My Permanent Crown??
Question: A few months back I went to the dentist and he found a pretty bad cavity. (My first ever.) Before I went in, I was suffering from some sensitivity on the side of the newly discovered cavity, but nothing else, no pain. So I got a filling and my tooth was still quite sensitive. After a little over a month with the filling, part of my tooth chipped off (because the cavity was pretty deep, my dentist said he expected this.) So I went in and he told me that I needed to get a crown put on, so he made me a temp. crown to last 2 weeks until my permanent came in. While I had my temporary crown in, I had ZERO sensitivity. It was fantastic. About a week or so ago I was back in and got my permanent crown cemented in. But nothing good lasts forever apparently, because once it was put in, the sensitivity came back.
Is that normal? What should I do? I'm really hesitant about going to the dentist again, but I really don't enjoy the sensitivity. Any suggestions?
Answers: Unfortunately, this was always going to be a risk. If you get a crown on a sensitive tooth and it settles down, then you are lucky. It is not always possible to tell in advance if this will work, because doing a crown also irritates a tooth, and can sometimes make things worse. But if you HADN'T done the crown, then things would have got worse for sure. So a crown was a reasonable choice to offer, and I wouldn't blame the dentist for this turn of events.
So, you've been unlucky and your nerve is not settling down, which means you will probably need a root canal therapy (RCT). You can try and hang out a bit longer, but I think your chances of it settling fully are now poor. The RCT can be done by making a hole in the crown, and working thru the hole. Best of luck.
BRUSH WITH SENSODYNE TOOTHPASTE OR ANY OTHER FOR SENSITIVE TEETH.
Isolating dental sensitivity is one of the hardest things to do, believe it or not. The way the nerves operate, the sensitivity could be due to 'referred pain' and caused by another tooth nearby that also has a cavity somewhere that wasn't picked up on the x-ray. This is why you should carefully monitor what is making it worse, like cold or hot, etc, so that you can give the dentist a clue to help him or her track it down.
It probably got irritated from the removing of the temp crown, pushing of permanent crown into the gums, etc. It should quit after your tooth gets used to the crown.
Is that normal? What should I do? I'm really hesitant about going to the dentist again, but I really don't enjoy the sensitivity. Any suggestions?
Answers: Unfortunately, this was always going to be a risk. If you get a crown on a sensitive tooth and it settles down, then you are lucky. It is not always possible to tell in advance if this will work, because doing a crown also irritates a tooth, and can sometimes make things worse. But if you HADN'T done the crown, then things would have got worse for sure. So a crown was a reasonable choice to offer, and I wouldn't blame the dentist for this turn of events.
So, you've been unlucky and your nerve is not settling down, which means you will probably need a root canal therapy (RCT). You can try and hang out a bit longer, but I think your chances of it settling fully are now poor. The RCT can be done by making a hole in the crown, and working thru the hole. Best of luck.
BRUSH WITH SENSODYNE TOOTHPASTE OR ANY OTHER FOR SENSITIVE TEETH.
Isolating dental sensitivity is one of the hardest things to do, believe it or not. The way the nerves operate, the sensitivity could be due to 'referred pain' and caused by another tooth nearby that also has a cavity somewhere that wasn't picked up on the x-ray. This is why you should carefully monitor what is making it worse, like cold or hot, etc, so that you can give the dentist a clue to help him or her track it down.
It probably got irritated from the removing of the temp crown, pushing of permanent crown into the gums, etc. It should quit after your tooth gets used to the crown.
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