21/08/2026
🦷 **PAIN AFTER RCT — NORMAL OR A WARNING SIGN?** 🤔
Mild tenderness or discomfort after root canal treatment can occur as the periapical tissues recover. But **persistent, increasing, or severe pain deserves evaluation.**
🔍 **Think beyond “post-RCT pain”:**
• High occlusion
• Apical inflammation
• Over-instrumentation
• Missed canal
• Over/underfilling
• Coronal leakage
• Cracked tooth
• Persistent or recurrent infection
đź’ˇ **The golden rule:**
**Don’t just treat the pain — find the cause.**
đź“Ś **Save this post for your next endodontic case.**
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