# Question About Root Canal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-root-canal/651418>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 26, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-root-canal/651418 "2013-02-26T05:28:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-root-canal/651418/21 "2013-02-28T01:19:09Z")

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> [@ineedthetruth](#):
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> Hi,
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> I had a root canal done about 5 days ago. Today I went and they placed a temp crown. I had it done about 2 hours ago and my tooth, jaw and neck hurts now. My dentist said " I am going to remove a bit of the inflamed tissue around the tooth." What does this mean? Did he scrape off some gum tissue? Also it looks like I can see some cement coming out of my gums? Is this normal?
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> Thanks

Yes he probably removed some gum tissue to get better access to the tooth for the crown prep. Did he “scrape” it off? Probally he cut it off with either a scalpel or the burr he used to prep the tooth.

There my be some extra cement from the temporary if it bothers you and you can’t get out yourself return to the dentist for removal.

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