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Video: Discus Dental Tooth Enamel Remineralization
Question:
I recently (over a week ago) had four cavities filled with ceramic fillings. Since the scary dentist visit, my teeth became strangely sensitive--ALL of my molars.
One bottom row of teeth especially, where I only had a very small filling put in, is more than sensitive now. I woke up to throbbing pain this morning, and have had intermittent pain for the past few days.
Could the Novocaine injections have left my nerves somehow debilitated, or injured? My dentist had to give me quite a few (as many as five) shots of the stuff, all at once.
It seems odd that I would have another, actually pain-inducing cavity, that had been undetected by my dentist. This pain is no where near as nightmarish as I have read in many other visitors' questions, but it was enough to wake me up and get me to call my (closed) dentist's office to try to sneak a visit in ASAP, and to get online to seek your guidance, too. Thank you for your time. ...Visitor from FL
Answer:
There could be a lot of factors involved in your pain. Because you had a lot of shots to get numb may indicate an underlying problem with your muscles, nerves, and jaws.
You could possibly have subclinical TMJ problems, which could be causing your pain now. Of course, the new fillings may be deep and irritating the nerves of your teeth. Any dental procedure has at least a 25% chance of rendering a tooth susceptible to the need for root canal.
The first thing you should do is take some muscle relaxants to try to calm things down (Flexeril 10 mg. twice a day for 4 days), along with some Advil (600mg. every 8 hrs. for 5 days). If things improve, you should find a specialist to diagnose possible TMJ problems. If not, you should go back to your dentist and be re-evaluated for root canal needs.
Your dentist may also need to adjust the bite on your new fillings. There are many
factors, therefore I hope you have a competent dentist to take care of you
and make the right decisisons.
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