Loose tooth years after root canal

Use of dental CT scans and a dental microscope during root canal therapy has greatly reduced the occurrence of this problem. If abscessed tooth develops after root canal procedure it can lead to toothache even after years of root canal. Cracked or broken tooth : One of the causes of toothache after root canal is fractured root during or after root canal treatment. Cracked tooth often went undetected before treatment and one can have toothache after root canal and crown procedure.

Root canal treatment is the removal of the vital material inside a tooth – the nerve and blood supply – followed by cleaning and shaping of the now empty canal and then filling the root of the tooth with a safe material that the body will not reject.

It was terrific until about yrs ago. My dentist checked it out and said there was an infection in it that had to be cleaned out. In some cases, root canals can be corrected years after the original treatment was performed.

Essentially, the dental professional performs the root canal procedure again, including removing the original post and reshaping the canals from the root of the tooth. If a tooth becomes infected again years after root canal has been done, it can often be retreated. A tooth becoming loose after a root canal is not normal, and indicates a failure to diagnose or treat correctly.

Three possible causes: 1) Major infection prior to the root canal around the tooth that ate away all the supporting bone.

If this is the case, a root canal should never have been done. Two years ago I had my canine root canal treatment. Plus my tooth felt heavy.

One took months to stop hurting, one took months , and the last one stopped with the bite pain after a few months but still feels loose if I press on the side of the tooth, months later. Why is a tooth extracted after a root canal? What is the recovery time after a root canal? What are potential complications after a root canal?

Will my loose permanent tooth get better? The root canal treated tooth is cracked: As the living tissue of the tooth is removed during root canal treatment, the remaining tooth is dry and brittle. It may be that the tooth gets cracked due to a fall or other physical force years after the endodontic procedure was completed. Evanson can provide medicine to reduce inflammation and get you through this period.

It’s still possible to bite down and crack the root or an existing crack under the crown may grow down the root. However, if the pain persists longer than a few days,. This may cause pain when biting down on the crown in certain ways.

Sometimes the pain will come and go.

Brittle teeth are susceptible to fracture and possibly splintering. These potential splinters of tooth can embed into the soft tissue or gum area that surrounds it. Pulling the tooth – sometimes an implant is placed right after the tooth is pulle but usually a healing period of months is followed. Placement of the implant – this is surgery so there will be swelling and discomfort after the procedure (and risk of infection). Time to heal – during the healing process,.

As soon as a crown becomes loose , saliva and bacteria have gotten in. Within hours of exposure, decay begins (which is why we recommend brushing twice per day). The fact that is has come loose means there is a good chance there is decay present now. More concerning though is the likelihood of root fracture.

I also have a partial plate replacing my upper front teeth. The clasps attach to the problem molar and the adjacent outer molar. The tooth has a gold crown.