I am having four old crowns replaced at the front
Q. I am having 4 old crowns replaced at the front ,the 4 upper incisors either side of two front teeth, (they where 23years old) .For the first time I was having pain in my lower and upper jaw . I believed it was because the temporaries where too tight ,so returned to dentist yesterday and he removed them and replaced with individual temporaries. At 4 o`oclock this morning I awoke with this throbbing pain returning to my lower jaw . I`m losing confidence in my dentist. To put on the new temporaries he took 1.5 hours. By which time the novocaine was wearing of and I was v.sensitive to the placing and removal of the crowns . He seemed to fit each one around 4 times ,off and on. This is not normal as I have had crowns fitted for the last 34 years,I have never suffered with temporaries before. What is going on?
A. Difficult to say without seeing you . A possible cause is the lower teeth catching on the temoporaries as your lower jaw moves forwards. In my experience this would usually give you pain in the temporised teeth and not the opposing teeth. I fthis is the case adjustment of the back of the upper temps should help. He is obviously taking great care in trying to give you the best work possible if he is taking that amount of time to refit your temporaries.
In the end I went to my dentist in Deauville,france. What had happened was that I had a burst blood vessel in one of the teeth where the former dentist had been too rough in his treatment. Root canal work was done and the pain disappeared .Note: The French dentist did not charge for this work just the crowns as he was v.v. sorry for me and was not going to profit from my pain.
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