I Have A Sore Mouth After Root Canal Treatment, And I’m Worried I Might Lose A Tooth, Can You Help Me?

Q.
Hello,
I hope you can help me please, I had RCT on a upper back tooth which was not successful I changed my dentist and had the RCT done again, it was very painful afterwards and took several months to settle down. My problem now is that there is a small old filling on the inside of this tooth which is making my tongue sore I spoke to the dentist about having the old filling redone and was told because it was attached to a larger filling it was best to leave it and he filed down the old filling to try to smooth it but this is not successful. I did look at the tooth with a small mirror to see for myself and the filling looks old but I also noticed a dark horizontal line just under the gum line on this tooth and when I touched it the tooth was tender, I am worried that some damage has been done to the tooth whilst having the two RCT.
I can’t afford to loose this tooth so please could you advise me what I should do, I would appreciate your knowledge regarding my problem.

Thank you so much

A.
Thank you for your enquiry. Generally a back tooth once root filled should have a crown on it to help reduce the chance of it breaking. I hope this helps.
Dr Riten Patel The Mulberry 18 Ashley Road, Walton on Thames Surrey, KT12 1HS Web: www.mulberrydental.co.uk Tel: 01932 223 479 View My Profile Dr Patel
November 21st, 2013 at 08:47 PM
willism nrown Says :

rct on botom 4 tehe 4 day ago.. still in pain and teth going black

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