Irudis, I also wanted to tell you that the taste and feel of the new composite fillings you have gotten is normal...but not the pain. Your current dentist (or a new dentist like I'm going to find) might have to adjust your bite some more on said teeth OR those initial fillings may need to come out and a sedative filling followed by a silver amalgam filling put in their place. Like I said above, the pain in my upper molar has taken a whole month to subside, and I still have some pain biting down..so I may need a root canal still (dreading that). I hope my previous posts are not scaring the crap out of you...they are meant to help. Don't worry too much over the pain in your teeth...just eat soft, moistened food, take the pain killers, and wait it out if you can. I probably would not wait more then a month or two for the pain to go away. I'm giving my pain another few weeks before I consult a NEW dentist

im having the same problem here.t had my filling yesterday..not the silver one...but after the local anaesthesia went off, i was having a throbbing pain..n after i look ponstan 500mg, its work a little while...im thinking..how long this pain will last,plz help

Rihanayasmin, I had similar pain after my Novocain wore off. You are probably going to have pain for a period of several days-2 weeks. Take 1000mgs of acetaminophen, twice daily, to help with localized pain and do NOT eat hard foods or chew on that side of your mouth. Just be patient with this and if the pain doesn't let up after 2-3 weeks, consult your dentist as you might have more serious concerns then dental pulp irritation. A root canal should be a last alternative so get a 2nd opinion if your dentist suggest that right away like mine did! I'm currently looking for a new dentist, as my current dentist is lacking on people skills, but anyway. There are other options like refilling the tooth with a sedative filling and then using silver amalgam if the resin composite filling you currently have is not working too well. Also, have another X-ray taken of that tooth to check for further decay. Your dentist can also test the structure of your tooth with light therapy or adjust the bite of your filling (if that wasn't done initially). You have to self-educate to an extent with this kind of information, because dentist don't explain stuff to you when you are getting drilled on.

I had a rather large silver filling in the middle/inside of my bottom first premolar replaced about a month and a half ago due to it being cracked. I had it replaced with white to improve the appearance, obviously. Well, it ached constantly for about a week; ibuprofen helped with that. Well now it's still very sensitive to hot and cold, especially extreme hot and cold, like ice cream, really cold water, stuff that's been refrigerated, and food cooked hot. Also I noticed it is sensitive to pressure! Like chewing or biting down too hard. I don't know what else to say, but it hurts!

Toothfairy999, sounds like your dentist could have drilled too deeply and irritated the nerve. Then on top of that, you have had a new filling compressed down upon that irritated nerve. Do you see where the pain comes from? My resin composite filling was put in exactly one month ago, and my molar still is sensitive to hard food (but I don't have throbbing pain anymore). I have gotten used to chewing on one side of my mouth and am not spending my $$$ on a root canal unless I absolutely have to. In my opinion, my dentist caused this situation by drilling too deep and messed with my tooth (which had ZERO pain before he touched it)so I kind of see it as his fault. It would be nice if he could pay for this root canal that he kind of started by botching the drill job right? Anyway, just keep taking the ibuprofen or acetaminophen for a little while and if you don't notice improvement after 2-3 weeks (I've waited a month), you will probably need to tell your dentist about it...or find a new dentist like I am!

I have the same problem.I think this is a bad problem out there with filling replacements and would like to encourage everyone with the same problem to post a message so we can truly see how bad it is and begin an investigation.

toothfairy999, if you wait this out, it may gradually get better. Mine did, but, honestly, it took around 4 months, until I finally felt no sensitivity to hot or cold, no biting pain and/or pressure and aches. I did not chew on the side with the replaced filling for several months and I drank hot and cold liquids through a straw. Hope that this helps.

I am suffering the same thing - a filling I was told needed replacing which I had done the day before yesterday was massively sensitive afterwards. I went back today and the dentist refilled the tooth. But it is very sensitive and still hurts and I can't help feeling it shouldn't. I'll give it over the weekend to settle and will try to see another dentist if it doesn't get better - if this guy is out to max profits as it seems most of them are, then I want to avoid him and try to find someone with some ethics!!

To the previous two postings, I would say that waiting several months and not aggravating the filling(which is what I'm going to do) is probably the best solution. I purposefully did not go to a follow-up dental appointment the following week to have two additional fillings completed, because of what I researched online about tooth sensitivity after a deep-drilling procedure. My molar is still sensitive after one month, but doesn't throb to where I need to take pain meds. If nothing else, it is an annoyance. All I can say is, if you are not satisfied with how your dentist has handled your teeth, definitely find another dentist that will handle you better. I will make sure that my next dentist explains, before-hand, what he needs to do to my teeth. I'm not going to just be a good little boy and not ask any questions and let the next dentist get "drill happy" with my teeth and possibly mess up another tooth in the process! The sad reality is that some, not all, but some dentists are just out to "get paid" and do things that are not necessary or that they are not properly trained to do (like back molar fillings). I have had to find this out the hard way

I'm having the same pain as all of you described-- only mine started out as sinus pain as well AND I'm near the end of the third trimester of pregnancy, which further complicates things.
Anyway, I'm interested in hearing some solutions. Has anyone ever had any success in getting back to normal? In getting rid of the pain? Was it just a matter of waiting or was it another procedure that you had done to correct it? Any help would be appreciated. You can also leave a comment on my blog if you have any advice on what to do.

