Hello! I have a crown on my front tooth. I had the crown replaced about 3 times due to its bad odor. It’s so irritating and frustrating when the doctors don’t know what causes the odor. I went to see a new dentist two days ago she suggested to get a deep cleaning done. I gave it a try and I feel like it made the smell even worse. It’s been about two days since I got it cleaned. The doctor also said that she doesn’t see anything wrong with the root canal or my tooth. Can someone tell me what’s going on?
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If you are unhappy with your treatment, you need to go back to your dentist and let him/her know.Before you have them removed, you should have a wax up done. This is where they take molds of your existing teeth, and create a wax mold of what the end result will look like. After analyzing that ...
It sounds like you may have an infection in the root of the tooth, which is now showing as a bump on your gums. Sometimes, if that bump bursts, pus will come out, indicating that there is an infection. If your dentist mentioned shadowing on your x ray, that is another indication that you h...
