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Crown and Bridgework - Getting it Right the First Time
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Question:
I just got two "three unit fixed bridges" put on well over a month ago, but since then, I have been experiencing a great deal of pain, sensitivity of one side, and just really bad pain on both sides.
My dentist say's that it's normal to feel pain and it can be like that for months. I cannot stand the pain anymore. I am living off of 800 mgs of Ibuprofen every 5 hrs every single day. The pain wakes me in the middle of the night, and basically lasts all day and night. Is this normal? She said it could be the acid used in the bonding materials.
I don't know what to do, and I cannot live with this pain any longer. It's driving me crazy! It feels like two bad toothaches! There is no throbbing, just continuous pain! I even feel the pain in my ears, I thought after the bridge work, the pain was supposed to lessen, not worsen!
Please give me some advice as to what I should do. Should I get a second opinion, or should I just accept what the Dr. say's, "it's normal, you have to just wait for the pain to lessen"? Please Help Me!
Answer:
It is not normal for extreme, continuous pain that wakes you up during sleep to be happening over a week after dental work. Things that can cause pain include: high spots on new dentistry, abscessed teeth (nerve damage), leaky or open margins on crowns.
Since this is new work and assuming that all looks good, you could be experiencing a pulpitis from either deep decay near the nerves or just angry nerves from the treatment. It is not unusual to have pain and sometimes need root canal treatment after having dental work done for no fault of the dentist at all.
A nerve in a tooth can just decide that the surgery was too much and decide to die and everything was done perfectly. You should discuss options of root canal treatment with your dentist since the pain is severe and not lessening. A pulpitis like this can be reversible or irreversible and if it continues to ache and throb spontaneously and wake you up at night and you can't attribute the problem to be a high spot, you could need to have the nerves removed with root canals.
I have some good info. about this on my web page at www.smilesbysutton.com if you are interested
to learn. I hope this has helped.
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