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jaycapz
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I apologize this is a repeat of my other thread within support. I probably should have posted this here, as its more a dental question/concern/fear.
I went for my last cleaning and check 3 months ago, no issues found (first in a long time). However, 3 weeks ago I bit into an olive pit which cracked a filling in my top back molar. Dentist replaced the filling, no issue there. Then a couple of days later i decided time to chew on that side again, i still felt a slight pain when I bit down. I did not feel it right away, but more when I hit a specific spot on tooth. No issue with hot or cold, only when chomping down. The pain appears to be coming from the tooth next to the one just fixed (molar #1 was fixed, so now its between #13-#12 area), which also has a amalgram filling. It doesn't appear to have a crack like I've seen in my other metal fillings. My mind is wandering everywhere from root canals or worse, just cause of my bad anxiety. I am going to call to go this week, again . I'm hoping it's not something worse, could it be just another simple filling replacement? I don't see any visible chips or cracks on surface with my little mirror, or signs of decay at the surface. Hope to God no decay under. I am trying to be logical, this all started the same timeframe I bit down and broke the other filling. My dentist did a bitewing xray, strange he didnt pick up anything. Not sure he looked that far up. He also never saw anything 3 months ago when they did a full routing check of my existing fillings. Never had pain in that spot before, don't have any pain as i type. Unless as I mentioned, I bite down in that spot.
Just freaking out, can't sleep, working up courage to call within 72 hours. I am looking to get general thought about my situation.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I appreciate it. Gonna go keep freaking out now.
I went for my last cleaning and check 3 months ago, no issues found (first in a long time). However, 3 weeks ago I bit into an olive pit which cracked a filling in my top back molar. Dentist replaced the filling, no issue there. Then a couple of days later i decided time to chew on that side again, i still felt a slight pain when I bit down. I did not feel it right away, but more when I hit a specific spot on tooth. No issue with hot or cold, only when chomping down. The pain appears to be coming from the tooth next to the one just fixed (molar #1 was fixed, so now its between #13-#12 area), which also has a amalgram filling. It doesn't appear to have a crack like I've seen in my other metal fillings. My mind is wandering everywhere from root canals or worse, just cause of my bad anxiety. I am going to call to go this week, again . I'm hoping it's not something worse, could it be just another simple filling replacement? I don't see any visible chips or cracks on surface with my little mirror, or signs of decay at the surface. Hope to God no decay under. I am trying to be logical, this all started the same timeframe I bit down and broke the other filling. My dentist did a bitewing xray, strange he didnt pick up anything. Not sure he looked that far up. He also never saw anything 3 months ago when they did a full routing check of my existing fillings. Never had pain in that spot before, don't have any pain as i type. Unless as I mentioned, I bite down in that spot.
Just freaking out, can't sleep, working up courage to call within 72 hours. I am looking to get general thought about my situation.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I appreciate it. Gonna go keep freaking out now.
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