Is My Root Canal Tooth Infected | Ask Blodgett Dental Care

Worried that your root canal tooth may be infected? Dr. Kelly Blodgett and Mara from Blodgett Dental Care break down what going on when you have a root canal as well as how to determine if it's infected.

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[tjotwo]

I sought out Blodgett after my root canal teeth were removed. Dr. Neish and other Blodgett staff have been helping me with a long recovery from the sinus infection caused by a botched root canal that tore a hole in my sinus and with amalgam replacement. Folks at Blodgett are smart, caring, and understand the dangers of root canals and amalgams and how to address them properly. I highly recommend them.

[mermer]

I've bruised my root canal teeth due to night clenching and grinding. Then I've lost them due to resulting inflammation and infection.
It sucks to spend $10, 000 on your mouth and end up losing half of the teeth you were trying to save. Plus, when I complained that my crowns were causing pain because they were hitting too hard, the dentist never once mentioned the possibility of infection causing the gums to swell and lift the teeth. Instead he just ground them down more and more. Finally saw an endodontist who drilled through the crowns for the root canals. Unfortunately the infection had spread along my lower jaw and then to my upper. I ending up losing a tooth that had a root canal and crown 10 years earlier. All this because the 1st dentist was sloppy and never prescribed antibiotics.

[Akshitavlogs]

I had root canal treatment when i was 13 years, now im 22 and it kept on hurting till now, wht should i do please help.

[theboujiebox]

I had a dentist tell me today my root canal is fine yet my gums are swollen I twist my jaw it’s sensitive to cold stuff and I’m still sitting here tooth throbbing

[queendorado_]

I’ve had a root canal on 11/01 and I dont feel bad biting down or eating . But if my heads down to long or I dont rinse with warm salt water it gets swollen sometimes swollen I feel a heart beat.

[aarongrosbeck]

What if a dentist says to you that you need to rip a tooth out because there is a root canal infection. But there is no warning signs. I don't want my tooth ripped out.

[mrp]

Got a root canal 2 years ago. Its been hurting so bad for a few days now. But i smoke a pack of cigarettes a day. Maybe i need to slow down

[pattimurphy]

Can we just extract out the tooth then?