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

Usually 2-6 weeks. Sometimes much longer.

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Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S.
Michigan, USA
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"Bruno" <Bruno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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