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anyone with dental knowledge ?

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candyfluff · 09/03/2009 10:47

i had a filling replaced last wednesday as the old one had worn down and was sensitive and ever since then ive been in more pain than before?
why would this be ?
i go through the roof when eating and drinking and even when im not doing that it hurts
do you think its needs to be extracted?
im scared got an appointment for tomorrow to have it looked at again

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ComeOVeneer · 09/03/2009 10:54

Sometimes working on a tooth can agitate it and it takes a while to settle down. Try applying sensodyne toothpaste (smear over with finger) over the tooth after cleaning, last thing at night, then no eating/drinking, allowing it to "soak into" the tooth.

To protect the nerve a lining is placed at the bottom of the cavity prior to placing the filling to insulate it, if this isn't done or isn't thick enough the filling will transfer hot and cold down to the nerve causing pain/sensitivity.

Sometimes the new filling is that much deeper than the old one that it traumatises the nerve causing it to play up, it may settle or the trauma may be too much that the nerve dies. The tooth will then be painfree, but sooner or later that dead tissue within the tooth will become ifected and WHAM, raging tooth ache/abcess etc. In this case the tooth needs to either have root canal treatment where the dead tissue id removed from within the tooth then restored, or if you don't want to go down that route the whole tooth can be removed.

Fingers crossed the explanation is the one at the beginning of my post and it will settle.

For the pain alternate plain ibuprofen (not mixed with anything else - check label) and plain paracetamol, 2 hourly (ie take ibuprofen every four hour and paracetamol every 4 hours spacing them out by 2 hours). This helps to maintain a more constant level of pain relief.

Hope you feel better soon.

candyfluff · 09/03/2009 10:58

thankyou so much for that
im a scaredy when it comes to teeth
it seems to be getting worse by the day
am crapping myself now
appointment is 2pm

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candyfluff · 09/03/2009 19:04

now my eye seems funny down the same side of the tooth ache is it connected?

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candyfluff · 12/03/2009 09:10

well in the end i didnt go for my appointment as the night before i was due to go my ds broke his arm
the side of my face and eye feels really strange and my tooth is still hurting
is it all connected and should i go back
it will only get worse wont it

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candyfluff · 12/03/2009 09:55

bump for a huge wimp

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candyfluff · 13/03/2009 17:36

ok so i do have an abess and am now on ab's for a week tghen i have optyed to have the tooth removed
i will need to be numbed to oblivion

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