My 8 yr old some just got a small filling2 wks ago.now he's saying it hurts.took!
Question:
My 8 yr old some just got a small filling2 wks ago.now he's saying it hurts.took him back Dr. had 2 file down
his filling,next day son says it hurts really bad and face is swollen bad,took him back again dentist said he needs to redo the tooth take out filling and fix exposed nerve.I didnt realy understand it but my some is in olt of pain and IDK if it was his fault or something that just happened to be? what do you think?
Answers:
the decay was close to the nerve. the nerve became inflamed and that is why your son is in so much pain. Your son is going to need a baby root canal (pulpotomy) if it is no a baby tooth. A root canal if it is on an adult tooth.
It is not the DDS fault when a cavity is deep and close to the nerve it is hard to know if it is going to cause a problem.