Jaw Pain Still After Having Cavity Drilled? Posted: 02-08-07 19:40pm
One week ago today I had two relatively
deep cavities filled on my back teeth on
the left hand side of my mouth - back
tooth on top and bottom. The procedure
from start to finish, including the
novocaine time, took almost two hours.
But afterwards I was fine. Came home,
ate a few hours later with no pain
whatsoever.
The last couple days I started to notice
some real dull and very minor left jaw
pain near the junction of the left jaw
bones. This is only noticeable towards
the end of the day, say after 7 pm or so
when I get home. I take a couple
tylenol and am fine. When I wake up I
have no pain at all and nothing bothers me
during the day when i'm at work the teeth
that were filled have been fine, there is
no pain and I am not sensitive to any
foods or temperatures.
I'm a little confused as i've read
elsewhere that this type of jaw pain may
be a common problem that could take a few
weeks to dissipate while others seem to
worry its something to go back right away
on. Again i've had no tooth aches at
all and no sensitivity since the fillings,
just the jaw pain.
I also had started wearing a nightguard
(doctors nightguard) a month or so ago, a
couple weeks prior to the fillings. Dont
think this is having an affect on anything
but wanted to mention it.
