you should not have to "put up" with pain from a tooth. Something is wrong. teeth that have crowns still have nerves in them unless root canal therapy was done. the nerve can become inflamed, necrotic (dead) or infected for a variety of reasons--- even more than with virgin (never worked on) teeth becasue they are traumatized from all the work that was done on them to get the crown on in the first place---- drilling, cement, air being blown on it etc. the problem may also be in the gum tissue or bone around the tooth..... hopfully your new dentist is referred to you by someone you trust, and is good. good luck
Thanks I have an appt. tomorrow morning. It is not with the same dentist that did the crown. I've moved since then and he is too far away. How can a nerve die under a crown? When he put the crown on my tooth hurt the whole time, he said he couldn't numb it any further and I would just have to put up with it.
ChrisA
go to a different dentist. there is probably an endodontic or periodontal infection. could be from the crown, could be from the tooth. dentist's do not like to admmit that their crowns caused problems and were not done well. that is why you should see someone else for an unbiased opinion.
It certainly can be a dead nerve. You need to get an x-ray and have it treated.