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I had a tooth that broke. It was not painful so I just left it I changed dentists and the new dentist said he wanted to fix it. It broke further so he had a look at it and I suggested it be removed and I have a denture and he said no. Today he built up the tooth and filled it. He said take some painkillers if needed and I did not think it would cause any bother because he had previously given me a root canal which did not affect me so I said oh this one wont hurt and he said but this is a different tooth. However with the root canal they take out the nerve so with no nerve it is not going to be painful. Anyway getting back to this broken tooth. When the injection wore off it was quite sore. It is a back molar and hurts to bite down. I phoned the surgery and he said that because it was a large filling then what I am feeling is normal and that it will eventually get better. I hate toothache and the only time I have ever had toothache from a filling is when another dentist did a filling and did it wrong and a second dentist had to correct it and do it again and it stopped hurting. I really do not know what to do as it is quite painful and I do not want to have to rely on painkillers. Usually dentists put some solution inside the tooth to calm the nerve if there is going to be a large filling but this dentist did not put anything in