My old root canal hurts

Why would an old root canal start causing pain? What are the most common root canal side effects? Can root canal take months to heal? How to treat root canal pain? A: Why Would an Old Root Canal Start Causing Pain ?

Thanks for the great question. There are several possible reasons for an old root canaled tooth to start hurting. Most likely reason a leakage between outside restoration covering access to the canal.

Infected Root Canal It’s possible for a tooth to become infected even after having a root canal. This frustrating situation occurs when the filling leaks, allowing bacteria from your saliva to work their way in around the edges of the filling. Once inside the root canal , bacteria can create an infection within just a few days. It’s still possible to bite down and crack the root or an existing crack under the crown may grow down the root.

This may cause pain when biting down on the crown in certain ways.

Sometimes the pain will come and go. A tooth with an old root canal might become painful because of an infection in the root , salivary contamination has occurre the tooth has decayed since the root canal was performed or the tooth has been fracture according to the American Association of Endodontists. This is because normal Xrays taken in dental offices don’t reveal the infection that’s sometimes there. A root canal involves deep cleaning inside the canals (the inner chamber of the root ) of your tooth , which can in turn.

Unfortunately, there are some times when a root canal does not work. If you have an infection in a tooth and they do the root canal right away without doing a course of antibiotics first, it very often can cause further problems. Our endodontists tend to wait until the infection is gone before doing the root canal. An I would NOT let my regular dentist try to fix a failed root canal. A failed root canal calls for a specialist, IMO.

Insufficient root canal treatment: The main purpose of root canal is to completely remove the infected pulp tissues, cleanse the pulp chamber and fully seal the empty space to the end of the root. If by chance any debris is left behind in the root canal it can harbor bacteria resulting in new infection. I had a root canal on one of my right bottom molars over ten years ago. About a week ago, the gum started to hurt with a dull pain.

Fast facts on pain after a root canal : A root canal will treat the diseased tissue (pulp) while preserving the rest of the tooth. A person will be given anesthetic before the procedure, so it is. Although placement of a crown helps protect the treated root from fracturing during chewing, a crack may still develop years later.

Additionally, it is rare but possible that the root canal treatment itself can cause a fracture in a tooth root.

Discomfort immediately following your root canal is not reflective of the procedure’s success. Most often, pain that follows a root canal directly correlates to both the level of pain prior to treatment and the intensity of tissue irritation required to complete the endodontic treatment thoroughly. It can be exquisitely sensitive. Another common cause of this type of pain is a temporary filling that’s a wee bit too high. I kind of remember the tooth still bothering me right after the root canal , but the dentist basically told me I was imagining it.

Therefore, any type of pain can be a sign that a root canal is infected and a corresponding treatment is needed. Pain must be considered together with other symptoms to indicate the problem. Swelling and Gum Tenderness. You can also have throbbing pain if the Pulp is not completely removed from the canals in the root canal treated tooth.

The reason for pain is due to Pulpitis (inflammation). The first thing they did was to tell me I needed a root canal and so I let them do it. That was six months ago and it hurt after they did it.

They kept saying the pain would wear off.