What can cause pain after a filling? - Dr. Nandini Nelivigi

Pain is not here after every filing, but pain may be there after few fillings are done. There could be various reasons why this kind of pain happens one is the depth of the cavity. If you have an extensive carious lesion, we may have to excavate the entire area to remove all the caries and do all the filling. So in this process of excavation, we may get pretty close to the pulp and the dental work may cause some kind of inflammation to the pulp and the inflamed pulp may respond by giving some kind of pain. So this pain ma last forma few days to a week or 10 days. So the pain goes on subsiding over a period of week or 10 days. So by the end of a week or 10 days, you should be actually good without pain, the other reason why pain can happen is something called a high point, whenever you bite or clench your teeth, the upper teeth or the lower teeth make a contact with the filling first before any other tooth makes a contact with each other, a dentist would definitely reduce all the high points, but some high point may be left behind and in such patients will have continued pain and the pain does not subside or reduce over period of time. In these situations, you are requested to contact the dentist again and the dentist will reduce the high point to lower down the pain and the pain will absolutely go away once the high points are reduced. A word of caution, if you have an extensive various lesion, and the excavation is done, in an attempt to prevent root canal treatment, we may do procedures like direct or indirect pulp capping. In these procedures, we may have procedures that are very close to the pulp. So inflammation of the pulp may not subside with filings alone, if you have continuous pain that may not subside at all over a period of time, then you have to consult your dentist back and maybe you will be advised a root canal treatment.

[tiyopaenguin]

The thing here is that dentists always blame your teeth. What if they mis-diagnose a situation? Or they dug deeper than necessary? So the patient needs to pay twice or more but in reality it's the dentist's fault.

[edwardbliss]

It's been less than a week since my filling. I needed an old one re-filled because it was thinning out. I wouldn't say I'm experiencing pain, but more sensitivity, usually once a day after my first meal. This is expected, but the last thing I want is to experience this for months, or even worse, a root canal. The stupid thing is that this feels a lot worse than before my trip to the dentist.

[Jan-bebb]

jesus freaking christ the pain im feeling is so intense, it's 3 am in the morning and the pain woke me up. my teeth was hurting so much and when i went to the dentist the inside was all fked up and had to do a deep filling, that was 2 days ago. yesterday there was no pain i've got a full 24 hrs of rest. now the pain is back worse than before that it's making my right ear deaf and i cant take it anymore. my fillings are so sensitive to cold that when i brush my teeth it hurts like hell. i've drink mefenamic acid for pain killers, even did all the remedies i can look up online, i even prayed to god to take tha pain away. but im still dying from this pain.

[anamiguel]

I believe the scientists should find a formula to eliminate tooth pain ❤

[ssxtricky]

Sometimes if it's a deep filling, the pain and sensitivity can last weeks after a filling, because the nerve is irritated. Our bodies dont like forgien objects, so as soon as you get a filling or a crown, your body reacts negatively towards it. It thinks your filling or crown is an invader, so it issues an immune response and this is why your tooth nerve gets irritated. it's telling your immune system that.. "hey! we have something here, that's not suppose to be here and you need to get rid of it!" Eventually, the nerve in the tooth will stop signaling the immune response and settle down in a lot of cases. So, if you just had a filling or a crown done, I'd say give it two or three weeks to see if the pain and sensitivity starts to subside and get better. If not, then go back to the dentist. Just remember, the more invasive your dental work is, the longer the pain and sensitivity will last, before it will subside.

[theaniqa]

I had a cavity that NEVER HURT. No sensitivity either. So I got it filled over a week ago and it is still hurting! the first few days afterwards it was hurting continuously and would not stop until I took Tylenol or Ibuprofen. I went back into the dentist and she filed it down and its been 4 days its hurting less but still have to take pain meds. i can go hours without pain but if I chew on the filling side it will start hurting and the pain lasts hours. I regret getting the cavity filled. my pain free life was so good before. now with a probable root canal Im stressed about the cost. any thoughts? should I wait to see if it improves? how long to wait? or should i go in for a root canal and not endure the pain any longer. also my jaw on that side hurts too.

[reagan]

I got two fillings Tuesday. On the back left side of my mouth. Top and bottom. Fillings went fine. Teeth didn’t hurt, but had mouth soreness from the lidocaine shots in my cheeks. Then Wednesday comes and that’s when the pain is in full effect. Somehow I irritated my gums on the back side of my two teeth where I got the fillings and it’s just been non stop pain/soreness. I’m not worried about the sensitivity of the teeth because I know that can take a week or two to subside. But the inflamed gums is what is driving me crazy. That’s the main cause of my mouth pain. So I’m laying down with a frozen bag of Brussel sprouts on my face 😂

[gholapamol]

I am suffering from re filling pain. Earlier it was an old filling about 20 years back, with almost no problem. I was recommended to remove the same and put new filling and pain started and now I am suffering due to refilling.

