1. Are you having difficulty opening your mouth?  Not painful opening, but difficulty opening.  There's a difference.  The latter is known as trismus, and is an indication that the infection is spreading backward in the direction of your neck.  Trismus indicates the presence of infection around the masticator muscles, which lie just in front of the lateral pharyngeal space...which is ground zero for airway compromise.\n\n2. Are you having difficult swallowing?  Painful swallowing is not an emergency, but difficulty swallowing is?\n\n3. Are you having difficulty breathing?  This is the biggie...\n\nIf you have any of these, you march yourself to the emergency room and let them know.  And if no one brings it up, suggest to them that there may be a potential airway issue.  An infection such as yours, even with antibiotics, can go from bad to lethal in a matter of hours.\n\nI truly hope that you are on a high dosage of a medication that covers anaerobic bacteria well, such as Clindamycin or Flagyl.  Do not ice your face, and do not begin using warm compresses until after the oral surgeon has drained the infection and has instructed you to do so.\n\nThe oral surgeon can drain the infection, and that will help with the swelling, but the main purpose is to help eliminate the infection.  A big pocket of pus in your face is not going to be helped much by antibiotics.  Introducing oxygen (i.e. air) into the abscess by surgical drainage along with placement of a Penrose drain sutured in place to maintain drainage and influx of oxygen, is the goal.  At this point, the infection consists of primarily anaerobic bacteria.  Introducing air turns the environment unfavorable for them.  This process requires surgery.\n\nIf I were you, I'd put your fears aside, bite the bullet, and don't be late for your appointment tomorrow.
777070
none of them. you should see a dentist and in order to take the source of the infection out. which means you probably need a root canal therapy.\nbut generally when you want to make salt water you should half of tea spoon full of salt in a glass of warm water.
840055
Ok...for pretty much instant relif now, get a teaspoon or two of crushed cloves, put it into a hankie and tie it off so you have a little round ball, dip it in rum, bourbon, gin, whatever liquor you have in the house, and bite down as hard as you can on it, cloves kills the pain, and the liquor will help get rid of any infection that might be starting, not to mention while the bottle is open, have a shot or two, this always helps pain...lol...Then you can either pull it yourself or get it pulled by someone else...or all else failing it might get you through till you can back to the dentist for him to do it, which is probably the better idea...\n\nHope this helps.
974958
ROUGHLY speaking, cavity pain progresses as follows:\n1. Cold sensitivity - small to medium hole. Probably able to be repaired with a filling.\n2. Hot sensitivity - medium to large hole. May be very close to the nerve and require a Root Canal Therapy or extraction.\n3. Hot sensitivity with throbbing - RCT or extraction.\n4. Dull ache - tooth nerve (pulp) may be dead and infected, and you are feeling the development of an abscess. RCT or extraction.\nThe longer you have had the pain, or the more intense it is, or the longer it lasts each time it affects you, then the more likely an RCT or extraction.\nPlease only take this as a rough guide, and seek dental treatment ASAP. The ssoner you seek help, the better your prognosis.
864197
I've had a lot of root canals done before, and even after months, sometimes they do that. If you had an abcess, you would know it, you would be in extreme pain, and you would look like a chipmunk. It's just your gums adjusting to the changes. Mouths are really sensitive to dental work, and root canals can take a while to adjust to. It will go away with time.
612586
Good heavens! get another dentist! The one you have enjoys your pain far too much. the tooth is abscessing...you should be on antibiotics NOW. and an infected, abscessed tooth should NOT be messed with until the infection is done away with!
405601
Should see a dentist, could cause bad issues and if you have bateria in the tooth i *CAN* kill you.. or the infection could get to you..\n\nBut take advil, tylenol, aleve.. ect.. try to find a doc Monday. - if it gets too unbearable.. go to the ER\n\nI've had a infected pulp, and i had to have a root canal. so i know all about this situation quite well.. But only thing will stop the pain is find out what is causign it and have it taken care of.
944215
If you have a problem with your tooth, it can very easily manifest itself as a headache, especially behind/around your eyes.  You should call the dentist and have the date moved up/closer so you can get it taken care of immediately.  A person should only be on antibiotics for 7 to 14 days.  After that, the bacteria become resistant to the medication, and this could very well be what has happened.  The bacteria that caused the abscess have most likely become resistant and are now migrating to other parts of you body.  Have the date moved closer, and also have your dentist put you on a more potent antibiotic.
612200
here is the answer you are looking for...  first, do not go to mexico.  your dentist can do a partial root canal or a pulpectomy.  the fee for this procedure should be about 1/4 of the fee for a complete root canal.  this procedure will hold you over until you can save to get the final procedure done.  the partial root canal will remove all or most of the nerve and blood supply to the tooth.  you will have a temporary filling placed after the partial root canal procedure.  if you cannot afford the complete procedure, this is second best.  ask your dentist about this possibility.  of course if the tooth is severely decayed or broken, it may not be salvagable.  good luck...  a pulpectomy should be under 200 bucks and it includes the temporary filling.  make sure you finish what you started though.  an incomplete root canal can cause problems down the road.
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Root canal treatment often requires one or two visits.  In my practice, the root canal that is done in one visit is likely to induce some post-op pain.\n\nThe most common cause for the post-op pain is the temporary filling is too high.  When you were anesthetized, you could not tell whether the temporary filling is high.  When the numbness wears out, if you bite down and it's hurt, then it is likely that the temporary filling is the cause.\n\nOther reasons include: root fracture, allergic or immunological reaction to root canal filler (gutta purcha), foreign material response, and incomplete removal of the sensory nerve.\n\nWhat you need to do is first to phone your dentist to see if   he or she can prescribe you some antibiotics (such as amoxil) and steroids (decadron).  You can take about 400mg of ibuprofen (advil, motrin) every 4-6 hours in addition to the Vicodins to alleviate pain.  Make appointment to see your dentist if the symptom is not abated within 24 hours.\n\nTo further reduce pain and swelling, rinse three times daily with warm salt water (a teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water). To safeguard the tooth and help keep your temporary filling or crown in place, avoid eating sticky or hard foods (especially gum), and if possible, chew ONLY on the opposite side of your mouth. It's important to resume to brush normally, but floss very carefully. To prevent ejection of the temporary filling, remove the floss by pulling it through the teeth, not down or up from between the space between teeth.
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Hi Becky,\n\nIt sound as though the nerve may have died in these teeth, have you had a knock/blow on these teeth?\n\nThe  'blister' above the tooth sound like a draining abcess or sinus, this is where the infected nerve tissue basically forms a boil on your gum.\n\nThe root treatment should have cured this, if it hasn't you need to get back in touch with your Dentist as the infectionmay not have settled completely.\n\nAlso ask your Dentist to explain if you don't understand something, they won't be offende and they are your teeth so you need to know !\n\nHope this helps!
550666
They can treat the infection normally without pulling the tooth. See a dentist if you have pain.