Hi Paula,
I have had ten root canals, I was in an accident when I was younger and it moved my teeth around and since then I have had trouble with my teeth. Whenever I needed a root canal my tooth would be sensitive to cold and hot.

If there is an abcess in that root it usually shows up on x-ray. Is your cheek in that spot swollen at all?
Sometimes if a tooth is higher than the other teeth for some reason like a new filling or teeth shifting, that tooth can become sensitive like that. {If that make sense to you.} The dentist then puts one of those blue papers that tells him if it is touching between those particular teeth and drills just a little off that tooth and the sensitivity goes away. Then it's not the first tooth to touch every time you close your mouth.
I don't know much about the neuralgia but I know when a tooth hurts that much, it get really old really fast!!!!!


I don't know if this helps you but I hope your tooth gets better fast! :wink2:
Lyn
I have had ten root canals, I was in an accident when I was younger and it moved my teeth around and since then I have had trouble with my teeth. Whenever I needed a root canal my tooth would be sensitive to cold and hot.
If there is an abcess in that root it usually shows up on x-ray. Is your cheek in that spot swollen at all?
Sometimes if a tooth is higher than the other teeth for some reason like a new filling or teeth shifting, that tooth can become sensitive like that. {If that make sense to you.} The dentist then puts one of those blue papers that tells him if it is touching between those particular teeth and drills just a little off that tooth and the sensitivity goes away. Then it's not the first tooth to touch every time you close your mouth.
I don't know much about the neuralgia but I know when a tooth hurts that much, it get really old really fast!!!!!
I don't know if this helps you but I hope your tooth gets better fast! :wink2:
Lyn