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Anne2023
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I had a deep composite filling placed in my lower right canine (#27) on Wednesday, April 3. The receipt says it was facial, mesial, lingual. I could see the decay in the front and side where it abuts #26 before getting the filling. I had sensitivity to cold and was starting to have sensitivity to hot when I went in for the filling. There was no sensitivity to pressure or biting before the filling.
The dentist knew that it was deep, but she said when she got in to do the filing, it wasn’t any worse than she expected it to be. I had no pain, but I took a little ibuprofen off and on for a few days after preventively since I was afraid the drilling might have riled up the nerve. I babied it for a week or so after and avoided it. Once I started trying to eat normally and not avoid it, I noticed pain when biting down on a potato chip. I avoided it again for a day or two. I tried potato chips again and sure enough it hurt again. I also noticed pain today eating a softer stew, but I didn’t have my partial in that time. (I have a lower partial that I only wear sometimes). I haven’t noticed pain when eating things that aren’t harder like the chips when my partial is in. Any temperature sensitivity is no worse than before.
It has now been 18 days. I am dreading calling my dentist for fear that the tooth is dying and I don’t want to go in and get the bad news. I am also supposed to get another filling in three and a half weeks and I’m terrified to do that one now. It is #29 and my partial attaches to it. I’m so scared to rile that one up and have it end up dying.
Is there any hope for this tooth (#27) without a root canal?
The dentist knew that it was deep, but she said when she got in to do the filing, it wasn’t any worse than she expected it to be. I had no pain, but I took a little ibuprofen off and on for a few days after preventively since I was afraid the drilling might have riled up the nerve. I babied it for a week or so after and avoided it. Once I started trying to eat normally and not avoid it, I noticed pain when biting down on a potato chip. I avoided it again for a day or two. I tried potato chips again and sure enough it hurt again. I also noticed pain today eating a softer stew, but I didn’t have my partial in that time. (I have a lower partial that I only wear sometimes). I haven’t noticed pain when eating things that aren’t harder like the chips when my partial is in. Any temperature sensitivity is no worse than before.
It has now been 18 days. I am dreading calling my dentist for fear that the tooth is dying and I don’t want to go in and get the bad news. I am also supposed to get another filling in three and a half weeks and I’m terrified to do that one now. It is #29 and my partial attaches to it. I’m so scared to rile that one up and have it end up dying.
Is there any hope for this tooth (#27) without a root canal?