Pain associated with prep for crowns

[lindar482]

7 days ago I had a molar prepped for a permanent crown and I'm still in pain.  The tooth had lots of fillings and fractures that required a lot of drilling.  I've had two other crowns done years ago and experienced the same exact thing.  All my teeth have been severely traumatized.  My dentist doesn't want to do root canals first.  Eventually after a few weeks the pain goes away.  My dentist said he doesn't understand why I'm having so much pain, why I'm so different than everyone else.  I can't be the only person who this happens to.  I need to have another crown made and I don't want to keep going through this pain if I don't have to.  Any suggestions?

[Jerome Tsang, DDS]

If you're in pain, then a root canal is probably the proper treatment.  It can be due to trauma and it may go away on its own but it seems to me that its not worth the suffering you experience when the treatment is given.  Can they try a more conservative treatment instead of a crown, such as an inlay or onlay?

[Maksim22]

Check into material used for the temporary crown and/ or temporary cement used. You might be allergic to the components in it. (Try eugenol-free temporary cements)

Dr. Maksim Lyubarskiy
Dental Arts of Freehold