Question:
I got my first dental crown 6 months ago.
It's very sensitive to pressure (chewing) and cold (as much as before the
crown was installed).
The dentist says there's nothing wrong with it.
Has anybody else experienced this? Is there a remedy for it?
Answer:
Have several crowns, no pain. Of course, I had root canal on those
teeth before (perhaps it'll explain some of my lest than loving
feelings toward conservatives when I say that it was conservative
loons who thought the government was polluting our precious bodily
fluids who kept South Pittsburgh Water Company from fluoridating our
water).
Anyhow, I'd say the pain is abnormal. Remedy: root canal? And this
time kill off the nerves your dentist should have killed off the
first time?
No, not if one FEELS with the tooth. Endodontia is for dead teeth,
where the nerve is already invaded or already absent. Of course, even
as the nerve inside the tooth dies, the resultant inflamation OUTSIDE
the tooth can manifest itself as tooth pain.
Once a tooth is completely drilled out and robbed of its blood supply,
the "dead tooth" becomes darker, softer, and more brittle. THis is why
root canals are always followed with a cap. THe tooth will no longer
handle the tension stress of chewing on tis own. Never race into a root
canal.
I have one crown and no problems. A tooth 'chipped' and Dr. Crim dressed
it out and put a crown on. But I didn't have any pain from the tooth
'chipping' either. It was just a jagged top and Dr. Crim fixed it before
any more damage could occur.
I have several crowns and no pain issues ever. I can't recall if they all
had root canal on them. If you do need a root canal, pray that the nerve is
already dead. I had a 'hot' one once and I thought I was going to die (the
dentist had me FULL of Novocain and nitrous oxide---to no avail). If I had
it to do over, I would have stopped the procedure and had it finished at a
hospital under anesthesia....
Have some of my own, but the nerves were "capped" when the work was done.
Using the dentist supplied tooth paste to use for awhile, then the pain will
be gone. Or you can get some good pain killer/paste at the store, like
Synsodyne.
