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Pain after dentist

  • 16-06-2017 2:55am
    #1
    patrick 3759
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    So i went to the dentist for a examination yesterday, after a cavity appeared in my tooth out of nowhere a couple days prior.
    It was entirely painless for the days that it was there, eating, drinking etc.

    But today i went to the dentist to get it filled, everything seemed to be fine. My mouth was still numb three hours after i was finished so i took a nap and woke up with an intense throbbing pain in my mouth around the tooth and the surrounding area.
    I took some paracetamol and it was fine. That intense throbbing has vanished. But in the last 12 hours every bite of everything I've eaten has caused a sharp burning pain. I was hoping it would go away but so far it hasn't.

    So i would like to know what i should do. I know nothing about dentistry so i feel like i shouldn't question his work.

    Paying for visiting a dentist and for work to be done, entering pain free for minor work and leaving with very uncomfortable pain seems like a step backwards...
    Should he examine my teeth free of charge and rectify this free of charge?


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  • #2
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    For a cavity to "appear out of nowhere", the tooth would have had to be decaying inside until such time as the enamel was undermined and the broke/collapsed.

    Just because a tooth isn't painful, does not mean there isn't a sizeable cavity in it, when the decay is mechanically removed, it can agitate the nerve and cause some post-filling sensitivity discomfort. Also, filling materials are more conductive than dentine, so the deeper the filling, the closer it is to the pulp/nerve chamber in the tooth and the more sensitivity you feel when eating/drinking hot/cold food. Over time this tends to decrease.

    To answer your question, should the dentist examine the tooth free of charge? Yes, most would, just explain on the phone that you are getting a lot of discomfort and ask would he/she take a look. Should the dentist fix the pain free of charge? If the filling is deep, redoing it will not improve the situation, in fact it may make it worse. If you need root canal treatment, you pay for that, remember you caused the hole to be in your tooth, the dentist just removed the decay and filled the hole.

    If it's any consolation, we get this all the time, my advice would be to wait a few days, in the vast majority of cases the sensitivity/pain goes as the tooth "settles down" after a few days.


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