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What Causes Excessive Saliva After Root Canal Therapy?

hi Doctor, please help me before i loose it!!!! i went for a root canal therapy on saturday on my two teeth. my dentist put me on antibiotics and gave me pain tablets but the antibiotics make me feel weird, irritable and sleepy. im spitting excessive saliva since ive done the therapy and i cant even perform my duties properly since im spitting excessive saliva endlessly... im really concerned please help

Tue, 13 May 2014
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With your query, root canal therapy do not increase or decrease the production of saluva whereas increase in saliva might be due to firstly, local anesthesia influences the sympathomimetic effect on nerve endings resulting in increased saliva temporarily secondly, the drugs what they have prescribed you didn't mention so we can't rule out their role however definitely some antibiotics too will be the cause for example if you are using metronidazole rresults in excessive saliva with little metallic taste. Finally we need to know the drugs you use which you have not mentioned.if problem persists plz consult your doctor.
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What Causes Excessive Saliva After Root Canal Therapy?

Hi With your query, root canal therapy do not increase or decrease the production of saluva whereas increase in saliva might be due to firstly, local anesthesia influences the sympathomimetic effect on nerve endings resulting in increased saliva temporarily secondly, the drugs what they have prescribed you didn t mention so we can t rule out their role however definitely some antibiotics too will be the cause for example if you are using metronidazole rresults in excessive saliva with little metallic taste. Finally we need to know the drugs you use which you have not mentioned.if problem persists plz consult your doctor.