any dentists, am I in trouble?

[Honestherbert]

I am sitting in the middle of a night shift and may have a problem!! I had the first part of a root canal/crown today in which the dentist drilled my tooth and then put the usual yellowish temporary filling material in the hole, he then absolutely coated the tooth with a clear glue like substance I have never had before?

Unfortunately for me I just started to eat my dinner (lasagne) and the clear glue type covering came off in one go!!! I cant feel any intense pain when I bite down but the tooth is bleeding a little around the gum.

Is this supposed to happen or not?? he never mentioned that it would come off but the way it has leads me to beleive it was maybe supposed to be there whilst the main/normal filling had time to harden perhaps??

Or should I be going back tommorow to have more glue type stuff put on again?

[jimmyjimjim]

Honestherbert said:

I am sitting in the middle of a night shift and may have a problem!! I had the first part of a root canal/crown today in which the dentist drilled my tooth and then put the usual yellowish temporary filling material in the hole, he then absolutely coated the tooth with a clear glue like substance I have never had before?

Unfortunately for me I just started to eat my dinner (lasagne) and the clear glue type covering came off in one go!!! I cant feel any intense pain when I bite down but the tooth is bleeding a little around the gum.

Is this supposed to happen or not?? he never mentioned that it would come off but the way it has leads me to beleive it was maybe supposed to be there whilst the main/normal filling had time to harden perhaps??

Or should I be going back tommorow to have more glue type stuff put on again?

I am not a dentist.

Nor, having had the odd root canal, am I familiar with the 'clear glue', but it does sound to me like some form of temporary crown. I had one that lasted a day or so before breaking off, then had a permanent crown put on two weeks later, it was fine*, another that was fine for two weeks before being crowned.

Either way, you're not going to die tonight, nor is it going to ruin the tooth or eventual crown. Call them tomorrow to check, though.

* thinking about it, this is the tooth that is currently getting replaced by an implant. hmmm.

[Honestherbert]

bloody closed til monday!!! bah, I will just have to be easy on it and call them then I suppose, bloody sensitive though without the cap!! glass of water nearly killed me!!

[Jazzer]

Is it safe?

[Halb]

Are you talking to me?

[TVR1]

Jazzer said:

Is it safe?

[daz3210]

NHS Direct?

They will tell you where the nearest hospital emergency place is if needed.

[rog007]

I'd avoid anything that causes the discomfort and make an appointment to have it checked.

[Lippitt]

If you're in trouble I'm absolutely fked - lost the entire temporary filling covering mine a couple of weeks ago and got an appointment Tuesday to see what the damage is. It's not agony but it's bloody sensitive, and the hole is impressive! (I've got one of those little mirrors on a stick to inspect it, I'm weird like that)