How long does your tooth stay sensitive after a root canal? Does a sensitive tooth always need a root canal? Is it safe to leave a tooth with opened root canal? Why does my tooth feel loose after root canal?
Tooth sensitivity for a few days after a root canal is completely normal, but prolonged pain could point to a serious complication.
When you have a root canal procedure done to solve a toothache , your dentist removes the nerve from the roots of your tooth before sealing and restoring it. It may seem strange then, that after the root canal is performe you might still experience tooth pain and tenderness. A root canal involves deep cleaning inside the canals (the inner chamber of the root ) of your tooth , which can in turn irritate surrounding nerves and gums. The pain shouldn’t last forever. After a root canal is complete no living nerve tissue remains inside the tooth , but nerve endings remain in the ligaments that attach the tooth to the surrounding bone.
These ligaments have nerve fiber associated with them that can feel pain. They are the source of any post root canal pain.