Wow, I'm no doctor but I bet a doctor would tell you that you should
cut down on the caffeine or whatever it is that is making you so
uptight.

This is what I said (re-read the post):
"what I did is take ibuprofen to decrease
inflammation and wait and see if the pain decreases over the next few
days."
Where did I prescribe ibuprofen to anyone?

I also said I was no dentist right off the bat.

There's a diference as I see:

A- Bob has got a crown on a vital tooth which has been carved (Prepared) in
order to receive the crown, which also is resulting sensitive to
temperature, mostly must be more sensitive to cold than to hot, (but don't
try a boiling Earl Gray with cinnamon 'cause it might surprise you how
painfull it can be), now this tooth might take two ways: 1- the sensitivity
can slowly go away, in that case maybe a NSAI (Non Steroidal Anti
Inflammatory) drug would help, usually like ibuprofene 200 mg every 8 hours
during 3 or 4 days, really helps a lot to pass it over but it might be a
dangerous drug and must be prescribed by a doctor who knows whatever other
medications you might be taking (or not), now the other situation 2- it
might be more and more painfull so it'll take you back to the dentist's
chair to have the crown removed and a root cannal treatment done, you might
also be referred to a specialist in endo, and then have the crown cemented
back (if it ever survived intactly the removal maneuvers), I do that a lot,
and thanks G'd, successfully and my experience tells me that it's better to
have the rtc done BEFORE any crown installment in general terms although I
know there are exceptions, but... gotta tel you... I make a living from
removing crowns doing rct and temporary cementing back the crown before
sending the patient back to his own dentist.
I REALLY HOPE that Bob gets the first one...
B- Jim in the other hand has a still sensitive RTC post-operatory tooth,
reasons? it doesn't matter the real reason, if there is post-operatory
sensitivity (mostly to pressure) in any of my cases and I know it I reopen
it, clean, rinse put atb medication, and wait for two weeks, then open again
rinse back a lot (!!!) and then fill it again, after that there is no
sensitivity at all. One month seems a lot of time for me, two weeks....
depends on how hard was the original infection, have you taken the
antobiotic medication the doctor prescribed you? I've seen cases of people
not taking the prescribed meds which is also as bad as taking meds without
prescription.

Cheers!

Gabe