April 2008: - my dentist put a filling into the top of my back, bottom molar -- she noted that it was a pretty small filling - the tooth didn't bother me at all prior to this - a couple days later I started getting an acute, sharp pain when I chewed on that side

Hi All, I just need a bit of advice. Today I had the first part of my root canal done today, it was supposed to be the whole thing but the root of the tooth was badly infected therefore the anesthetic did not numb the nerve (as its PH sensitive and the infection was quite acidic),so it only went...

I had a crown put on at end of Dec. 2010. My tooth kept throbbing and then the dentist took an ex-ray. He saw a dead root and abcess. I started taking penicillin VK 500MG 28 tab one tab 4 times per day. I take last two tabs tomorrow, and the next day, Friday,I am scheduled for root canal. My...

I went to the dentist to replace an old cavity from a tooth that was bothering me. Dentist found it infected & had to do a root canal. Cleaned out 3 of canals, 4th canal had calcified. She could not get through to clean it. Put medication in all to dissinfect. I was given antibiotics. Visit too 1...

Treating perforations while doing root canal treatments