Last week I posted about having some dental work done and the pros/cons of seeing the dental hygienist or having airflow treatment. I had lots of reassuring advice, so I'm hoping people will be as kind to me this time - I've name changed as I was worried this would be a bit outting as I've discussed it with people in RL.
So after a check up last Monday, I went back on Wed to have a couple of fillings done (but had decided to wait and book a hygienist appointment later to sort out some staining). I was quite nervous about it, esp as I'd found it hard to understand what the dentist was saying/planning on doing (for example I'm sure on Mon he said he'd be doing one filling, and another tooth needed keeping an eye on, but on Wed he said no, he was doing both). I asked lots of questions on Wed and he was pretty patient with me and I felt like it had gone okay. As well as the two fillings he said he could put a coating on one of my front top teeth that has had a slight chip for ages. I said yes please as the tooth can be quite sensitive due to the chip. However, when he did it, I think he put the composite along the bottom edge of both of my front teeth. Before he did it, he used a tool to clean the bottom edge, and at the same time he gave the fronts a bit of a clean and removed some of the staining (from tea drinking). At the time I thought great. He asked if the composite felt okay or was there a ridge and I said I thought it was okay. BUT I had had an injection for one of the back fillings, so I didn't actually have any feeling in my tongue (and I wasn't really thinking clearly as I was anxious).
When the numbness wore off later that day, I felt my front top teeth and the surface felt horribly rough on the front, and part way up the back. About halfway up the back I can feel where the composite ends. I don't know whether the roughness on the front is a fine layer of the composite all over or caused by the cleaning tool. I hoped it would improve, but 4 days on they still feel awful. Also, where the composite goes across the bottom of both teeth, rather than just the chipped one, it feels as though my teeth are stuck together (it's a weird sensation to describe but I hate it) and I checked today and I can't get floss up between them because of it.
I really hate it and I can't stop checking how it all feels with my tongue and focussing on it.
I've never had any dental treatment like this before, so I guess I'm just asking for advice or opinions on whether this is normal, or whether I should be contacting the dentist and asking them to sort it out. Or even whether it can be sorted out? I'm a bit terrified that they've caused more problems than they have solved.
(The two fillings also feel rough on the surface, esp compared to my other teeth, but I can cope with that further back, it's easier to ignore. But this thing with my front teeth being soldered together along the bottom edge is freaking me out and making me touch them more which is in turn making me more aware of how rough they are!)