Abscess under root canal tooth
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It was on a tooth than previously had a root canal performed on it. I was put on antibiotics, but the abscess moved into my cheek and my face became huge. My Endo. was unable to drain the abscess because of where it was located (under my cheek muscle), but went ahead and did the re-do root canal anyway after I was on antibiotics for four days. Presently, he cleaned out the old roots that were missed, but no pus or other type of discharge was cleaned out (I watched the whole thing).
I'v just noticed a big abscess above my tooth, i already know i need root canal treatment for the tooth but my dentist can't take me for another week. Is it safe to wait that long without anti-biotics or treatment?
t really sure exactly why it was hurting, but said it may be that the tooth is in the process of dying, so he scheduled me for a root canal with an Endodontist. He didn't think antibiotics were appropriate.
Today, the pain is still pretty significant and I feel the swelling has increased a bit. Not so significant that it warrants an ER visit, but still a bit more than yesterday. I've been doing a lot of reading about all this, and am only more confused.
Most x-rays will not provide excellent clarity of a crowned tooth, thus missing the decay. If you are having pain, the tooth under the crown is inflamed, infected and bacteria are usually the cause. Antibiotics may provide some temporary partial relief but will likely not cure the problem. A root canal is most likely needed, and a dentist can do this, but the best is to see an Endodontics, which is a specialist for doing root canals.
I was told by my dentist that I have an abcess above a tooth that I have already had a root canal done on 18years ago and that I have to see an endodontics for treatment. First I would like to know if they are going to do another root canal or if they're going to perform surgery through my gum to remove this ball of infection? And can only an Endodonitcs fix this problem or can a oral surgeon do this as well? If they go through my gum this would be surgry right?
If there's an abscess, root canal treatment should resolve the problem. If not, a re-treatment of the root canal is possible or an apicoectomy in which they remove the tip of the infected root along with the infection in that area.
Referral to a specialist for the procedure may be necessary.
It was on a tooth than previously had a root canal performed on it. I was put on antibiotics, but the abscess moved into my cheek and my face became huge. My Endo. was unable to drain the abscess because of where it was located (under my cheek muscle), but went ahead and did the re-do root canal anyway after I was on antibiotics for four days. Presently, he cleaned out the old roots that were missed, but no pus or other type of discharge was cleaned out (I watched the whole thing).
My other front tooth had a root canal before the crowns were done. 3 years or so ago. Had an abscess in there from a failed pulp cap. I let it go, only found the abscess on a dental xray, had no symptoms. Now out of the blue this tooth hurts a little when you tap on it. No other pain other than that. Tooth has a post. Both teeth showed clean on the x-rays taken 6-8 weeks ago.
I am afraid that I may have fractured it due to my tooth grinding.
I am going nuts over these two teeth.
That did not help and was switched to amoxicillin, followed by a root canal. The root canal was a week ago but the lump from the abscess is still on my gum. Is this normal? I was not put on antibiotics after the root canal but I took the last 2 amox. From the prescrip I had been given the week before.
Hello,
I have two broken teeth (#19 and #30) that I've been told both need root canals. The left one is half done (the endodontist did the root canal but put in medicine and placed a temp. filling for two weeks until I come back to finish it up) but the right one hasn't had any work done yet. I kept getting ear infections and tooth pain, so I've been placed on pain meds and amoxicillin/z-pak for the past month to keep things under control (not continuously mind you.
I went to the dentist last sunday with an abscess tooth which is going to have to be a root canal started taking amoxicillin mon its now friday and still swollen no sign of abscess subsiding quite painful still planning to go to doctor or dentist tomorrow are there any symptoms i shoud be worried about and maybe go to emergency
It is best to get an appropriate evaluation and treatment done. If there was a root canal done in the above tooth? In few cases root canals can fail due to branching and convolutions of the tooth roots. See your dentist at the earliest. Treatment will be specific based on the cause.
Best luck and regards!
A dull patch? I'm not familiar with that term so I'm not sure what she is saying.
If a root canal is performed, it depends on whats going on underneath. In this case, since the crown was done recently, I'd feel it would be fine to leave the crown and do a root canal through it instead of replacing the crown. It should be structurally fine after a root canal as they'll do a filling to replace the missing tooth and crown structure.
You may want to have the endodontist (root canal specialist) take a look at the tooth and see if it needs a root canal. Sometimes excess cement can cause tooth pain in the area as well. Sometimes if the cavity is deep, it can take some time before the teeth develop symptoms and its unpredictable when that'll happen. Another issue may be pulpal degeneration, in which the nerve will begin to die and develop problems due to its long history of fillings, cavities, crowns, etc.
Did the dentist finish the job, and the next step was a post and core and crown? The last one third of the canal is sealed in a root canal, and then a temporary filling or permanent filling goes into the lower part of the canal. If that has fallen out, then the canal could be filled with food debris and could cause decay and irritate the gums.
I had a root canal about 1 month ago on #14, and still have a sense of pressure above that tooth. There's some pain if I bite or tap just right, but no evident swelling or redness in the gum area. The pain seems to be a dull burning ache that radiates to my inner ear and even behind the ear into the neck area. I haven't done the crown prep yet because I'm waiting for it to be pain free before putting a $700 crown on it.
If there is a tooth root abscess it is very wise to have the affected tooth extracted. Although the tooth itself may appear to be healthy the root is already compromised.
Once you treat the current Abscess with antibiotic's another abscess will probably return unless a curative treatment, such as a root canal is performed. Root canal's are rarely performed in pets since the procedure is more complex than an extraction, and therefore much more costly.
Gluing the tooth back together would be a foolish thing to do, unless of course there were some unknown way to totally sanitize the entire tooth all the way down under the bone, and around the root of the tooth. They would still have to do a root canal. In that process they generally use bleach to disinfect the root cavity, so I suppose it might be possible to clean the entire area that way, but it would be a very risky procedure.
Well, it does have an abscess, a root canal should solve the problem as long as there's not a fracture in the tooth itself. They don't necessarily have to pull the tooth. You may not even need a root canal. Hopefully its something simple. I've had a patient who had swelling and discomfort and when I went to check it out, I found a popcorn shell stuck in the gums causing the problem.
they only thing to get rid of the abscess is to take antibiotics to get rid of the infection and after baby is born they may have to do a root canal or pull tooth all together. mine had to be pulled out. but definitely get it checked out i was told by my dentist that it can get bad enough and get into your blood stream...
The next day after i had the crown i felt an throbing pain on the crowned tooth. I went to the doctor and he advised me of doing root canal. 2 days later he cleaned my canal and injected antibiotics in my canals.
My question is that
1) In how many days abscess is going to heal?
2) why he didnt prescirbed me any antibiotics?
3) if the infection is healed can i put crown without doing root canal?
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