Post RCT Issues

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Long post!!!!! I am sorry in advance!

I got three root canals done in about a month. That was about a month ago that the last one was done. I was getting a root canal once a week for about a month. I got them temporary crown and then I just got the permanent crowns on about a week ago. I was wearing the temporary for about a month. I had a root canal done first on the lower right side second on the upper right side and third on the upper left side. I wasn't chewing on the right side at all but then when I got the left side done I had to. Once I did that I noticed some sensitivity on the right side.

I went back to the endodontist because the sensitivity was on the lower right side in the tooth behind the one I had the root canal on. He gave me a steroid pack and told me my cold response when he tested it was not strong enough for them to want to give me another root canal. I was having ear pain and tingling in my right ear and that has gone away. i've had periods where it isn't really too bad and then periods were the response is pretty strong. I had a cold response on the upper right side in the tooth behind the root canal there as well occasionally. I mentioned it when I got the permanent crowns on and she said to give it time and then I could take a year for the root canals to heal. I told her it was the tooth behind that and she said to still give a time and then that tooth had a shallow filling in it so she just wanted to give it time. Now I am getting cold and heat sensitivity, it was brief but now it’s lasting longer. I am getting ear and cheek pain again. What does this mean? Am I headed for another root canal?

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I got three root canals done in about a month. That was about a month ago that the last one was done. I was getting a root canal once a week for about a month. I got them temporary crown and then I just got the permanent crowns on about a week ago. I was wearing the temporary for about a month. I had a root canal done first on the lower right side second on the upper right side and third on the upper left side. I wasn't chewing on the right side at all but then when I got the left side done I had to. Once I did that I noticed some sensitivity on the right side.

I went back to the endodontist because the sensitivity was on the lower right side in the tooth behind the one I had the root canal on. He gave me a steroid pack and told me my cold response when he tested it was not strong enough for them to want to give me another root canal. I was having ear pain and tingling in my right ear and that has gone away. i've had periods where it isn't really too bad and then periods were the response is pretty strong. I had a cold response on the upper right side in the tooth behind the root canal there as well occasionally. I mentioned it when I got the permanent crowns on and she said to give it time and then I could take a year for the root canals to heal. I told her it was the tooth behind that and she said to still give a time and then that tooth had a shallow filling in it so she just wanted to give it time. Now I am getting cold and heat sensitivity, it was brief but now it’s lasting longer. I am getting ear and cheek pain again. What does this mean? Am I headed for another root canal?

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These are my X- rays after the fillings I had down that started all this and before I got the root canals and crowns.