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2018-03-10 10:16:35
I had a root canal Thursday at 10am. After the treatment I was fine went back to work. At 3 am I woke up with a major pain, during the day over the counter meds didn’t help and now my jaw is swelling so bad I can see from the outside. Should I wait till Monday to call the dentist
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Sometimes there is postoperative pain due to infection. In my opinion if RCT is done properly, your pain would subside in a day or so. Of course you can wait till Monday.
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Take the medicines as prescribed by the doctor.
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Avoid eating hot things as it may aggravate the infection. Also don’t use the effected site for couple of days.

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