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At the dentist..root canal gone bad.

I wasn't to come back until jan 2. But I ran in here because of the pain..I don't want it infected . I had a temp in there since early November. It was sore an painful.. Even my hydros didn't work..Motrin did.. I told them look I detox & I don't wanna go back.. So here I am..plz take it out....
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I've had several root canal treatments and they ALL hurt until I had the procedure done. After that it was fine. In my case, once I was on an antibiotic for a day, the pain was much less.  I had on root canal fail,many years later. THAT was EXTREMELY painful. My face was swollen, my head throbbed, the tooth hurt!  With that one I had a surgery with a bone graft and it's still doing fine.

So, what happened with you? I can't figure it out...is it an impacted wisdom tooth?    I don't ever suggest having a tooth pulled unless it's beyond repair. It's certainly less expensive but if you can swing it, have it fixed. If its a root canal treatment you need, go to an endodontist instead of a general dentist...
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having had a lot of dental issues....usually, if you address the infection ie. antibiotics and nsaids, you should be out in front of it....cosmetically, the more work you have done, the more likely the "need" for narcotics, just for me, i would suggest caution, commen sense etc. I wouldnt go thru a lot of pain unnessesarily, but it can be a slippery slope, as it were....good luck....kk
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Should I just have it taken out.. For pain sake.. Heck I'll buy a new one..lol
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Motrin only..thanks.. I have a wisdom teeth under the skin sticky almost out.. I told them," look I just went thru hell, do what less pain full right now..  He didn't see an infection. He did adjust the bite..
Vicki, you said yours was bad.. Like how long did it hurt?..
P.s no fever only
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Im sorry to hear you are hurting.  I had a root canal, temp and then it all went bad on me too a few years ago, so had them just take it out!  It was a rear molar so nobody would see it missing anyhow.    Please don't get a scrip for pain meds....get 800 ibuprofens...they work just as good as tlenol 3 or vicuprofen.  
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What happened? Did they take it out?

Generally, if you have a fever, the tissue is already infected. So, you need to be on treatment for that. It IS painful and Motrin tends to help better than anything else, as you discovered. An ice pack to that side of your face helps, also.

Is this a root canal treatment that later failed? Or did you just have a root canal treatment?   How can we help?
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