I had a root canal on March 3. Had fair amount of pain but seemed to settle. By March 20th I was in intense pain and went back to dentist . He did an xray , said everything looked OK but gave me a 7 day course of antibiotics. He seemed sure I probably had a sinus infection as well as infection around the tooth . The pain has lessened but is still present 24/7, sometimes worse than other time, always in the tooth, the jaw and my ear. I now have a huge lump in the jaw line under the root canal tooth. What can I do? The dentist has me scheduled to finish the root canal on April 4th. I m worries and in pain!
HELLO, The pain and swelling associated with the teeth undergoing root canal treatment may be due to-Infected pulp remaining within the canals, Periapical Infection associated, Perforation during instrumentation. The infected pulp has to be removed as soon as possible, Rinse you mouth using warm saline. The pus has to be Chat Doctor. Hope this helps.