Question

Has anyone ever had a failed root canal? I had a root canal done in November but am experiencing tooth sensitivity again especially with hot foods. Wondering what the hell I'm supposed to do now  EDIT: i already have a call into my dentist

Answer 1

A root canal doesnt leave any nerves in the tooth so you shouldn't feel anything because there are no nerves there anymore. So it either they didnt pull all the nerves out or it's the tooth next to it. Call the dentist to do xrays to see if they got all nerves out.  

Comments

Karolina, a tooth can become abscessed again without the nerve in the root. The pain is not the nerve but the abscess area.  

Answer 2

Go get it checked right away! Could be something with the crown! But yes my husband did he ended up eventual losing the tooth

Answer 3

This happened to me and I ended up losing the tooth. It started breaking off in pieces and became so infected that extraction was my only option.  

Answer 4

I did. My root was long and kind of curved at the end so getting the full tooth was difficult. I ended up needing an implant.  

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@carolinian850 that's how mine is too

Answer 5

Yes I did! Found out my original dentist filled my tooth with GLUE! ended up seeing an endodontist and he was able to save my tooth! See Dr. El Assad at Naperfield endodontics

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@codex4741 so he's the one that did my root canal.  

Answer 6

I did! It was years later and I ended up in the ER, my face was swollen like a balloon, I had to have my gums drained and a a tube put in. It was horrible! And scary. Please do not wait to get it looked at !  

Answer 7

Call your dentist or find a new one‍♀️I don’t mess around with my teeth I would definitely be getting in somewhere ASAP.  

Answer 8

I did. I ended up having an Apicoectomy. That worked.  

Answer 9

A root canal tooth can get an abscess again without the nerve being present. The pain maybe from the abscess area and not the nerve area of the tooth. Apicoectomy is probably what they will recommend.  

Answer 10

Who did your root canal? I learned the hard way that my dentist should not be doing my root canals. I had to have 2 redone. Endodontist is the one who should do it.  

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@scholz95 an endodontist

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@matchbox oh no

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@scholz95 what dentist did yours? Will you msg me?  

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@waggle mine was done by a dentist in Shorewood. He did the root canal, filled it with glue! I went back several times to him with severe pain. He told me on visit #3 "I'm not giving you anything for pain! " Which isn't what I wanted! I just wanted it fixed! Ended up needing 2 treatments at the endodontist to dissolve the glue and then the second to actually fix it. Cost me almost 10k out of pocket when all was said and done.  

Answer 11

Yup! I’ve had 3 that went bad. Just had the third one pulled 3 weeks ago. Two of them had to have a retreat and had to be pulled anyway. (My teeth are so bad)

Answer 12

I saw this post and laughed a little since last night my crown came off in the middle of dinner and I bit down on it and broke it into a million pieces  

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@huelva2 teeth suck

Answer 13

Yep. Had to go back three months later bc they didn’t “get the root out completely”. Ended up with an abscess and bad infection, had to have my tooth extracted a few months later. Not good times.  

Answer 14

My husband had one and they missed a root. He had an extra one the regular dentist did not see but a specialist had to fix it.  

Answer 15

Gargle with warm salt water couple times a day until you see your dentist. It could be an infection brewing!  

Answer 16

I had a failed root canal. If I remember correctly most people have 2 roots and I had 3. They went back in and fixed it at no additional charge

Answer 17

Yes. Ended up having it extracted

Answer 18

Yep—needed extraction  

Answer 19

Yes only mine has been a few years. I have to have it redone.  

Answer 20

There are so many bad dentists took me 13 years to find one I stuck with

Answer 21

Every single time I've gone to the VA endodontist  

Answer 22

Yes, I saw Dr. Vince Penesis and had a different procedure. All good 6 years later.  

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Vince is the BEST! had both root canals with him!  

Answer 23

@matchbox - yes, And they had to extract the tooth. After extraction you can either do a bridge (depending on location) or an implant.