Toothache after filling

Many people do not pay attention to oral hygiene. Failure to brush their teeth correctly will lead to the growth of bacteria in the mouth, and the teeth will gradually become decayed. In severe cases, people will often feel toothaches. In this case, they need to go to the hospital to fill the teeth. After the filling, there will be many uncomfortable feelings. For example, some people will feel sore gums, which is especially obvious when biting. Let’s take a look at why the gums are sore after a filling?

Regardless of whether the pain occurs immediately after a tooth is filled or the pain occurs long after a tooth is filled, unless the doctor clearly tells the patient that temporary toothache (such as pulp devitalization) may occur, all other toothaches that occur after a tooth is filled should be treated in the hospital in order to find out the cause and deal with it in a timely manner.

Experts point out that toothache after filling can be divided into short-term or long-term, and these two situations are different. If you have had pain recently, it may be caused by the material irritating the dental pulp. Long-term conditions may be due to secondary pulpitis. But don't worry, all kinds of toothache can be solved as long as they are treated in time.

1. During the filling process, the dental pulp is deactivated (commonly known as killing nerves) due to treatment needs. Toothache may occur on the day of or the next day after the deactivation drug is applied due to the effect of the drug. This kind of toothache after filling will not last long and will disappear on its own afterwards.

2. Due to the entire treatment process of preparing the cavity for tooth filling or the stimulation of the pulp by disinfectants, short-term hot or cold stimulation pain may occur. Such situations do not require special treatment and generally recover on their own after one or two days. This type of situation is one of the most likely to occur. For the pain that occurs during this period, it is best not to eat foods that are too cold or hot after taking the supplement. In this way, you can avoid this situation to a large extent.

For the restored teeth, timely and necessary protection should be given, and the following matters should be noted:

1. Follow the doctor's advice and do not chew food or hard objects with the newly filled teeth. After a tooth is filled, you should generally chew food on the affected side on the 2nd or 3rd day to prevent the tooth from breaking and the filling from falling off.

2. If you experience slight pain after filling a tooth, you can observe yourself first. Some slight discomfort and pain may disappear on their own. If the pain does not ease but worsens, or if biting pain, throbbing pain, pain from hot or cold stimulation, or spontaneous pain at night occurs, you should go to the hospital for follow-up examination and treatment in time to find out the cause and eliminate the pain.

3. For teeth with large areas of severe caries, tooth fractures are prone to occur during chewing due to insufficient resistance of the tooth itself after restoration. Therefore, after filling these teeth, the affected teeth should be protected with shell crowns in time according to the doctor's advice to prevent the crowns from breaking.

4. Go for follow-up consultation promptly at the time agreed upon by the doctor.

(1) Do not use a rough toothbrush to brush the surface of the restoration within one week, because the degree of light curing of the resin is only 50%, which can reach 90% within 24 hours and 100% after 7 days.

(2) Do not bite hard objects with the restoration, drink less strong tea, smoke less, and avoid using metal.

1 It takes a certain amount of time for the filling material to solidify after a filling. Therefore, you should avoid eating within 2 hours after the filling, and you cannot chew food on the filled side within 24 hours after the filling. In addition, if there is slight pain after the filling, it will generally disappear on its own. However, if it does not get better but gets worse, you should go to the hospital for a follow-up visit in time.

2 If the patient has a large dental cavity, a crown repair is needed to protect the tooth and prevent the filling material from falling off. The appearance of the tooth can be restored after the filling, but the chewing performance of the tooth will be damaged to a certain extent. Therefore, it is not advisable to chew hard food after the filling. Although dental caries can be controlled, if you do not pay attention to oral hygiene, dental caries may still occur.