my root canal procedure is going on since from 12 days. at first stage doctor has given me anesthecia and performrd the procedure of root canal. the after that same procedure is carried out on same tooth 3 times without anesthecia. and every time my tooth is filled with cotton. but the problem is my tooth has pain while I take my meal and chew the food ( food taken is not very hard ). the tooth starts paining a lot and after 3 to 4 hours pain stops automatically. what might be the reason??? is there still infection in my tooth???? because my doctor said that next time he will permamantly fill my tooth. hence i am hesitated.
Hello! Read your query. This pain arising from the tissues around the tooth apex and not from the tooth itself. You need to give some time to the inflamed tissues to settle down. I suggest you not to use this side for chewing for at least a week. The infection(pus) is given a way to escape in a root canal therapy. Call your dentist and inform about this, he will grind your tooth little so that it is out of occlusion. Take antibiotics and analgesics as prescribed. It is ideal to permanently fill the tooth when the pain is completely absent. Hope this helps.