I think the dentist messed something up

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AznAnarchy99

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Went to get a cleaning 2 weeks ago and had one cavity filled and they decided to touch up my old grey fillings to white ones and had a cleaning as well. Since then, the spot where my cavity was has been extremely sensitive to cold and hot food/drink. I can barely drink cold water without it hurting and/or bite down on hot food..

Annoying, I need to go to a new dentist and get this checked out..
 

corwin

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Happened to me after my last filling too, except I also had extreme pain chewing anything...turned out it needed to be "adjusted", which made things better but still really sensitive...ended up using sensitive toothpaste since then and after 6 months it's pretty much back to normal, sucked like hell for over a month though:\
 

HydroSqueegee

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i had/have a similar problem recently. Got a filling in my upper pre molar and it was very sensative to pressure and cold/hot things. never had that problem before. Dentist told me when i had it done it will be touchy for a while, but will clear up. Its been a couple months and has gotten a lot better, but still not that great.
 

mvbighead

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Annoying, I need to go to a new dentist and get this checked out..

Going to a new dentist because a filling hurts? Fillings always are sensitive, at least to some extent.

If your dentist is a shitty dentist, go elsewhere. Don't go to a different dentist because a fixed tooth is sensitive. That's just the general nature of getting fillings. Take better care of your teeth and you won't have to worry nearly as much about sensitivity.
 

JustMe21

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Any time your teeth are drilled, there's going to be sensitivy to it. In one case, it took about a year after having a filling done for it to not be sensitive to heat and cold. Some have also just taken days, so it varies.
 

BoomerD

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Sometimes, the filling they use around the RFID tracking chip the dentist installed takes a while to fully cure. Once that happens, the extra sensitivity you're experiencing should go away.
 

rsd

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Happened to me and it turned out a hole developed in the filling.

Somehow that also lead to an infection (I believe it was related) and I ended up having to have a root canal on that same tooth. Was not fun at all.
 

DesiPower

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cant resist a dentist joke...
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