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[|Human|] Hello, please help! I had a large filling on my back lower molar that was leaking my dentist said and it was to big to fill again and he said it needed A crown...After the permanent crown was placed I was having increasing , longer lasting , throbbing dull achy pain around the whole jawline and tooth area. This went on for a bout a month. I called the dentist and explained my symptoms and he said I needed a root canal the tooth was dieing. He called me in a round of antibiodics and I made a apt for the root canal a week out, however the pain got so bad I didn t last until the scheduled apt, bad enough where it was waking me up out of my sleep, had me in tears. so he called me in a stronger antibiodic and he moved up my apt for the root canal, performed it this last Thursday. Said the tooth was infected and I had a lot of imflammation and it bled a lot during the root canal. He did the root canal right thru my permanent crown. Later that night when the numbness wore off I was in bad pain. It felt like I had gotten punched in my face and 3 teeth yanked out all at once. The pain radiates all thru my jawline and into my ear. even felt like it was in my neck/lymph node. I made it thru the night with a ice packs and a lot of tears and called my dentist the next morning. They said they would call me in a rx for a steroid and pain med to help during the healing process. I started both right away and still no relief. No pain meds seem to help not even a little. Ive tried motrin 800, aleve, Tylenol 500, and vicodin 750 (from dentist). It has now been 3 days since my root canal still in very uncomfortable pain especially when I try to talk. Cant chew on that side, jawline and ear still hurting bad. I finshed my rx s of 2 antibiodics given to me as well as my 12 pills of steroids given to me...Is this all normal?? I know you can experience some pain after root canal therapy but how much is to much. Its bad enough where I have missed days of work , please please help!
[|AI|]  Hello and thanks for consulting Chat Doctor.I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. According to the history given by you, I think the RCT(root canal treatment) is done successfully. Yes you can have some pain following root canal but not so much, and it should subside with some antibiotics and painkillers. If I were your treating doctor I would first take an x-ray to know the amount of infection down to the root of that tooth. RCT should be done to remove the infection or release the pressure caused by access if any. Some antibiotics like cephalic 200 and Oneida 500 for infection. Review after one week If RCT is successful you will not have any pain or discomfort.I would suggest you to talk to your doctor about this or take a second opinion Hope this answers your query. Take disregards