Pain after filling, dentists fault?

ck24

Hi,
After a getting my teeth cleaned and examined my dentist recommended I get a filling in one of my teeth, it was the molar second from the back. I had absoluetly no problem with the tooth at all but thought I might as well get the filling.

Unfortunately there was a lot of pain after the filling, hot food, cold food, sweet things or just eating with the side of my jaw at all brought on the pain.

Went back to the dentist a week later and he took an x-ray which showed that the filling is hitting off the nerve. Also the filling was jutting out a bit too much so every time I closed my jaw the filling was pushing against the nerve. He said my only options are to wait approx 6 months to see if the nerve will develop a "protective layer" around it or get a root canal. And he filed down the filling a bit.

At the time I thought that there's no way I'm going to get a root canal but now almost 2 months on and the tooth is still painful. I actually think its getting worse. My whole jaw on that side of my mouth aches and I'm taking nuerofen almost every night so I can sleep, and sometimes waking up during the night with the pain. So I'm thinking a root canal might be the best option for me now.

What I'm wondering is if this issue was the fault of the dentist? I'm assuming he made a mistake by placing the filling close to the nerve. If I need to get the root canal should I be expecting to have to pay for it myself? Or should he cover the cost?

I think this is probably a common enough problem, has anyone experienced a similar thing with their dentist?

Thanks

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Often a simple bite adjustment will help a lot, if the nerve is dead then you will need a root canal, you dentist will have a machine to test the nerve.