I can't even really let anything cold nextto it or anything with sugar why would it still be doing this I mean because it has been like 4 months now. I mean I am going back next month but is this something I should address right now?
2007-01-21 07:55:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Absolutely tell your dentist, and don't wait another month for your appointment. Call tomorrow and tell them you need to have this checked.
It could be a number of things, I'll explain a few of them. I'm guessing that your bite needed adjusting and you have made the tooth hypersensitive from biting on the high filling for too long. If you can remember after the filling was placed, did you feel it(the filling) when you put your teeth together, and do you now? If you did or do, that is an indication that it's in need of an adjustment. It can be very faint and cause the symptoms your describing. Sometimes when you are numb it's hard to get the marking on a tooth from the articulating paper, you just don't bite right when your numb.
Or it could be that the tooth just hasn't recovered from being worked on and is still going through pulpitis, or inflammation of the pulp. Most all teeth go through this after being drilled on but it's usually not noticable. Sometimes the tooth may need the help of an antibiotic or even having a seditive filling placed temporarily.
Or the worse case would be that the decay may have been too close to the pulp allowing the bacteria to reach it, and caused too much damage for it to recover, and it's going through a slow death. If that is the case you will need root canal therapy and then a crown to save the tooth.
Any of these need to be evaluated by your Dentist with an exam and an x ray. Hope I've been of some help, and I'll keep my fingers crossed for just an adjustment! Good luck!
2007-01-21 08:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it could be a few things.....
1. the cavity was just too big and went to the nerve..... This would lead to a root canal
2. You have a crack in your tooth that would lead to a crown...
3. If you had a white filling you can have it replaced with a silver one and that might take away the problem
You should have it looked at... If it is bothering you i am sure that your dentist will get you in and look at it
either way it is not your dentist fault..... cracks just happen...you might have asked for a white filling.....or the nerve died.....
I work for a dentist as an assistant and see this kind of thing all the time
2007-01-21 09:16:42 · answer #2 · answered by the queen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it was a big cavity he might have had to drill pretty close to the nerve and now the nerve is reacting. You may end up needing a root canal on that tooth. I have one like that too if I bite on it I see stars. Sometimes if they didn't get all the rot out too it can continue to spread and you basically have a cavity under the filling.
2007-01-21 08:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You can definitely eat on it especially since it's been 24 hrs. And yes you can pull the filling out even though my dentist said you couldn't. About 1.5yrs ago I was working at a dental office and decided to let the dentist fill my tooth (canine) and about 8mos later that same tooth started hurting. When I went to the dentist he asked if I had work on it and I told him I had a filling he said impossible. Well I went back to my old job and the tooth that was charted was the same one. So yes they can come out or wear away I guess.
2016-03-14 21:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is no way your tooth should still be that sensitive. You could try some sensydyne toothpaste until you get back to the dentist.
2007-01-21 07:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by CctbOh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have sensitive teeth. Start using a toothpaste for sensitive teeth like sensodyne and call your dentist on Monday and talk to him about your tooth problem. I am surprised you didn't call sooner to talk to him about it.
2007-01-21 08:01:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask your dentist.. It shouldn't be hurting.. although after a filling they get really sensitive to cold and hot things..
2007-01-21 08:01:49 · answer #7 · answered by CR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should go back to the dentist who filled the tooth and complained, he/she probably left an unfilled hole in the tooth. By the way, he/she should fix the tooth at no charge
2007-01-21 07:58:59 · answer #8 · answered by darkdiva 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds like you needed a root canal not a filling
2007-01-21 08:02:57 · answer #9 · answered by Tanya D 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a new dentists.
2007-01-21 07:57:30 · answer #10 · answered by lola 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