rocklover
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Is this normal? The cavity was caused by not flossing so the dentist had to take the back part of my tooth out and fill it. She did say that although it hadn't reached the nerve, it was a big filling.
The thing is now that I am now experiencing sensitivity to cold in that tooth although the filling was done back in June. I don't eat on that side at the moment due to waiting for a root canal in another tooth (I have been unable to have that finished due to my panic disorder which I'm working on), so I only really notice any sensitivity when I am drinking cold liquids.
When I bite down on the tooth it doesn't hurt at all, if I press it there is a very slight pain...more discomfort really and only on the filled part, not the whole tooth. I should add that I have a crossbite and the teeth on that side meet more heavily when chewing than those on the other side of my mouth.
Also I have moved area since it was done and have been to a new dentist last Friday who said everything looked fine and my teeth were very clean, although she didn't do an x-ray. I did have an x-ray back in May though which is how the cavity was discovered. It doesn't ache or hurt at all unless touched by something cold and it is nowhere near as sensitive as my root canal tooth.
I should also add that most of my teeth are pretty sensitive to cold anyway, so it may be that the filling has just exacerbated this. So what I want to know, is this normal? Or am I going to have to go back to the dentist yet again and beg for an x-ray. I have been so many times since May that I am completely fed up with it all and don't seem to be able to trust when a dentist says I'm ok.
The thing is now that I am now experiencing sensitivity to cold in that tooth although the filling was done back in June. I don't eat on that side at the moment due to waiting for a root canal in another tooth (I have been unable to have that finished due to my panic disorder which I'm working on), so I only really notice any sensitivity when I am drinking cold liquids.
When I bite down on the tooth it doesn't hurt at all, if I press it there is a very slight pain...more discomfort really and only on the filled part, not the whole tooth. I should add that I have a crossbite and the teeth on that side meet more heavily when chewing than those on the other side of my mouth.
Also I have moved area since it was done and have been to a new dentist last Friday who said everything looked fine and my teeth were very clean, although she didn't do an x-ray. I did have an x-ray back in May though which is how the cavity was discovered. It doesn't ache or hurt at all unless touched by something cold and it is nowhere near as sensitive as my root canal tooth.
I should also add that most of my teeth are pretty sensitive to cold anyway, so it may be that the filling has just exacerbated this. So what I want to know, is this normal? Or am I going to have to go back to the dentist yet again and beg for an x-ray. I have been so many times since May that I am completely fed up with it all and don't seem to be able to trust when a dentist says I'm ok.
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