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Would Replacing The Fillings Again Help With The Teeth Pain?
Hello, My twenty year old son had two cavities filled two weeks ago and is suffering with severe pain along the jaw and gum area. He has gone back to the dentist twice the first time the adjusted the bite and the the second time they said it was possibly his wisdom teeth causing the pain. The pain is getting worse and we went this morning and they xrayed the teeth that were filled and they appeared fine but the dentist suggested replacing the fillings with medicated fillings for two weeks and then refilling them again. I am not sure what to do. THey gave him some oral antibiotics and a prescription for Motrin. We are seeing an oral surgeon tomorrow. Do you have any advice for me? Thank you,
Mon, 14 Jul 2014
Hello,
Thanks for consulting HCM,
Read your query, as you have pain in restored tooth your dentist has replaced your filling and gives you medicated filling I would like to tell you this treatment is said as indirect pulp capping , this is done for capping of pulp If you wont get relief in pain after medicated filling then you have to go for Root canal treatment in tooth .
Consult your dentist and go for investigation IOPA xray of tooth and treatment if you wont get relief.
Hope this will help you.
Wishing you good health.
Regards,
Dr. Priyanka tiwari
Thanks for consulting HCM,
Read your query, as you have pain in restored tooth your dentist has replaced your filling and gives you medicated filling I would like to tell you this treatment is said as indirect pulp capping , this is done for capping of pulp If you wont get relief in pain after medicated filling then you have to go for Root canal treatment in tooth .
Consult your dentist and go for investigation IOPA xray of tooth and treatment if you wont get relief.
Hope this will help you.
Wishing you good health.
Regards,
Dr. Priyanka tiwari
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain in the tooth and the jaw could be because of the pulpitis. If the decay is involving the pulp then normal filling cant be done. So the tooth has to be treated with root canal treatment. The other way of treating is by giving a medicated dressing with calcium hydroxide, but in your case since you are telling you have already got pain in the tooth., it should go for root canal treatment. You can take take a course of antibiotics get the tooth treated.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
The pain in the tooth and the jaw could be because of the pulpitis. If the decay is involving the pulp then normal filling cant be done. So the tooth has to be treated with root canal treatment. The other way of treating is by giving a medicated dressing with calcium hydroxide, but in your case since you are telling you have already got pain in the tooth., it should go for root canal treatment. You can take take a course of antibiotics get the tooth treated.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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