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Tooth Pain, Consulted Dentist, Root Canal Done, Taken Amox 500mg. Should The Tooth Be Removed As Suggested?
I've had pain in tooth 2nd from eye tooth sine the,ast week of July saw my dentist Aug 9th and he did a root canal and prescribed 500mg Amox. 3Xday. The pain got worse and Aug 21 he continued root canal and more antibiotics same dosage as previously. This past weekend the pain was so bad, radiating to the ear and head and yesterday n Im insisted tooth be removed. 24 hours later pain still present radiating to ear and head. He has now prescribed a stronger antibiotic which is still to be delivered. Is this normal? Can this pain be caused by something else?
Tue, 17 Sep 2013
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Thanks for writing to us.
Usually if the infected tooth is indicated for root canal treatment,pain will subside once the treatment has completed.
But in your case,pain got worse after the root canal treatment,which indicates either the treatment procedures are done in faulty method or tooth is indicated for extraction.
As the tooth has got extracted,complete course of antibiotics as well as analgesics has to be administered.
Gargle frequently with lukewarm saline.
Maintain oral hygiene well.
Irrigate the socket with povidine iodine solution .
Take care.
Thanks for writing to us.
Usually if the infected tooth is indicated for root canal treatment,pain will subside once the treatment has completed.
But in your case,pain got worse after the root canal treatment,which indicates either the treatment procedures are done in faulty method or tooth is indicated for extraction.
As the tooth has got extracted,complete course of antibiotics as well as analgesics has to be administered.
Gargle frequently with lukewarm saline.
Maintain oral hygiene well.
Irrigate the socket with povidine iodine solution .
Take care.
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i think you are going in wrong direction and it is sinus which is causing ain
as everytime you poke teeth the sinus gets more infected and radiation to ear eye and other organs is shaing of nerves
get xray pns waters view
and consult ent specialist to treat instead of unnecessary poking of teeth
as everytime you poke teeth the sinus gets more infected and radiation to ear eye and other organs is shaing of nerves
get xray pns waters view
and consult ent specialist to treat instead of unnecessary poking of teeth
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