Pianimo
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What does it mean when a corner of a tooth with a temporary filling in goes dark?
Hi.
Question's the title really... As further details:
I have one tooth - LL5 - which has had a temporary filling in since the end of February. It was originally due for RCT, but my dentist said that once she'd cleaned out all the nerve etc there was very little tooth left, so she thought an extraction would be a better idea, but has left me a few months to decide. The tooth was still vital going into that appointment - had reacted very strongly to the 'cold' test.
After my appointment, the tooth hurt badly for a few days, was sensitive for a couple of weeks, then just felt normal. In the last few weeks I've been feeling the odd twinge - i.e. only for a few seconds, but sometimes on and off for a while - mainly after using my tepe brush or after eating something sugary! Out of the blue, last night, I noticed one corner had gone dark - kind of like a pale, translucent black, if that makes sense? I'd checked the tooth the night before, and it was fine, so this has happened at some point yesterday. I've felt no pain, and the dark bit doesn't feel different or hurt to touch. There's been no change today - just the same bit still dark.
That's the main enough info, but jic any of this is connected - the filling itself has a line across the top, I'm not sure if it's a crack or it was there all along! (It has definitely been there a while, before this happened.) The filling did feel funny when eating something chewy yesterday, but I think the it's still all there, and it doesn't seem loose or crumbling at all. It does hang over one side of my tooth - between it and the tooth behind - and it at this end of the tooth that the dark bit is (the oustide, top, back corner). The gap under the 'overhang' has looked very dark/black from the beginning, and I kept thinking there was something like dried blood in there - but the tepe comes out clean, and my hygienest said it was ok, so I figured it must just be a shadow?
Anyway, I'm really worried about what's happening, and would be grateful for any help. I know it's hard to get an idea without seeing it, but I just can't handle photos of my mouth. Sorry! I have a review appointment scheduled with my dentist next week, which normally would make this a 'good time' to have a problem! But I was planning to cancel it as I have a really important deadline coming up, and I'm very behind, and seriously need every second I can get! So I'm really stressed out now in case I'm going to need this tooth treating urgently, but I just don't have time for even the review appointment...let alone a treamtent one too...let alone 24 hours off following sedation, as I know I'd need...
I hope that all makes sense. Sorry by the way - I think only I could write this long a post for this short a question! Probably just the title would've done really!
But my questions are basically:
Hi.
Question's the title really... As further details:
I have one tooth - LL5 - which has had a temporary filling in since the end of February. It was originally due for RCT, but my dentist said that once she'd cleaned out all the nerve etc there was very little tooth left, so she thought an extraction would be a better idea, but has left me a few months to decide. The tooth was still vital going into that appointment - had reacted very strongly to the 'cold' test.
After my appointment, the tooth hurt badly for a few days, was sensitive for a couple of weeks, then just felt normal. In the last few weeks I've been feeling the odd twinge - i.e. only for a few seconds, but sometimes on and off for a while - mainly after using my tepe brush or after eating something sugary! Out of the blue, last night, I noticed one corner had gone dark - kind of like a pale, translucent black, if that makes sense? I'd checked the tooth the night before, and it was fine, so this has happened at some point yesterday. I've felt no pain, and the dark bit doesn't feel different or hurt to touch. There's been no change today - just the same bit still dark.
That's the main enough info, but jic any of this is connected - the filling itself has a line across the top, I'm not sure if it's a crack or it was there all along! (It has definitely been there a while, before this happened.) The filling did feel funny when eating something chewy yesterday, but I think the it's still all there, and it doesn't seem loose or crumbling at all. It does hang over one side of my tooth - between it and the tooth behind - and it at this end of the tooth that the dark bit is (the oustide, top, back corner). The gap under the 'overhang' has looked very dark/black from the beginning, and I kept thinking there was something like dried blood in there - but the tepe comes out clean, and my hygienest said it was ok, so I figured it must just be a shadow?
Anyway, I'm really worried about what's happening, and would be grateful for any help. I know it's hard to get an idea without seeing it, but I just can't handle photos of my mouth. Sorry! I have a review appointment scheduled with my dentist next week, which normally would make this a 'good time' to have a problem! But I was planning to cancel it as I have a really important deadline coming up, and I'm very behind, and seriously need every second I can get! So I'm really stressed out now in case I'm going to need this tooth treating urgently, but I just don't have time for even the review appointment...let alone a treamtent one too...let alone 24 hours off following sedation, as I know I'd need...
I hope that all makes sense. Sorry by the way - I think only I could write this long a post for this short a question! Probably just the title would've done really!
But my questions are basically:
- What could this be? Is the tooth dying??
- How urgent is it? (Is it sensible/possible to ignore it for a few weeks?)
- Is there anything I can/should do to stop any more of the tooth going dark too? Should I eat/brush as normal?