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crysania
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Hi folks. Maybe someone can tell me if this is normal or if something else is wrong?
I hadn't been to the dentist in ages (13 years) and went back due to pain. Among other issues, they found a deep cavity in one of my upper molars. There was some debate over whether or not a filling would work and I was sent to an endodontist to have him look at it. He though a filling had a chance of working and wanted us to go that route first before thinking about a root canal or extraction.
On Tuesday (5/15) I had the cavity filled. The procedure itself was ok, mostly painless. But when he put the filling in (I think), there was a bit of a sharp pain. I'm not sure if that was his hitting the nerve or what I was feeling, but I definitely had some pain at that moment despite everything assuring me there would be no pain at all.
It's now two days later and I'm still getting toothache pain from there. Is it possible that it's just the nerve is irritated and I can expect to feel some pain for a little while? Or is it possible that the filling just wasn't the right choice and the tooth was worse off than the endodontist thought? The pain is not ongoing and does sometimes go away (though I'm taking Ibuprofen to combat it, so that may help chase it away), but it definitely still hurts at times.
I just don't know what's normal here. I've never had a filling before and since this one was a deep one, I wonder if this is just normal or if it's not. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm very tired of hurting. My mouth has been hurting since the end of March and I'm just getting so over it all!
I hadn't been to the dentist in ages (13 years) and went back due to pain. Among other issues, they found a deep cavity in one of my upper molars. There was some debate over whether or not a filling would work and I was sent to an endodontist to have him look at it. He though a filling had a chance of working and wanted us to go that route first before thinking about a root canal or extraction.
On Tuesday (5/15) I had the cavity filled. The procedure itself was ok, mostly painless. But when he put the filling in (I think), there was a bit of a sharp pain. I'm not sure if that was his hitting the nerve or what I was feeling, but I definitely had some pain at that moment despite everything assuring me there would be no pain at all.
It's now two days later and I'm still getting toothache pain from there. Is it possible that it's just the nerve is irritated and I can expect to feel some pain for a little while? Or is it possible that the filling just wasn't the right choice and the tooth was worse off than the endodontist thought? The pain is not ongoing and does sometimes go away (though I'm taking Ibuprofen to combat it, so that may help chase it away), but it definitely still hurts at times.
I just don't know what's normal here. I've never had a filling before and since this one was a deep one, I wonder if this is just normal or if it's not. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm very tired of hurting. My mouth has been hurting since the end of March and I'm just getting so over it all!