I just had a filling put in 5 days ago and the tooth is hurting whenever I chew on it. I have only tried really soft food like noodles and bread and I waited to chew on it for 2 days and it still hurts. It was a really deep feeling, the filling is a white one and its on a molar tooth. Could it just still be sensitive from having all the work done on it? He told me I would probably need a crown within a year, so could the tooth be too fragile to eat on? I am going to call my dentist tomorrow if this is still going on.
2007-09-04 11:04:33 · 6 answers · asked by Samantha 5 in Health ➔ Dental
it is still sensitive. it took me a good month before i could chew on that side of my mouth again. just give it time.
EDIT: just to inform the poster below me. it sounds like u had a surface cavity. surface ones dont go into the tooth very much and it doesnt hit the nerve at all or go to a point where it could. the asker stated that theirs was a deep cavity. deep ones hurt a lot. they r closer to the nerve and in some cases can actually be touching it. just thought i would inform u of that
2007-09-04 11:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by Stephanie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother had a similar problem. Our dentist said that white fillings are usually a lot more sensetive than the silver ones and often can hurt for a while. They said that if it bothered him longer than a month that he should go back in and they would see if something was wrong. I dont remember what happenned after that because it was last year but everything was ok.
2007-09-04 11:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by Roxy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be that you will need to have a root canal done- the pain your having is because of perhaps some bacteria entered the tooth's root canal....to save the tooth, a crown would be put on.
2007-09-04 11:45:02 · answer #3 · answered by faceeternity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually i got a filling on friday and it doesnt hurt. the dentist told me to chew on it when she was nearly done to see if it hurts. didnt your dentist check if it was okay?
all i know mine doesnt hurt so yours shouldnt. see ur dentist
2007-09-04 11:18:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, better call your dentist, to be on the safe side.
2007-09-04 13:52:12 · answer #5 · answered by macieroads 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call or see your dentist
2016-04-03 03:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