Post-filling pains are sensations of soreness in the area of a filled tooth that occur for one reason or another after the filling procedure. Filling the crown part of the tooth, as well as its canal, is today one of the most popular dental procedures in the treatment of pulpitis, caries and other pathological phenomena.
Why does a filled tooth hurt?
Reasons
In the process of dental therapy, dentists often clean the canals, destroy and remove the nerve, clean the carious cavities, after which the voids formed in the teeth are filled with a seal of special materials, which are used as an amalgam, which is a special cement, as well as certain composite materials, gutta-percha, etc.
Post-filling pain after such a procedure is considered quite common. At the same time, it shoulddistinguish between temporary pain after filling and pain caused by incorrect filling and other complications.
Post-filling pain immediately after the medical procedure of tooth therapy and its filling will be inevitable, since in the process of such treatment, surgical intervention was carried out in the structures of dental tissues. Such pain is considered normal after a tooth filling.
What determines the duration and nature of the pain?
The duration and nature of such a pain syndrome depend on the medications and special equipment used in the treatment, the qualifications of the specialist and the characteristics of the patient's body.
Pain syndrome most often develops when pressure is applied to the treated tooth during meals, when jaws are closed, etc., as well as when exposed to temperature stimuli (for example, cold and hot water).
Usually, these pains disappear after a few days, but if the pain becomes very severe, you can take some pain medication.
Post-filling pains can also occur due to incorrect therapy or tooth filling, as well as in cases of an allergic reaction in a patient to the medical materials used in the filling process.
Untreated teeth
Incorrectly performed therapeutic procedure for the treatment of caries or pulpitis can lead to the fact that in the future such a disease will beginprogress already under the filling and will cause serious complications.
During the treatment of dental canals in case of their filling, not all processes of the tooth root can be filled with filling material, which leaves a high probability of an inflammatory process in unfilled areas.
Hence the pain after filling.
In addition, a situation is possible when the tooth cavity was not sufficiently cleaned before filling, and traces of tooth therapy (under filling) remained in it - fragments of dentin, enamel, removed tissues, etc. Inflammation of dental tissues under fillings in this case is inevitable.
Pain in this situation occurs in all patients with this problem and requires further diagnosis of the filled tooth (for example, an x-ray) and early dental intervention.
When does a filled tooth still hurt?
Incorrect filling
With insufficient experience and qualifications of the doctor when filling teeth, certain violations can be made, which in the future will provoke the onset of pain.
Such disorders include pulp burns during tooth preparation, acid ingress on dentin, enamel etching.
post-filling pain syndrome. This is especially true for situations where photopolymer and composite filling materials are used.
In addition, depressurization of the tooth cavity can be triggered by insufficient marginal fit of the filling material to the walls of the tooth.
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Reactions to filling materials
If a long (more than 15 seconds) etching of the dentin with acid was carried out during the filling of the tooth cavity, such an effect can contribute to the opening of the dentinal tubules and deep (more than necessary) penetration of the filling material (composites and adhesive) into the dentin, which causes an irritating effect on the pulp and contributes to the development of post-filling pain syndrome.
It can also occur as a result of the use of light-polymer materials in dental fillings. The light flux during such manipulation causes significant changes in the structure of the dental pulp, which subsequently often causes pain.
Pain syndrome after filling can be caused by the patient's allergy to the filling material, even in the case of correct and high-quality implementation of this dental procedure.
What to do when you have a filling and your tooth hurts.
Treatment
Post-filling pain syndrome is treated, as a rule, depending on the varietyfactors that provoked it and the nature of the pain itself.
The first days after filling, in addition to taking, if necessary, analgesic medications, other measures to get rid of pain are not necessary. If the initial temporary soreness after filling does not go away for more than three days, the patient should consult a dentist, carry out diagnostic measures and take appropriate measures.
If the pain syndrome after filling the canal is caused by incorrect tooth treatment, the filling must be opened, after which the tooth is cured and refilled.
Therapy in case of an allergic reaction to filling materials in a patient is based on the removal of the original filling and replacing it with a filling from other materials.
How much can not eat after filling? It is forbidden to eat for two hours after the filling procedure, which is very important for the filling to solidify and take the correct position in the tooth cavity.
Filling cost
How much does it cost to get a filling on a tooth?
Prices for fillings vary greatly, depending on the material they are made of and the quantity. Aesthetic fillings in front teeth are significantly more expensive than regular fillings in back teeth.
The cost of a dental filling on average starts from 2,000 rubles for small ones, from 3,000 rubles for medium ones and from 4,000 rubles for large fillings, which, again, depends on the nature of the material.
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