Tooth sensitive to heat after root canal

How long does your tooth stay sensitive after a root canal? Does a sensitive tooth always need a root canal? When do heat and cold hurt your teeth? Should I crown my tooth right after root canal?

Usually when root canal is performe the pulp is removed along with the nerve. Hence, the tooth in effect is dead and should not be sensitive to heat.

However, when the root canal is an extensive procedure involving a lot of canals , there is a possibility that one canal is not cleaned by the doctor. The most likely cause of thermal sensitivity on a root canal treated tooth is small accessory root canal that was not accessed and instrumented during the procedure. If pulp tissue (blood vessels and nerves) is still present in these small canals , it can result in sensitivity. An Endodontist will be able to best evaluate the tooth in question. I had no heat sensitivity at all for a few months, however still had pressure discomfort , but was liveable.

Now it is extremely heat sensitive again. I had a cavity in one of my molars that was filled a year ago. After it was fille I had a lot a problem with the tooth and I ended up with a root canal treatment.

After the procedure, I got a temporary crown which also gave me problems.

I had pressure pain and heat sensitivity. I went back to the dentist who saw no problems on X-rays. The tooth has been great until these last couple days, it has become sensitive to heat.

Just kind of a dull ache. For the past couple of weeks this tooth is very sensitive to heat. I have noticed a deep pocket at the gum line that I may have missed with flossing and am now trying to correct with being more careful and using a dental brush to get in there to. Ideally root canal treatment is supposed to make the root canals sterile.

Since your dentist is prescribing anitbiotics, he clearly isnt sure that the root canals of your tooth are sterile. A tooth can remain sensitive after a root canal but should quickly heal as the infection clears up. Sensitivity to hat generally indiactes ireversible pulpitis.

If a tooth remains sensitive for an extended period of time, tell your dentist. Sometimes root canals need to be retreated if they get re-infected or bacteria remains in the tooth. If the tooth was not infected around the tip of the root , that’s when overfilling is likely to cause pain after a root canal.

It’s rare, but a tiny bubble of air can also be forced out of the root tip , causing pressure and pain. It may take some time, but the pain in either case should subside on its own. Heat sensitivity : A tooth needing root canal can be heat sensitive. Usually this woud indicate an infected tooth unless you are also senstive to cold. At any rate it would be a good thing to see your denist or endodonist to check your tooth.

While this is a simple, routine procedure, it leaves many people with sensitive teeth afterward.

In most cases, tooth sensitivity goes away on its own within a few days or several weeks, depending on the cause. There may in fact be no radiographic evidence of endodontic failure, or the endo may have been recently performe but still is the culprit. But since the crown, I have had sensitivity just by barely touching the sides of my tooth. The final stage before the pulp of the tooth dies is that the tooth becomes sensitive to heat and cold actually relieves the pain. This is a case of acute pulpitis.

The pulp of the tooth is nearly dea and will need a root canal. Click here to read more about root canal treatment. These ligaments have nerve fiber associated with them that can feel pain. They are the source of any post root canal pain.

The tooth may be sensitive to touch however there is no pain when drinking hot or cold liquids. The pain may be severe but when you brush or poke around the area the pain is relieved. It is not normal for a tooth that has had a root canal to be able to feel temperatures.

After a root canal , temperature sensitivity should cease very quickly. Unfortunately immediately after that I had intense pain when chewing on it. I got retreated today, and the chewing pain is much improve but the tooth still hurts when something cold touches it The doc said the tooth is infected. Going in for another treatment on Wednesday.

Likely possibility that one of the Adjacent tooth or Opposing tooth on the same side of the arch may be having pulpitis.