I am a dental EFDA. I had an OL #14 filled with composite. Over a month this tooth has ached now off and on. Sensitive to only cold, pain is starting to linger longer , I feel pressure in cheek area where root of the tooth is. No infection seen on X-ray, filling was shallow barely into dentin. I would hate to have an RCT but it feels to me that’s where this is heading just from the symptoms. IDEAS? Replace filling with a base? Or place temp filling? Or just do the RCT? Amalgam perhaps? Help.
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Hi from Daytona Beach! Your teeth have been neglected as you have already mentioned and there are ways to take care of this and achieve your beautiful white smile again. You have decay in the two front ones where the brown spots are and also the white spots show the beginning of...
Hi Ms. Whales,
It is not uncommon for teeth that have deep restorations to be sensitive to cold. If the sensitivity/pain becomes spontaneous without the application of cold, notify your dentist.
Keep off the cold in the meantime as much as you can.
It sometimes takes month for the...
Yes,your tooth can be fixed. But more important discuss with your dentist what you can do to prevent future damage. Dentist's filling materials are never as good as the original tooth.
