Sensitive tooth?!
Question: ok i have a cavity in a tooth before but where i used to go they did a crappy job and it turns out the cavity went deeper. meaning me new dentist had to drill farther.
he said since he had to drill deep my tooth would be sensitive for a little while.
well it's been a longgggg time and it still is sensitive.
its prob been about 8 months?
'ahh it drives me crazy. i can't even drink my ice tea cause it too cold for it. and its not even that cold.
anything i can do?
Answers: ok i have a cavity in a tooth before but where i used to go they did a crappy job and it turns out the cavity went deeper. meaning me new dentist had to drill farther.
he said since he had to drill deep my tooth would be sensitive for a little while.
well it's been a longgggg time and it still is sensitive.
its prob been about 8 months?
'ahh it drives me crazy. i can't even drink my ice tea cause it too cold for it. and its not even that cold.
anything i can do?
I disagree with the other hygienist who answered your question. You are right that eight months is far too long for a tooth to bother you. There are many possibilities of what the problem is though.
1.Yes, your bite could be off; if that filling is higher than the rest of the bite, it would cause those symptoms.
2. The filling could have been very deep and affecting the nerve; an x-ray would show that the nerve is involved, but just cold sensitivity doesn't sound like that's the problem.
3. You didn't say what material is in the filling. Amalgam (silver) fillings may be sensitive at first, but settle down after one or two weeks, while one in five people can't tolerate plastic fillings or they haven't been done properly and leak so that you either end up with root canals from it or go back to amalgam fillings. This is especially true if the filling was large. I can't find the article now, but I did have one from an endodontist (root canal specialist) that said that plastic fillings have been the biggest boon to their business!
before placing the permanant cement, an insulator cement has to be placed so that the heat or cold does not touch the nerve.
There could be a number of things wrong. You need to go to your dentist immediately.
1.) There could be an air pocket under the filling.
2.) Your bite could be off, which the doctor can adjust for you.
3.) You may have a small crack somewhere on tooth from all the trauma its experienced.
4.) There still might be decay or new decay under or around the filling.
well, only your dentist knows how deep he went and only he knows ( unless you ask him) if he placed any liner there before placing the filling...
on the other hand you didnt' mention if you have a metal ( amalgam filling ) or white ( composite resin filling)...
if you have metal filling, sensitivity for couple of days or even more is normal...but if you have white filling you shouldnt' have sensitivity , unless no liner was placed or something is wrong with that filling