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Cavity... severe pain
Hiii... I'm 35 years old... I had a cavity in my tooth and it was causing pain, especially at night. However, the pain used to go away on its own without any medication. When I visited the dentist, they recommended a root canal treatment (RCT). However, they also suggested trying a temporary filling first to see if the tooth could be managed without an RCT. They said that if there was no pain after the filling, we could continue with it; otherwise, an RCT would be necessary.
Yesterday morning, I got the filling done. After returning home, I started experiencing very severe tooth pain in the evening—much worse than I had ever felt before. We called the dentist, and they prescribed a painkiller and an antibiotic and again advised an RCT.....i wanted to ask whether getting the filling was the wrong decision. What could be the reason for such severe pain after the filling?
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Sometimes a temporary filling is tried in teeth with deep cavities after a dressing on the nerve(pulp) of the tooth aiming to remineralize the tooth and form a barrier .
There is a good chance that tooth becomes more sensitive in doing so and needs a root canal treatment regardless ,but worth trying as it would avoid root canal treatment and crown/onlay later .
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Visit Dentist and proceed with the root canal treatment
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Hello Mam . I understand your concern. Kindly opt for RCT . As per your given history it seems the cavity has infected the pulp of the tooth, hence explains the pain after giving temporary filling . You need to worry . At this stage going for a RCT will ease out the pain and prevent from increasing the infection
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Continue medication + visit Dentist and go for a RCT
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Avoid application of any cold or hot compression. Avoid applying Balm.
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Hi,
No you didn’t do anything wrong neither di your dentist.
There is a procedure called IPC.
It’s a type of filling procedure done , to try avoiding the rct in some deep cavities. If there is no pain than rct is avoided.
Your dentist must have done it as patients normally don’t want to opt for RCT directly. They intended good, but there is possibility that your cavity might be deeper than it looked ,which post filling made it worse.
Go get the RCT now before it get worst further.
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Rct + crown
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Do not apply any balm or hot ferment for pain
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Hello
Better to opt for RCT
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Absolutely... Filling is not recommended in deep cavities. It always worsens pain. RCT is only the way out
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Ms. Anwesha Das
Dentist
9 yrs exp
Pune
Initially temporary fillings are recommended if there is deep cavities and no pain. If pain persists then RCT followed by cap.
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visit to nearby dentist for RCT and cap
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