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extreme pain following temporary crown
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extreme pain following temporary crown
by kris1822, Jun 28, 2009 11:05AM
I had a temporary crown placed a week ago in upper R jaw, and was fine except for minor pain at crown site which I expected, but within two days I developed extreme pain with cold, and attempts to touch area with toothbrush brought excrutiating pain over entire R side of face extending into ear and lower jaw and causing headache. Pain remained very severe for about 1/2 hour and then calms to moderate aching at jaw connection, No pain at crown or with biting down. Returned to doc yesterday and he replaced crown with new temporary and realigned. Bite is better, but after about 8 hours all symptoms have returned with a vengance. Anbesol and tylenol are no longer helping. Feels like a nerve thing as main area of pain is lower front of jaw and at hinge of jaw when temp is in upper right jaw. Any suggestions or thoughts??
This could happen due to a bite disease or referred pain due to a nerve in the tooth that is dying. But it sounds like the bite disease is more of the cause. I would start by having my bite evaluated by either of these types of doctors first. This could be either the starting point of TMJ also or it could be that the replacement of this tooth is the straw that broke the camel's back, meaning the bite disease has been there for a long time and now with the replacement of this one crown, the whole system was thrown off.
The dentists that would be able to help you would be,
http://www.top3dentists.com/pages/neuro_dentistry
http://www.top3dentists.com/pages/prosthodontal
http://www.top3dentists.com/pages/tmj
and have it evaluated by an endodontist,
http://www.top3dentists.com/pages/endodontics