[rareview]

But it wasn't a deep cavity though

[KaitCrystals]

Hey question I had seven fillings done and then basically they finished my mouth and it’s past 10 days and I still feel pain where they put that needle in my mouth with the cotton ball at the time and I’m putting the pain relief on the tooth. it’s my biting tooth on my left side and I still have my four wisdom teeth still I know I got to get rid of them from what the doctor said but I’m afraid to go back to him. I think he ruined my mouth because basically I can’t eat right like how are used to like a sideways my dentist was Westfield Smiles by me and I need another doctors opinion because I have a heart condition and seizures. What should I do? Should I go back or have the hospital check my mouth to see if he ruined my mouth structure because they’re keep constantly asking me to remake my appointments, begging for money out of me and I’m tired of this pain in my mouth but the thing is I want to eat normal not to eat soft foods like it felt like he was rushing my mouth like he the dentist dr. Holly I just don’t waste my money to a wrong person you know and not showing that I got a phone call today for another appointment cleaning check up and they want my Social Security information. I thought dentist doesn’t do that. I thought only government deals with that type of issue I think that’s invasion of privacy. basically that’s why I’m leery about going back to him because the secretaries are really rude and they want payments on top of payments constantly. Please get back to me after you read this message I don’t have that much coverage I would have to pay out-of-pocket. I am trying my best says that you are Citizen to be a good person to do the right thing and not have my mouth ruined just because of somebody else’s mistake please I need your help because every time I want to eat something it’s like I can only eat like a soft poundcake or yogurt basically now and he ruined my tongue. Also after he finished my mouth like the next day I have a picture what he did to my mouth like I had a blister on my tongue, sometimes I think they over push it out of anger 😢 just let me know what you think I should go or should I have my lawyer and deal with it because I’m tired of verse is stressing me out too many headaches by thinking about it and try not to worry too much

[katerinaberhami]

What if the tooth pain spreads sharply to the teeth bext to it in the same row all at the bottom when cold and even brushing is involved? It’s worth mentioning that I had 12 fillings and braces put in a week shot and this too is the one that has the end of the braces but also filling in it. My fillings for some are really deep I’ve had issues with my teeth since a young age he showed me my bottom teeth and one side was more decayed hand had larger and deeper holes than other side but if is what you say he never mentioned to me it would hurt this much sometimes if my tongue touches it it will ache for few hours and then sometimes it won’t ache randomly at all, it hurts a lot to mouthwash the cold anything cold the pain is unbearable and so spreads to the teeth in the same line but going towards the front and then the sudden sharpness pain goes but goes back to aching

[nomanulhaq]

Veey nice and easy explanation. Thanks dr.

[el-hplj]

I went in for two crown preps and one filling. I would think the 2 crown preps would bother me but they havent at all. The issue is with the cavity filling. Before I went in I had no pain with this tooth. Still 7 days after it hurts when i bite on it and I have to chew slowly and not forceful. I went back and they did a bite adjustment but it still hurts. The dentist said these things can take time so im hoping it gets better. I go back for the real crowns in 12 days so if its still hurting ill have to mention it then

[wilhelminaheraldiva]

I had permanent filling on my tooth when I was in nursery, which happened to be an accident n with the time it begin to hurt specially on cold days, years after a part of my tooth broke n again a temporary filling was done, bt the dentist said if the pain remained for days the tooth should be removed, n it's really painful at the moment

[nostalgiapack]

Thank god I thought the damn dentist just did something wrong

[debabratamal]

The felling teeth need to be taken off ???

[complicatingmix]

I had mine filled 6 days ago but it started hurting few days after and it still hurts until now :(

[niharisingh]

It have 5 months and the sensitivity is still there!

[bellan]

I had an old filling that cracked- they refilled it twice and it still hurts. It turns out I had cavity on the side of the tooth and they did a temporary filling. It is horrible nerve pain every 2-3 minutes now. If this doesn’t work I need a root canal 😭

[cyranothecat]

Never had any pain until I had a filling which they told me was close to the nerve after the filling I've had nothing but pain everyday and the other teeth around it are affected as well as the two over top of it and my tongue hurts as well.