montos
18-01-13, 05:27
Hi there,
I had a root canal started on dec 24th and finished on Jan 3rd. When it was finished I found out that the first dentist had placed a cotton pellet dipped in formocresol in the tooth which is formaldehyde! Well, this freaked me out and I think I was prepping my self for problems as I fixated on this and visited Dr Google.
The pain in my face went away after about 6 or 7 days and I had been terrified it wasn't going to because I was convinced I had nerve damage from either the formaldehyde or the root canal itself.
So in short, I spent a week freaking out expecting a problem. I read somewhere that a hallmark symptom of nerve damage is burning and so, guess what, the next day the pain had gone away but I had mild burning in it's place.
Since then I've had a burning cheek that comes and goes and moves around somewhat to above my eye and by my ear. I convinced myself I must have developed trigeminal neuralgia because it's only on the one side. (though it isn't all the time).
I went to my doctor today and he said it could be nerve damage from the procedure but it will likely go away. (great)
I also saw my dentist and he said that is not possible for a top tooth since the nerve is nowhere near the tooth. (unlike the bottom). At any rate he said he'd never seen or heard of anything like this.
Since I've been thinking about this pretty much non-stop it occurs to me finally it might just be anxiety. Duh. My anxiety levels have been through the roof lately.
sorry about the long story but does anyone else get burning face without redness? Also get the occasional spider crawling/ tingling feeling by my ear.
I had a root canal started on dec 24th and finished on Jan 3rd. When it was finished I found out that the first dentist had placed a cotton pellet dipped in formocresol in the tooth which is formaldehyde! Well, this freaked me out and I think I was prepping my self for problems as I fixated on this and visited Dr Google.
The pain in my face went away after about 6 or 7 days and I had been terrified it wasn't going to because I was convinced I had nerve damage from either the formaldehyde or the root canal itself.
So in short, I spent a week freaking out expecting a problem. I read somewhere that a hallmark symptom of nerve damage is burning and so, guess what, the next day the pain had gone away but I had mild burning in it's place.
Since then I've had a burning cheek that comes and goes and moves around somewhat to above my eye and by my ear. I convinced myself I must have developed trigeminal neuralgia because it's only on the one side. (though it isn't all the time).
I went to my doctor today and he said it could be nerve damage from the procedure but it will likely go away. (great)
I also saw my dentist and he said that is not possible for a top tooth since the nerve is nowhere near the tooth. (unlike the bottom). At any rate he said he'd never seen or heard of anything like this.
Since I've been thinking about this pretty much non-stop it occurs to me finally it might just be anxiety. Duh. My anxiety levels have been through the roof lately.
sorry about the long story but does anyone else get burning face without redness? Also get the occasional spider crawling/ tingling feeling by my ear.