Severe pain after 2nd crown

[Rosa4200]

Last year I had a cracked tooth (#19) that ended up being crowned. Up until about 6 weeks ago, all was fine, no pain whatsoever. Then the crown chipped. My dentist patched it up over the weekend, but it came off the same evening. The piece remained off until my appointment a week and a half later. During this time I still had absolutely no pain. At the next appointment, my dentist reprepped the tooth and created a cerec crown right there in the office. From the moment the novocain wore off, I was in severe pain that wouldn

[Jerome Bogin, D.D.S.]

It is possible that you have an inflammation of the nerve of the tooth(pulpitis). This can be a result of the prepping of the tooth or the cement that was used. The pulpitis is either reversible(it gets better on its own) or irreversible which require root canal therapy. The bottom line here is the discomfort you are in, if that does not abate then the rct will be necessary.

[mike1105]

the nerve gets inflamed anytime a tooth is drilled on. sometimes it s more severe than other times, sometmes it is reversible and sometimes it is not. your sensitivity in this case may be related to the fact that a different cement is used under resin crowns as opposed to the porcelain metal kind it seems you had before. If it were me, and if indeed a resin cement (different) was used under your new crown, knowing what I know I would want the resin crown removed, and a temporary made and cemented with IRM-- which contains a sedative called Eugenol. If you do ok there, I'd want a new crown made from yellow gold, and cemented with the same IRM material.