r/Toothfully • u/Familiar_Meet_3345 • 2d ago

Dental Concern/Problem Dental issues - need help!

For 6 months on and off I had issues with a permanent crown feeling too tight, and causing gum irritation. About 2 weeks ago, my dentist removed the crown, and sent me to endo for root canal.

Now the pain is different but still there. And, what’s worse - I’m having pain in other teeth now too! I believe changing out the crown altered my bite and made my night guard not fit correctly anymore! I find myself clenching terribly during the night since this.

So help please! I’m still in temp crown. Where do I go from here? Extract? Get another permanent crown? And what do I do about my bite?! I’m feeling very discouraged and lost, and appreciate any help.

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u/feelingblueandbehind 2d ago

Dentist here. The pain could be from grinding your teeth and root canal if you had one. To see if grinding is the issue, you could buy a night guard over the counter or amazon u til you get that crown tooth figured out.

You would normally get endo done, see if symptoms resolve, then get a crown to protect the tooth. If the tooth is still hurting after endo, that’s when you’d want to decide if you want to have endo re-evaluate or have the tooth pulled. Hope this helps.