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toraflora
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So I had this ongoing fear of two cracked teeth next to each other since a little more than 2 weeks ago when I bit too hard on a pit. It definitely had some pain the following days after, and other symptoms such as tooth sensitivity (to cold temperatures, acidic drinks, gums bled a little) and pain when biting down. I went to the dentist for a quick check-up around 5 days after the incident, and she did the bite test and an x-ray (which according to others can't really identify a crack?), and picked at the teeth/gum around the area with this dental probe. She said the gum bled a little and that I had bruised teeth/gums or something from biting too hard but no crack.
I never had obvious pain from the teeth, but I still had the mildest pain from biting down and still some sensitivity in the area, so around 3 days later I had my dental surgeon quickly look at it before doing wisdom tooth removal. He just picked at the teeth and I think also had the microscope (because he had to use it for wisdom teeth removal anyways) and said that there was no crack, but it was a pretty brief check-up. I also used to check up on the teeth with my own dental mirror I had at home and thought I saw a sliver of a line that I thought was a crack and told my dentist -- he said to not do that again because it would just scare me for no reason...?
It's been a little more than 2 weeks now, and I still have some tooth sensitivity and slight pain when I bite down on something very hard (I try it on my finger occasionally to see how it's doing). I'm extremely afraid that there is a crack that the dentist(s) didn't identify because the symptoms didn't completely disappear after some time and I'm not sure if this is concerning or normal.
Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do or any info on this? Thanks so much!
I never had obvious pain from the teeth, but I still had the mildest pain from biting down and still some sensitivity in the area, so around 3 days later I had my dental surgeon quickly look at it before doing wisdom tooth removal. He just picked at the teeth and I think also had the microscope (because he had to use it for wisdom teeth removal anyways) and said that there was no crack, but it was a pretty brief check-up. I also used to check up on the teeth with my own dental mirror I had at home and thought I saw a sliver of a line that I thought was a crack and told my dentist -- he said to not do that again because it would just scare me for no reason...?
It's been a little more than 2 weeks now, and I still have some tooth sensitivity and slight pain when I bite down on something very hard (I try it on my finger occasionally to see how it's doing). I'm extremely afraid that there is a crack that the dentist(s) didn't identify because the symptoms didn't completely disappear after some time and I'm not sure if this is concerning or normal.
Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do or any info on this? Thanks so much!