Root Canal...

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Okay, has anyone had a root canal 2 weeks post-op? I had my surgery

15 days ago...I got my splint off 2 days ago. I had been feeling a

discomfort in one of my teeth when I would eat cold foods or drink

cold drinks. Today I went to my dentist, I thought that he wouldn't

be able to do anything for me really, maybe just prescribe something

to dull the pain. I thought that it was just a cavity because I

couldn't clean my teeth very well. But I had been feeling my teeth

with my tounge and the tooth that was hurting, which had had a

filling in the past, felt jagged like the filling had shifted. Well,

when I got to the dentist he said I had an abcessed tooth and I

needed a root canal immediately. So, I had one. We figured that

something must have gotten caught on the filling during the surgery

without anyone noticing it and when I threw up after the surgery the

stomache acid had gotten in there and it got down to the root and

exposed it.

I was just wondering if anyone else had had a problem like that

immediately after surgery. It is like I have gone back a week in the

recovery period, at least with the swelling. It is so frustrating.

But we figure that my recovery was going too well, and something had

to go wrong

Thanks,

Austria

BSSO, Genio, Septoplasty 08/11/2005

[Guest guest]

Austria -

I'm so sorry you had to go through that today. Whatta drag! I simply can't

imagine having to have anyone do anything around my teeth right now!

I guess - keep forging ahead, it's got to get better.

I'll be thinkin' about you!

Cyndy

austriadavis wrote:

Hi All,

Okay, has anyone had a root canal 2 weeks post-op? I had my surgery

15 days ago...I got my splint off 2 days ago. I had been feeling a

discomfort in one of my teeth when I would eat cold foods or drink

cold drinks. Today I went to my dentist, I thought that he wouldn't

be able to do anything for me really, maybe just prescribe something

to dull the pain. I thought that it was just a cavity because I

couldn't clean my teeth very well. But I had been feeling my teeth

with my tounge and the tooth that was hurting, which had had a

filling in the past, felt jagged like the filling had shifted. Well,

when I got to the dentist he said I had an abcessed tooth and I

needed a root canal immediately. So, I had one. We figured that

something must have gotten caught on the filling during the surgery

without anyone noticing it and when I threw up after the surgery the

stomache acid had gotten in there and it got down to the root and

exposed it.

I was just wondering if anyone else had had a problem like that

immediately after surgery. It is like I have gone back a week in the

recovery period, at least with the swelling. It is so frustrating.

But we figure that my recovery was going too well, and something had

to go wrong

Thanks,

Austria

BSSO, Genio, Septoplasty 08/11/2005