I just recieved a composite filling on my upper tooth, Im worried about its quality and guarentee compared too a silver filling. is a composite filling cheaper or something?If its true that its not reliable Im worried that it'll just increase decaying in the tooth without realization and slowly break it down!!!! I hoped it WAS a permanent solution to a cavity without getting them "refilled"...=/

I've had a filling replaced before (silver replaced by silver) and had the same type of sensitivity I'm having now with the two (silver replaced by tooth colored) fillings that were put in a week ago. Like other people, I am having aching and have had to take advil/tylenol daily. I know it was a deep filling on both as well as between the teeth. My dentist took her time, added something to ease sensitivity, and added in layers. Despite the pain, I think she did an excellent job. I'm going in this Friday to adjust the bite, which she actually worked on for a good 20 minutes when I had them put in. Problem is, you can't really tell when you are so numb. The pain from the first replacement did subside after a few weeks, and I'm confident these will too. Just wanted to post to let people know the same problem was there for the silver or the white filling.

Oh, and I have had little or no tooth decay as an adult. I was unfortunately a "propped bottle" child with few dental visits. When I did get treatment about age 13, all my molars needed to be filled. Do the best I can to care for them now, but it is unfortunate that childhood carelessness follows you for a lifetime. Hope everyone is being as careful with their children's teeth as I've been with mine. It is worth the money and effort when they're older!

Hope everyone feels better.

loll thanks for the heads up...when i was younger i took care of my teeth and all but still had cavities because i never went to the extreme of brushing more than probably three or two times a day. But those were my baby teeth and they came out a longgggg time ago. I had thought until recently my teeth were great and health until i found out i had a small cavity on my upper tooth. I got a composite filing and so far havent experienced any sensitivity or pain. Now I'm very cautious of my teeth and i relize how important they are. After our baby teeth come out we only recieve 0NE other set of teeth so i would advise everyone to at least start taking better care of your teeth...just make sure you floss (VERY IMPORTANT), brush at LEAST two times a day, and alwayssss use mouthwash. I prefer the whitening AND fluroid rinse from listerine (my benefit though); I'm pretty sure other companies that create toothpaste have thier choices of mouthwash too though=) Take care everyone.

I wanted to post a follow-up report to all my previous posts to say that the sensitivity in my upper molar has pretty much subsided. I don't chew ice or hard, crunchy food on it still but I am able to chew most foods without annoyance after a full 1.5 months of babying the tooth. I urge everyone to ask your dentist questions before a procedure is done, and if you don't trust your dentist (like I don't, cuz he's an A-hole with zero people skills) then by all means...find a new dentist!!!

my dentists dont even ask me...they just do everything on thier own basically and leave me going "wait, WHAT?"...ehh idkkk

My pain has also subsided somewhat. I don't get these jarring, shooting sensations anymore, though I also still refrain from eating on that side of my mouth. Maybe it's because a)I learned how to controll the food in my mouth so it doesn't wander over to the 'pain zone' or b)Maybe it's becaue I was ill and haven't been able to eat solid foods or c) maybe the two above combined let my teeth have a bit of a break and the nerve isn't so frazzled anymore and has had a chance to recouperate a bit. I'm still open to solutions on how to make this go away completely.

I got three fillings on bottom molars June 29 and 6 fillings on the top June 8.
I went back to the dentist and said that I was having sinus preassure. He said this was normal, as the nerves in the upper molars are close to the sinus. Last week on Monday (July 6) I finally went to an MD and he said I had an impacted sinus infection. So I was on several days of Amoxocillan. I took my last day and the sinus pressure has improved but I really think it's my teeth. I'm scared to go back because I'm afraid he's going to tell me I need root canals done. The pain is mostly in my jaw top and bottom. I've been taking Ibuprofin two to three times a day and can just barely chew on the left side ( that's where the jaw pain is). Do I wait for this to subside??? I think I'm going to call the dentist as when the Ibuprofin wears off the pain is too much!

today i visited the dentist and "apparently" im getting composite fillings done on my two of my molar teeth. they're extremely tiny though so its guarenteed to take less than half an hour like my usual appointments. well...just keeping you guys updated=)

I went back to the dentist Monday 7/20 - told him how much pain I was in when the Ibuprofin wore off. He had me fill out a questionier and he diagnosed me with TMD (also known as TMJ. They are going to have a day time and night time "splint" made - looks like a retainer of sorts. He said I probably grind my teeth at night and I do catch myself clenching my teeth - causing pressure on my teeth and jaw. I am now an Aleve instead of Ibuprofin and seems to be helping just the same - but less pills.

I also had the same problem, went to the dentist for a filling and when it was done I had pain for about two weeks now, after a week I went back to the dentist and he prescribed amoxicillian for possible infection. After taking an X-Ray he said there was some inflammation and he would check it in another week. The pain persists and I take Advil for the pain, which does help. I take advil 3 times a day and penicillian 2 times a day for the pain and hoping it will get better. I also had no pain prior to this procedure and which I had never done it. Now he wants to do one more filling on the other side and I really want to avoid it. Please give me some advice.