Root canal without pain

How can I need a root canal if I’ve never had any pain in my tooth? My dentist said that my tooth is infected and needs a root canal and a crown. I’ve never felt any pain in the area at all. That tooth is a little darker than the others, but that is it. Mason L- West Virginia, Mason, It is possible you had hit that tooth many years […]

Tooth just filled and now abscessed. What do I do?

I had a broken molar (second one from the back on the lower left side). I went to the dentist and he filled it, but after about a month I went back because the filling was causing my teeth not to close properly (it never did close properly after he worked on it). He ground a little more off of the filling and told me that I now had an […]

My tooth feels like fire, even to tap water.

What is a desensitizing agent? I had a large filling removed from a molar & re-filled & now it is so sensitive, even tap water feels like fire. – Shirley from Texas Shirley, From the description you give of the intensity of your pain, it sounds like the tooth that was filled is infected and will need a root canal treatment and then later a dental crown. Here are some […]

Crest Whitestrips causing a tooth to need root canal treatment

We read a blog posting about a patient who apparently ended up needing root canal treatment from using Crest Whitestrips. You can click the link to read it for yourself. We have cautioned patients for years about not using over-the-counter tooth whitening products. Crest Whitestrips have been one that has been assumed safe and effective. But it appears that the safest and best way to bleach your teeth is under […]

Should I have the root canal or the extraction?

I recently cracked part of a filling off of my back left molar during chewing. The dentist could not see any cracks on the xray. The tooth is mostly old filling. I was hoping to just leave it alone, but this week I have bitten down on food with i! t twice and had excrutiating pain that lasted a couple of minutes. I have been experiencing headaches as well this […]