Hi all, I need some help please! I had a pretty bad toothache last week on the top and noticed a hard white bump above the tooth that was hurting. I went to the dentist and showed him the bump and he took xrays and said I need a root canal. He put me on antibiotics and set up the root canal appt 4 days later. Well had the root canal and it went fine. Didnt even really have that much pain for about 3 days after the root canal. But it is now Day 4 and the tooth seems to hurt some now but the BUMP is twice larger and is so painful you don't even want to touch it, it even hurts to touch my face there while putting on makeup. I'm still on the antibiotics taking 4 a day! I plan to call the dentist after xmas if it is still hurting. Can anyone tell me why this bump seems to be getting worse after the root canal. Is it going to just go away or burst or what????
Please help with any info...................................

Starman

Your dentist is the best one qualified to determine what the bump is and has the duty to inform you. The persistence of and worsening of pain might mean that there is some type of complication which your doctor has to take care of. Sometimes things get worse because the prescribed medicine isn't doing its job properly. I would contact him immediately. He might want to replace your antibiotics or take some other remedial measures.

Root Canal Treatment Info

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http://www.atlantadentist.com/root_c...plication.html

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/healt...sp?index=10904

Pressard

Root canal represents a simple procedure to save a tooth that is severely damaged or deeply decayed.

That can happen you have a fistula after a root canal if there were bacteria to remain inside canals after the treatment.

for more information:

Root Canal Complications,what happened?