What should I do if my newly filled tooth hurts

Filling is a common method of tooth restoration, but many people will feel extremely painful teeth after the filling, and even feel their teeth are sore and weak during biting. So in order to prevent this symptom from getting worse, you can choose to eat some mild liquid food after the filling, and try not to eat too hot or too cold food, which will cause great stimulation to the nerves of the teeth.

(i) Bite pain after filling: This is common in two situations: (1) Most of the time, the filling has early contact points, which cause periodontal trauma. Examination can show bright spots on the surface of silver-mercury fillings. For fillings made of other materials, early contact points can be determined using articulating paper. (2) Pain when biting the teeth. This happens when the filling material is not compacted or has bubbles or cavities inside, or when the bottom padding material that protects the dental pulp is not properly placed.

Treatment methods: The first method is to simply adjust the jaw; the second method requires removing clean filling materials and re-filling the tooth.

(2) Symptoms of hot and cold allergies after filling: Generally there are three situations

(1) Excessive heat generation during grinding or disinfectant stimulation of the dental pulp can aggravate the symptoms of hot and cold sensitivity or turn into spontaneous pain.

(2) The base is not laid or the base is not laid well, and the filling material irritates the pulp: the base material itself irritates the pulp.

(3) The filling material is sunken or the remaining tooth is bitten off, exposing the pulp and causing symptoms of sensitivity to cold or heat.

(4) Caused by a tiny gap between the filling material and the edge of the tooth.

Treatment method: If there is no spontaneous pain, you can clean the materials and re-fill the tooth. If you feel obvious pain, you should not fill the tooth for the time being, but calm down and observe.

(III) There is provocative pain and spontaneous pain after filling; there are two situations

(1) Most of the recent cases are pulpitis cases that were misdiagnosed as deep caries or accidental pulp penetration that went undetected;

Solution: There is no other solution for this situation. The filling material needs to be removed and pulp treatment needs to be performed.

(2) Long-term pain or biting pain is often caused by secondary caries complicated by pulpitis or pulpitis or pulp necrosis caused by irritation of the pulp by the filling material.

Treatment method: The filling material needs to be removed and complete pulp treatment is performed.

(iv) Bite pain and gingival bleeding after filling: poor contact between the filling material and the adjacent teeth causes food to be stuck, or the adjacent filling material has an overhang that presses on the gums, which can lead to gingivitis or periodontitis.

Treatment method: If simple jaw adjustment can improve the condition, that would be best; otherwise, new fillings are needed to restore the shape.