Matt's Story of Sargenti Paste

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I recently has a front tooth break off at the gumline. My (realtively new to me) dentist performed a root canal, then days later installed a post and temp crown, then later a crown.When the crown was installed I felt pressure on the whole row of top teeth. Like a crowding of the teeth. And there was a a sore/swollen area way above the repaired tooth, inside the mouth at highest point of of the gum. (Put your finger just under your right nose hole and press on the gum; that's where the sore, swollen area was.

Two days later I visited the dentist and he exaplained that some of the paste he used in the root canal obviously espcaped from the top of the tooth -- and that my body would absorb it in about two weeks and all would be fine.

I was curious about the paste and he said it was Sargenti Paste. I have since read up on Sargenti Paste and am somewhat alarmed by what I read. (It has not been approived by the FDA, for example).

Now, 12 days later, the swelling has subsided a lot (though not entirely) and the pressure on the top row of teeth is gone. The treated tooth feels "dead." As to a lesser degree, so does the front tooth next to it. And I can feel a little swelling/infection on both sides of my face, just below the ears, which may or may not be related.

My question: How dangerous is that Sargenti Paste? Is my future health in general in any danger because of all this? And what precautiuon/action should I take now, if any?

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