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Originally Posted by oldE
Baz, stick with Plan A. The antibiotic has to have time to reduce and eliminate the infection which is the pain trigger. Failure to achieve this might result in the nerve blocking injection not being able to freeze the site. (Don't ask how I know)
Depending upon which tooth is involved the procedure might be fairly simple. My dentist did a root canal on a front tooth in his office but sent me to a specialist for the procedure on a molar. I saw and experienced about the same with each.
Best
Les
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This. I went through this recently. I had an old crown on a tooth with a root canal. My dentist prepped it for a new crown but in between the temporary and permanent, the tooth broke and got infected. The pain was horrible.
The tooth had to be pulled. They tried numbing me several times but the shots didn't work because of the infection. You want that cleared up before the procedure. They ended up having to put me under for the removal. I'm now down a tooth. Luckily it was back right bottom so no implant needed. Best of luck. I root canal isn't a huge deal. I've had 3.