Another dental question

[Yorkiegirl]

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[TraceyP]

Yorkiegirl, go back to the dentist as soon as you can. You may have an infection - this happened to me with the last really big filling I had and a course of antibiotics sorted it out. If nothing else the dentist will check that the filling is settling OK and that there's no decay or anything beneath it.

[Yorkiegirl]

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[TraceyP]

I got an infection in a tooth just a few weeks ago, I'd had a really deep filling in the tooth three months before, so it could be an infection. Whatever it is, do go back to the dentist to have it checked up on before it gets any worse. It sounds to me as if it's more than just the normal sensitivity you get after deep fillings.

[Yorkiegirl]

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[TraceyP]

You shouldn't have to wait that long if you're in pain. An emergency should be seen as soon as possible - and if you are in pain it's an emergency.

[Yorkiegirl]

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[TraceyP]

Do you have a dental hospital anywhere near you? They should take you as an emergency. Have you looked in the Yellow Pages to see if there are any dentists near you who offer 24 hour emergency treatment?

[Yorkiegirl]

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[TraceyP]

Please ring the dental hospital and get yourself sorted out. Can you express some milk and leave it for your dd to take, either from a bottle or in a small cup?

[cuppy]

Hi Yorkie girl,

Sound like a familiar story to mine. I had to have a filling bottom left even though I'd never felt pain there, was still sensitive to liquid a year later. Then was in complete agony - went to emergency dentist who gave me antibiotics for abcess and has to have root canal. Any way 4 years later Im still having trouble and the excuse by dentist is "when we do root canal the trouble is we cant see inside and so dont know if we've managed to clean it all out. It appears we havent but nhs wont pay for 2nd root canal treatment and so you will have to pay £600 to go to a specialist."
Go now and get it sorted otherwise you never know how long it will drag on for.

[Yorkiegirl]

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[cuppy]

Hope you get it sorted then

[jasper]

Yorkiegirl I am just in from a work related meeting ( the things I do for a night out!) and can't really add much to the advice so far except before going to the dental hospital phone them to check they will see you as not all dental hospitals operate emergency "drop in" clinics anymore.You do need to see a dentist. There are so many types of pain and several reasons for pain that it is hard enought to diagnose sometimes even with the patient (and their teeth!) in the chair.


I am horrified that you have to see a dentist you don't like because of lack of dentists in the area. Are there no other dentists locally that are recommended by friends?

In the short term you could try getting some colgate fluorigard mouthwash from the chemist . (I don't work for colgate or have any interest in them). Use as directed.It may help calm the sensitivity. If it is just extreme sensitivity (to hot and cold)this may knock it on the head.
good luck.

[Yorkiegirl]

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