[cjvanho]

I had a temp put in a week ago and had some pain with it and the feeling of biting down on tinfoil. That's the best I can explain it. Talked with the dentist this week when he was putting the Permanent crown in and he said that was the cause of the Temp. and the permanent crown should fix that. With the permanent crown I now have constant pain in and around where my crown was put in. When he pulled the old temp crown out they asked if I needed Novocaine I said no not really just get it out and we can get the new one in. They used Novocaine it felt as though he hit a nerve while applying the Novocaine.


My question is could the Novocaine procedure have hit a nerve? I have used Advil and the pain goes away but I don't want to take Novocaine all day everyday.
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I never had pain with the tooth prior to the procedure other than it being ground down and a chip but no pain. Now I have constant pain. I feel I got the raw end. Now I may have to pay for more services to resolve something that shouldn't have been screwed up in the beginning. I only had it down per his advice his professional advice.:mad:

[flossie]

Often times the injection site can be more sore than the tooth that was worked on! I've experienced that myself. Advil will help.
The crown must have been recommended because your tooth had had extensive work done on it in years past. Remember, the dentist had to trim your tooth down so that the crown would fit, it may take a few days for things to settle down. Give it a week or so and if you still have a lot of discomfort go see your dentist. The crown may need to have an adjustment done so your bite is right.
What tooth was it that was crowned?

[cjvanho]

Right side upper I think molar. Its not the farthest back but the second one in. I have had my wisdom pulled. My only issue is It doesn't feel like the tooth itself. Could it have been a nerve. The tooth is sensitive obviously to hot and cold which I expected but this wakes me in the middle of the night. I take Tylenol and the pain goes away for about 5 hours. Then I have to take Tylenol again. The tooth had a filling but nothing else and that was done when I was about twelve I'm 37 now. It had a small chip and was like I said ground down from my grinding. I have never had this type of jaw or mouth pain before.

[flossie]

You may have an abscess. You should have the dentist take an x-ray to see if the nerve is OK (he SHOULD have done this before placing the crown). If the pain is waking you at night you should see the dentist ASAP.