I just had 2 teeth filled with composite - BIG, deep fillings - the pain before the filling was SO BAD I just would have done anything. Then pain is coming back all over the right side of my face after a day or so and this I believe is the infection and trauma from all the work. Yes, this pain is even worse than the original. My wife suggested taking 10 drops of propolis in a glass of water to natually kill off the infection - I'll let you know how this goes in a week.

Snoopyem you have not feel any pain on your cavities before because cavities were not reaching the nerve yet, teeth have a nerve in their center and the cavities are bacteria that are desintegrating the teeth so when desintegration get to the nerve the nerve reacts with pain ,so you are lucky that your dentist help you by getting rid of the desintegration process on your tooth before it was too late

Hey everyone, I actually just joined this forum and this is my first post, I found it after searching my issue on google. I recently went to the dentist and got a cavity filled, there was a previous filling on the tooth (silver) and there was another one more in between the tooth, I picked to have the White filling rather than the silver one. So my dentist had to drill out the old, silver filling, and replace it with the white filling. He had warned me that it will be sensitive for about 1-2 weeks. I went March 3rd and it's March 15th now and it's still sensitive. The tooth's cavitiy prior to the second cavity was pretty big. One dentist mentioned that I may need to have a root canal, but I switched dentist because that dentist was ripping me off. My new dentist mentioned nothing about a root canal when I went to get the filling done. Hopefully I won't need a root canal done because hardly any of them are successful. So I just figured I post my story since everyone seems to have sensitivity due to the white fillings, and hopefully my sensitivity goes away.... good luck to anyone else with the same problem.

I, too, have had major problems after having composite fillings to replace my silver ones. First of all, the dentist removed a wisdom tooth he said was rotted and had to be removed. I then developed a dry socket which caused 2 weeks of pain. After the pain finally subsided, he told me I should have my silver fillings replaced with composites. On the left side, the last three upper teeth (directly next to the site where the wisdom tooth had been pulled). I had to go back a couple of times for filings and kept complaining of pain at the site of the extraction. He then did a root canal on one of the teeth he had filled. Granted, I'd already paid to have a new filling which of course I didn't really need.

Some time went by with little or no pain but then suddenly the pain flared up again, this time so severe I was in tears. This is all a good 9 months after the extraction. He did yet another set of xrays (the 4th in 9 months) and told me the problem wasn't dental. I was sent to a neurologist who diagnosed something called trigemenal neuralgia, an apparently uncurable nerve disorder which, if true, will put me on medications for the rest of my life.

I really don't want to believe that this is the case. What I've noticed is that I can sometimes control the pain by pressing on the teeth he had worked on. When I bite down on the last molar, which incidentally has the biggest composite filling, the pain really begins and lasts for a long time.

I would be grateful if anyone could help me, especially someone from the dental community. I am at my wit's end. By the way, trigeminal neuralgia has been dubbed the "suicide disease." HELP!

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Just joined the forum after googling for "pressure after refill hot cold". I just had to share my dental experience and hope that it'll help others.

I have bad dental record genetically. I floss, rinse with mouthwash and brush twice daily. Yet, there's at least a cavity every 6 months per visit. 18 months ago, I had four (in 6 months) much to my chagrin. Luckily, I have a high threshold for pain.

Despite the cavities, I've been going to the same dentist for 7 years and had 1 root canal. Unfortunately, in my recent visit, I needed a refill (I've alway had white filling). Immediately after the refill, I sensed that it didn't go well. Shortly after the novocaine wore off in mid-day, I felt pain on pressure while chewing and sensitivity to hot and cold that evening. Usually, I was able to resume normal activities at the end of day. This time, however, all three symptoms persist 5 days after the refill.

After my first (pleasant) experience with root canal and the pain that preceded it, I knew that I need another visit to my endodontist. It's been over 3 weeks and nothing has changed thus far. Instead of revisiting the dentist, I self-diagnosed and booked an appointment to get the issue resolved (I hope!). I'd like to chew on it again.

So, if you've never had problems with white fillings and experience pressure and sensitivity to hot and cold that does not go away after 2 weeks of a refill, it's highly indicative that you'd need a root canal. In most cases, see your dentist to make sure that you'd need one.

