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Dental anaesthesia not working
Dr. Suggested me for root canal but dental anaesthesia is not working in that tooth... i feel the numbness overall but there was a pain in the tooth when she prick ,dr. Told its cz of the hot tooth and suggested me to take antibiotics for 2 days and come after that... what is the issue?
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There might be a lot of infection in that tooth that is why the local anaesthesia is not working. You can take antibiotics and proceed with rct
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Due to Infection local anesthesia is not working.
Once infection calm down you can Initate the treatment
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Hot tooth is the condition in which tooth pulp get sensitive and inflamed due to infection and is difficult to anesthetize.
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Take your medicine prescribed by the doctor.
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When sever infection is there it wnt works 1st infection have to reduce
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When there is severe infection the anaesthesia won’t work
Please use antibiotics before proceeding with the treatment
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