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Three months after root canal the tooth is moving, what does this mean?

quietsweetie28Jun 16, 2016
A couple of months ago permanent crown was placed on my root canal treated tooth and things were fine for a little while. Then over a month ago i had my bite readjusted due to severe pain. Now these past two weeks the same tooth is moving slightly whenever I eat. There is no pain, but I am worried about the tooth coming out. I had a different dentist take a look while they were treating another issue. He said I need to go back and have another root canal. What do you think, could that be it?

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Dr. Elizabeth Reiser-Loeber, DMD
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Answered on Jun 18, 2016
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