Re: tooth sensitive after cavity filll-in - Did the dentist do a bad job?

How many weeks is a few weeks? It's been two weeks now for
me, and it's still sensitive. Should I try something like
sensodyne or should I give the dentist a call?

On Sat, 14 May 2005 15:19:33 -0400, "DrSteve"
<drsteve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Sensitivity to cold for a few weeks is very normal for a dental amalgam
>filling, occasionally seen with resin white fillings and rare with machine
>milled porcelain fillinsg.
>
>"bruno" <bruno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:g9ta811ldhoe36svs63mq69gup8h1s8kfc@xxxxxxxxxx
>>I don't have a regular dentist so yesterday I went to
>> someone new for teeth check-up.
>>
>> The dentist found a small cavity - He showed a 1mm deep
>> cavity on the top side of my lower last tooth. During the
>> fill-in, It was a lot of electric drilling or scraping.
>> Obviously I can't tell if it's too much or what. But I'm
>> always worried that dentists not being careful enough and
>> might hurt my tooth with their tool.
>>
>> Since it's about six months since my last teeth cleaning.
>> The dentist cleaned my teeth right after the fill-in. The
>> cleaning hurt a bit and was a bit bloody. But I know that's
>> the norm with cleaning. The dentist spent about 10 to 15
>> minutes doing cleaning. At the time I felt he was doing a
>> good job cleaning my teeth.
>>
>> Today the last teeth which had the fill-in feel sensitive
>> when I eat cold fruits from a fridge. This never happened
>> before the fill-in. Does this tell the dentist actually
>> hurt the tooth?
>

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