Always trust dental referals from friends and colleagues. if the dentist is trustworthy and his endodontist and wisdom tooth surgeon-dentists referals are rather untarnished, it's likely that you've found a good dentist. Also, switch to Sonicare toothbrush if you can afford it. It's cost you just one filling ($130).

I had an amalgam(silver) filling replaced with a composite(tooth coloured) on my lower right like a month ago. Until a couple of days ago I had been lucky and had no discomfort whatsoever. Then on Monday I was cutting up a red pepper and I ate a piece and I felt this awful pain throughout all of my teeth. At first I thought there was something wrong with the pepper! Since then, the tooth where I have my replaced filling is hurting so bad. Even when I''m not eating anything. It is almost impossible for me to eat or drink on it... even room temperature water! I need to know what is wrong. I won't be able to go see my dentist for at least 3 weeks as I am at university full time (9-6 every day) for the next 2 weeks and then I am going away for a week! At first I thought I was just having one of those sensitive teeth days which I get occasionally (normally after a night out) but now that pain is just there constantly. It's like a sensitive pain and I have no idea what caused it to just start so suddenly. I have been using pearl drops mouthwash recently and was wondering whether that may have caused something to happen???
When I had the filling replaced my dentist (who is brilliant and gave me a free scale and polish last time because I am a 'poor student') told me that I have a nerve which has grown the wrong way and is actually in that tooth rather than another one, and he did hit it when he was putting my new filling in, very very very painful i must note. Anyway, maybe it is something to do with that?? I don't know! It feels like a sensitive pain most of the time, doe anyone have any idea what this could be?????

Before my first root canal, I had a filling done, and the dentist's note was "deep". For the first two weeks or so, I felt fine. One day, I started experiencing pain in chewing, lingering sensation drinking hot and cold product. I did some research online and found results indicating that the pain was caused by agitated nerve during the refill and started to die or died. I scheduled for an emergency meeting and he said that I needed a root canal. I'm pleased to say that my root canal was painless.

Cheers.

Here's my story. About two months ago I went in and was told i had a small cavity. No big deal, right? I'd like to note that I've never had a cavity before this and I've never had any tooth pain before.

So I go to get my cavity filled and I am given novocaine for it. But during the filling process I feel pain all the way through. But since it was my first cavity I just thought that was normal. I find out from others that it's not normal. I don't mean it was a little pain either, it was making my eyes water....

So two months go by and now all of a sudden my tooth starts hurting a lot (the same tooth I had the cavity). I have sensitivity to hot/cold food and drinks. I can't chew on the one side of my mouth due to the tooth. I can't even eat a pasta noodle. I go in and the dentist tells me I've worn through my enamel...so he put some adhesive stuff over it and said to wait 2 weeks to see if the pain goes away. Otherwise they might have to put on a crown or worse case scenario a root canal.

I just find it such a coincidence that I've never had tooth problems before I went to this guy, now suddenly I have a cavity which has now lead to me maybe needing a crown or a root canal??? I never had pain in that tooth before this. I really think when I got the cavity filled he just drilled wrong and hit a nerve and that's why it was so painful. And now I'm having more serious problems due to that....

What are other people's thoughts? Am I just making crazy conclusions about this or have others experience anything like this?

Last year, I had a couple of cavities filled and one of them just seemed to get worse (and I mean WAY worse, not just some slight pain... it was so bad that I cried sometimes and ended up on vicodin for it; on top of that the sensitivity was HORRIBLE to the point that I couldn't eat or drink anything that was hotter or colder than room temp); it turned out that the original cavity in the tooth had gotten down to the pulp inside the tooth and the tooth was 'dying' in a manner of speaking.

Once all the pulp had died, the pain just disappeared one day, but I still had the massive sensitivity. After getting a second opinion from a new dentist (the first dentist kept claiming that the pain was TMJ and the sensitivity from the dental work), they sent me to an endodontist. She did one test and declared that the tooth was dead and I needed a root canal.

