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Silenceisbliss

Hi all,

Ive just spent a few days within the last few weeks at the dentist getting fillings (against my will)

My teeth always felt fine, no pain whatsoever, but after a checkup I was told by a dentist in Ireland that I need fillings cause Ive some deep cavities and need fillings to avoid an impending root canal.

So I got 4 of the most expensive and permanent white fillings I could. three on the bottom, and one on top. (came out to 405 yoyos by the way with no reductions at all)

first trip, two fillings. fine.
second trip two more. and I can barely chew my food or drink a glass of anything cold. I went back and said "OWWWW" and she grinded away a little to fix my bite, and but some varnish on (yummy). It still bloody hurts (this is about 1.5 weeks later)

pain is suseptible to pressure or to cold temperatures.

my question, will this go away with time?
Or should the dentist fix it? (and if so, is she obliged to do so free of charge? because I have a big enough hole in my wallet after the €405)

advice?

davo10

Firstly, people react differently to decay in teeth. Some people experience pain if even the smallest amout of decay exists in a tooth, others may have extensive decay and feel no pain at all. It is much better, believe it or not to be in the first group, that way you will seek a remedy before decay progresses. If you are in the second group the tooth can become very decayed before it hurts and deeper fillings/extractions may be necessary at that stage Unfortunetly this leads some patients to complain that the "tooth feels fine" and think the dentist has done unnecessary work. I invested in an intraoral camera so I could show my patients cavities in teeth that are symptomless, this way there are no missunderstandings as they can see the cavities on the television screen in front of them.

Secondly white fillings have to be placed in layers, it takes far more time than a silver filling and the materials are a lot more expensive, why did you expect a discount?, you could have had silver fillings for far less money.

Thirdly, deep fillings close to the nerve can be a bit tender/sensitive for a while, maybe even up to 2 weeks after treatment, especially white fillings so don't worry just yet. Also if the fillings are a fraction high, by reducing them slightly they become more comfortable, this only takes a couple of seconds and you will not be charged for it. And before you start shouting that this should have been done at the time the filling is put in remember that your month was numb at the time so it is difficult to inform the dentist at the time that it feels a little high. I tell my patients to nip back the following day if it feels a little high when anaesthetic wears off. No big deal.

Silenceisbliss

davo10 wrote: »

Secondly white fillings have to be placed in layers, it takes far more time than a silver filling and the materials are a lot more expensive, why did you expect a discount?, you could have had silver fillings for far less money..

well not a discount per say, but subsidised by either my health insurance or pps or whatever else you can use.

davo10 wrote: »

Thirdly, deep fillings close to the nerve can be a bit tender/sensitive for a while, maybe even up to 2 weeks after treatment, especially white fillings so don't worry just yet. Also if the fillings are a fraction high, by reducing them slightly they become more comfortable, this only takes a couple of seconds and you will not be charged for it. And before you start shouting that this should have been done at the time the filling is put in remember that your month was numb at the time so it is difficult to inform the dentist at the time that it feels a little high. I tell my patients to nip back the following day if it feels a little high when anaesthetic wears off. No big deal.

thanks for that, ill give it a little longer and see if it goes away. its just pretty sore to drink anything cold, and the pain free side of my mouth is actually tired after a meal.

and fyi, I wasn't going to start shouting

edit: oh and I didnt want an amalgam or silver filling becasue they're quite notacable in my opinion, and I got the most expensive ones by choice because they were the most visually inobtrusive and permanent. I didnt mind paying for that, but I would have minded having to pay more on top of that to make the pain go away.