i got a filling in one of my front teeth a few months ago and today i was outside in the freezing cold for about an hour and my tooth started hurting while sucking in air and it still hurts when i do that or if i drink something cold...why?
2007-02-07 14:58:20 · 5 answers · asked by myself 2 in Health ➔ Dental
I will assume that being a front tooth you've had a composite or tooth colored filling placed. Any material that is used to restore a tooth just does not expand and contract to hot and cold as the natural tooth structure does. Your tooth may have expanded a little while the filling was greatly increased in size. This is the main reason people crack or fracture so many teeth that have large fillings. So while you were out in the cold, you were inhaling cold and exhaling warmer air from your body, your tooth and filling were not expanding and contracting at the same rate. The air was rushing across this tooth like holding an ice cube on it causing the tooth and filling to contract and then your 98.6 breath was rushing back across it warming the tooth causing it to expand. This cold sensation along with the expansion and contraction was being transmitted to the nerve by way of the dentin tubules that are under the filling. Your tooth is still responding because the nerve has been stimulated too much by all of this. It should settle down in a day or so. Just try not to add any undue stimulation, such as more cold or hot things on it keeping it irritated. Also when you brush your teeth for the next day or so use tepid warm water. If it hasn't settled down in a few days you may want to give the dentist a call and let them take a look at it. The composite may have lost it's bonding to the tooth from all of the expansion and contraction leaving a microleakage area around the restoration. Hope I've been of some help, just give the tooth a rest for a day or so and hopefully it will be fine.
2007-02-07 15:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a dental assistant and if the filling was an amalgam which is silver that would cause some sensitivity from the cold. but i think u need to use some sensodyne tooth paste for awhile and see if that helps over time.it jus may be the cold. everybody has a little sensitivity at some time or other. jus try the sensodyne.
2007-02-07 23:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by shannon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use a toothpaste for sensitive teeth. If the discomfort doesn't go away, call the dentist.
2007-02-07 23:33:17 · answer #3 · answered by ne11 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should visit a dentist because it is almost always a sign of tooth decay.
2007-02-07 23:05:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ana 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Stay indoors and don't suck the air... Breathe the air through your nose,,, And please go see your dentist.................
2007-02-07 23:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by william p 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