After the root canal (which was completely painless, by the way, both during AND after the meds wore off), the sensitivity dropped to 10% of what it had been, previously (I was told some mild sensitivity is fairly normal when you have a metal covered by porcelain crown) and I was almost perfect afterwards. Eating and drinking went back to normal (I just have to be careful about how long I keep something like ice cream against that area) and I haven't experienced the pain, since.

fmm, I don't think it would be impossible that perhaps the cavity they filled had gotten all the way to the pulp the way mine did (and a filling won't fix that). If you're concerned, see if your dentist can recommend an endodontist for you and just go in for a consultation (although just so you know, 2 seconds after my endodontist did the test she did, which was just putting cold over an area of the tooth, she was ready to do the root canal about 3 seconds later...) and see what they say. They can't MAKE you do anything you don't want to, but in my case, it was the answer to all my prayers, so to speak...

Good luck!

Hey! Boy am I glad to see it is not just me! I have had problems with every white filling I have had. Two teeth have had root canals after filling, then root canals redone, then finally two were pulled. Now I have had another white filling done recently on a tooth that was not even bothering me but they said it had a cavity. They didnt give me a choice on filling type and afterwards I hurt after a couple of days. I went back, the dentist said all was fine, sent me home. After 2 full weeks, I went back, they said nothing looked wrong but maybe it didnt bond well. They redid the filling (again w/composite). It was ok for a couple of days, just tender and I tried to stay off it eating and all. Then it started back with a vengeance! Lots of contstant dull pain and serious sensitivity to even room temp water. Biting is very painful! I have flosseed, upped my brushing, rinsed w/mouthwash, used a mouth guard (which is another problem all together!) The pain persists and I am not too happy or confident thinking of calling this dentist back. She doesnt see that anything is wrong so how can I trust her? In the past, she pushed the night gurard. I bought one, that didnt work, she said lets make one, they did in the office ($330! btw!) I did, that didnt work, finally I had those teeth cut out. Who knows, maybe it was the white fillings all along. I tossed my nightguard and will prob call another dentist. Bad thing is, insurance prob wont cover b/c it has already been done with no "proof" that anything is wrong. Glad to confirm my sanity by reading these problems above!

I am glad to see that I am not alone. However I am still waiting for a story to give me some hope of this going away. I too hadnt been to the dentist in a few years and could see a small cavity in one of my front teeth. My wife said our dental plan gave us 2 free cleanings so I figured I would get my teeth cleaned and have them check it out. Well I messed up and told them that I had felt some pain in that tooth when I ate something hot. You would think I had rotten teeth from the response I got. The lady Dentist came in and was like you need root canal. And I just about jumped out of the chair. Noone was gonna give me a root canal for a little tiny cavity. She then got some tool and started pressing up on the tooth asking me over and over if it hurt. And there was no pain what soever. So shes like you need to come back in a few weeks and get it filled or we will have to do root canal. So I left came back in a bout a month and got the tooth that only hurt that one time filled with the white stuff. After the novicne wore off my gums broke out in sores where she put the shots and now the tooth that was filled hurt everytime I bite into something hard like an apple or hit it just right. The pain seems to be getting worse as the weeks go by.
I went to prevent pain and now I have more pain than when I started. I think its all a money game. She probably did a crappy job so that I would be forced to come back. The way she said you need root canal was scary. She actually sounded happy about it. Like woohoo now I can make $600 extra next week. I hate dentists and now am scared to go back and even have them look at this. Please someone give me a ray of hope so that I dont have to go back again.

Maybe you should switch dentists? I went to this one dentist and they said I might need a root canal and then I switched to another dentist and he didn't even mention anything about me needing a root canal. I too think it's all about money for them... you just need to find the right dentist. If the cavity was that small there's no way you would need a root canal. Try researching "signs you need a root canal" and see if you have any of those problems, that will give you an idea if the dentist is lieing (sounds like she is). I know how you feel about root canals, I wouldn't want one, especially on a front tooth. Plus there's a chance that they may not work. I'm not really sure why your gums broke out like that, I would check with another dentist and see what they say. I used to be scared to go to the dentist just like you but after I switched dentists I wasn't too scared anymore. Good luck on your problem and keep us/me posted.

I am having a serious pain in my left bottom teeth after getting one filling on the top Left. Its a shooting when anything cold contacts my BOTTOM teeth. I mean My cheek is swollen and the filling is tender but the bottom teeth are what I am having sensitivity to even breathing with and it really hurts?
Even the saliva in my mouth is hurting it. When i attempt to swallow it.


Anyone might know why would be greatly appreciated.

