I had a root canal about ten days ago on #8. When I scratch my nose or upper lip it hurts. I touched the gum in the front right above the tooth and that it where I found the pain. i got a veneer on that tooth about a year and a half ago, and immediatey I had major pain in that tooth. About six months ago it was throbbing and my dentist took an x-ray and said it was okay and that it had been traumatized (from what, I don't know), and that he said just to not bite on it, and that it would heal. I did what he said, but then I developed a fistula and he finally said that I need a root canal. He recommended an edodontist in Beverly Hills. Even though I already had another endodontist, I went to the one that my dentist recommeded. If the nerve was taken out, how can there be pain? I took antibiotics, and the fistula is gone. I don't see any swelling, no redness, just pain when I touch it. The endodontist sent me immediately over to the dentist and I had the tooth in the back of the veneer filled. No waiting period. Does anyone know why there would be pain there, right on the gum above the tooth #8 from a root canal?
Please Advise. Thanks.