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Akoto
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Hi everyone, I am brand new to the boards. Although I do have dental phobia, I have been facing my fears lately and having work done to correct my problems. My only policy is that I won't have root canals; they always seem to go wrong in my family, and I'm just too afraid of suffering the same as I've seen my mother and others suffer.
Anyway. I just had dental work yesterday afternoon, and it was only this evening that I discovered a concerning problem. I'd hoped that maybe board members could convince me it isn't necessarily catastrophic while I await a chance to speak to my dentist ...
I had a cavity on the side of a top front tooth. The dentist did not seem to think it was a big deal at all, or he never said so nor let on that he felt that way. The filling seemed to go quickly and it was a painless procedure. If you look at it, you'd never know the tooth had a problem, so I'm very pleased in that respect.
It was just coincidence that I'd been eating soft foods since yesterday's work. This evening, I had some chicken and fries which were slightly crunchy. When I bit down on these with the freshly filled tooth, I found that it was sensitive. It's not a pounding pain, nor a lightning bolt, but the feeling is unpleasant enough that I avoided finishing dinner on that tooth.
Now I'm terrified that a filling was the wrong choice or caused further damage, and that I'll need a root canal. I don't do those, but it's a front tooth, dead center for all to see! It's a dilemma!
Am I jumping the gun a bit, perhaps? The filling was only done yesterday, after all. It's a composite (white) filling, I can rub my tongue all over it, tap my teeth together, breathe on it, drink cold drinks, and so on. Only when I went to eat something with some resistance (the crunchy food) did I realize something was going on.
I'm hoping that it's just trauma from the filling which will ease over time - a reasonable possibility, given that the work was done only yesterday - but naturally, I wouldn't be on these particular boards if I didn't think the issue was apocalyptic. :S Thanks, Jay
Anyway. I just had dental work yesterday afternoon, and it was only this evening that I discovered a concerning problem. I'd hoped that maybe board members could convince me it isn't necessarily catastrophic while I await a chance to speak to my dentist ...
I had a cavity on the side of a top front tooth. The dentist did not seem to think it was a big deal at all, or he never said so nor let on that he felt that way. The filling seemed to go quickly and it was a painless procedure. If you look at it, you'd never know the tooth had a problem, so I'm very pleased in that respect.
It was just coincidence that I'd been eating soft foods since yesterday's work. This evening, I had some chicken and fries which were slightly crunchy. When I bit down on these with the freshly filled tooth, I found that it was sensitive. It's not a pounding pain, nor a lightning bolt, but the feeling is unpleasant enough that I avoided finishing dinner on that tooth.
Now I'm terrified that a filling was the wrong choice or caused further damage, and that I'll need a root canal. I don't do those, but it's a front tooth, dead center for all to see! It's a dilemma!
Am I jumping the gun a bit, perhaps? The filling was only done yesterday, after all. It's a composite (white) filling, I can rub my tongue all over it, tap my teeth together, breathe on it, drink cold drinks, and so on. Only when I went to eat something with some resistance (the crunchy food) did I realize something was going on.
I'm hoping that it's just trauma from the filling which will ease over time - a reasonable possibility, given that the work was done only yesterday - but naturally, I wouldn't be on these particular boards if I didn't think the issue was apocalyptic. :S Thanks, Jay
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