Temp Crown Pain as well as Jaw Pain

[User82209]

Six Days Ago I went to the dentist and had a couple procedures done. I had my very back bottom right tooth removed and had a crown put on the very back top right tooth. Four days after having the Procedures done I scheduled me an appointment to see the dentist again I was having top right Jaw Pain and pressure around the crown that was effecting my sleep.  I told them I couldn't even sleep on my right side  After talking to the dentist I was told that the crown looked fine but I didn't have a blood clot where my tooth was removed so they treated it like Dry socket and put packing in it and I was told that maybe I couldnt distinguish where the pain was actually located even though I was convinced it was due to the temporary crown. But today my top jaw is still hurting and im feeling pain at the bottom of my tooth where the crown is placed. Am I crazy or could there seriously be something wrong with my temporary crown or tooth under it? I have taken a hydrocodone that was prescribed for the pain and 4 ibuprofens and there is still pain from the tooth all the way to my ear. Is this normal? Because I wont get my permanent crown put on until September 3rd and I dont know if I can handle the pain for that long.

[User82209]

Thank you. Last night I was up at 2 in the morning with pain all the way up to my cheek bone for 2 hours until the medicine started working. So when you say that the dentist needs to adjust my bite does that mean that the temporary crown could be placed too high. Because since the tooth below it is gone the crown doesnt make any contact with any other teeth when I bite down. When I run my tongue across my teeth it is very obvious that the temporary crown is placed much higher than my other teeth rather than being in line with the others. I don't have any hot or cold sensitivity though.

[scottma]

Your descriptions suggest there is occlusal interference introduced by temporary crown. You may request your dentist to adjust bite of temporary crown. If your dentist can not adjust bite optimally, you may ask him to remove temporary  crown and observe if your problems disappear.