Pain after a root canal – is that normal?
Our topic in the next weeks is root canal treatment and its risks! (4/10)
Even if root treatment is performed properly, you may still feel some pain.
The pain usually goes down after about three days, and you usually don’t even need pain medication. The pain is caused by a slight irritation of the bone around the tip of the root. Should the pain get worse and/or you need medication, then something might have gone wrong during treatment.
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Some possible complications arising from root treatment are:
- incomplete filling of all canals, usually due to not using a magnifying glas
- incomplete filling of root canal, due to time limits or imprecise workcontamination of the root canal
- system by additional bacteria, usually due to not using a coffer dam and/or using unsterile instruments
- parts of an instrument breaking off inside a canal, which happens if instruments are not stored properly or simply used one too many times