I had a silver filling put in the end of May (Its the end of July now) and my tooth still hurts! I went back into the dentist and he fixed it because it was still high, but that was 2 weeks ago and its still very painful when eating cold things and sometimes just anything! I eat on the opposite side of my mouth now, but I feel like if I continue to do that I will get a cavity on that side for overuse or something! I'm afraid to go back to the denstist because my friend said she had an abscess on her tooth and I don't want that to be the case! Do you think it could have gotten infected when he worked on it? I am getting married in two months and I'm afraid if I make an appointment he will have to do something crazy to my tooth and my face will be all puffy for my wedding day. Can I wait until after the wedding to see if it's an abscess?

That sounds like what is happening to me. I never had a cavity and it never hurt before. I went to a new dentist- he found a "small cavity" and 'fixed' it and now it hurts for cold things and eating bread or anything. I wonder if he did something wrong too! I'm dealing with this now too. I'll let you know what I find out!

I have been having the same problems as everyone else. I had the amalgam fillings in two back molars replaced because one side of my jaw was locking into place and not because I had any pain. The first filling was made nine days ago, while the second filling was made two days ago. I have had pain after both of the fillings. I am now unable to eat or drink anything which is not at room temperature. The whole of the right side of my mouth is painful. I was told to allow the teeth to settle for two weeks. In the meantime, I am taking amoxicillin and ibuprofen three times a day and paracetamol four times a day. However, this brings no pain relief when I experience pain. The pain is excruciating. Like others, I feel angry with myself for agreeing to the treatment. I am starting to wonder whether the only solution would be to have the fillings replaced with amalgam fillings.

Over a week ago I had a silver filling replaces with a white composite filling. Now if I try to chew anything on that tooth, it nearly sends me through the roof. It almost feels as thought the nerve is exposed. My dentist told me she filled a filling between the teeth, but when I floss between my teeth, I feel pain in the same tooth, plus there's a rough edge when I run my tongue against it.

The dentist did an adjustment and put me on 800mg of Motrin, but that takes away some of the pain for the moment, but when it wears off, the pain comes right back. The right side is now becoming sensitive because I'm having to chew on just the right side.

I've now had to go all weekend in pain. I just started seeing this dentist and wonder if I should see someone else. The first time I saw her, the shot she gave me to numb my tooth went all the way into my eye.

I'd like to give her another opportunity to fix the problem, but at this point, I can't endure this pain anymore.

Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

Hi KrenBrulee,

Sorry to hear you're having such a rotten time of it.

I think that if YOU feel it's time to see someone else, then the chances are good that you're not quite trusting your old dentist anymore, so it's a good time to get a second opinion (a second opinion never hurts).

A pair of new eyes on your teeth might be very useful and, if you make sure you specify that you're in pain when you call, a good dentist should try to fit you in as soon as humanly possibly. If you can, get a copy of your records from your old dentist (or have them fax the records to the second dentist, if you don't mind them knowing that you're seeing someone else) and make a record of when the pain started, how bad it is and when it gets worse (i.e. "ache all the time, sharp pains while eating, better after 800 MG ibuprofen, nothing topical helps...").

In my case, I waited far too long to see a new dentist and it ended up costing me both time and money, and I paid in pain.

I hope you feel better, soon; check in and let us know how you're doing. Good luck!

Two weeks ago I went in to the dentist for my 6 month cleaning and exam. The dentist said that everything looked great but that she was concerned about the amalgam fillings I had. She said that I needed to get all 5 replaced because they were more than 10 years old and could have decay beneath them. Even though I had no pain I decided to follow the recommendations of my dentist. The first three molars were done 1 week ago and the last two molars were done the next day. Even with the novacaine the dental procedure was very uncomfortable for me. From the time they were done I have had extreme sensitivity to heat and hold and constant pain, especially at night. Not only are the newly refilled teeth in pain, but my other teeth are even hurting now. I think I should have left well enough alone. I'm avoiding going back to the dentist now because I fear I'll be in even more pain if she does anything else. Any suggestions?

Hi, I suggest that you just give it time, I got an amalgam filling replaced with a tooth-colored filling and it took at least 8 weeks to feel normal again (it was extremely sensitive and kinda hurt when chewing on harder foods). I know that's probably something you don't wanna hear but I think they should feel better over time. Your other teeth are probably hurting because of everything that was done to your other teeth, your gums are probably sore. Hope it feels better