Can I get a tooth filled when I have a cold?

The first important thing for people with bad teeth when going to the dentist for treatment is to reduce inflammation. If the teeth are inflamed or the body has inflammatory conditions such as a cold or fever, it is not recommended to perform filling or tooth replacement surgery. If treatment is forced, it will increase the difficulty of postoperative recovery. The dental symptoms are not emergencies and there is no need to rush. It is not too late to treat them after the inflammation is eliminated. This article mentions the taboos of tooth fillings, let’s take a look.

Dental fillings are generally used to repair tooth decay and tooth defects. Dental fillings cannot prevent teeth from being infected by bacteria, nor can they prevent further tooth decay. There is no adhesion between traditional cavity filling materials and tooth tissue. When filling teeth for patients, doctors not only have to use a dental drill to remove decayed tooth tissue, but also need to prepare cavities of a certain shape according to the design before filling the cavities, so that part of the normal tooth tissue has to be removed when filling the teeth. Before filling a tooth, during the process of removing decay and preparing the cavity, the dental drill will stimulate the sensitive dentin and pulp, causing the patient to feel sore and painful. At the same time, the sound made by the high-speed rotation of the dental drill can easily cause people to be afraid. In addition, the filling process is performed in a complex oral environment. If you are not careful, it may cause bleeding and then cause oral infection. When you have a cold, your body's resistance is weak, so it is easy to cause infection if you are not careful. Experts recommend that patients should get more rest, drink plenty of water, and cure their cold first, and it will not be too late to get a tooth filled later.

Tooth filling taboos

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Things to note when filling a tooth

1. First of all, on the day of the filling, it is best not to eat food on the side with the filling, because the filling material cannot harden immediately and it takes some time to harden. If a filling breaks or becomes loose, you must go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible. Do not ignore it just because it does not hurt. Otherwise, the cavity will continue to get bigger and you will eventually experience toothache.

2. For teeth that have just been filled, you must take necessary care in time and follow the doctor's instructions. You can chew food with the affected side on the 2nd or 3rd day after the filling, but do not bite hard food.

3. There may be slight pain after filling a tooth. The patient can observe it first, because a lot of pain can be relieved and disappear by itself. If the pain continues to worsen or if there is also biting pain, throbbing pain, pain with hot or cold stimulation, and spontaneous pain at night, you should go to the dentist for a follow-up visit as soon as possible.

4. For teeth with severe caries, after tooth restoration, the tooth resistance decreases, so it is easy for the tooth to break when biting. Therefore, a crown needs to be installed for protection after the filling.