Dental filling - jaw pain a week on
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Hi all,
Background is pretty good dental health. had a couple of composite fillings 5 or so years back but no problems since, clean twice a day, sometimes floss etc.
For various reasons didn't go to the dentist for 2 years. No pain or problems, but decided I should get them checked this summer. Did so, and despite being told I had good oral health, 4 more fillings needed
Pretty disappointed because I am pretty anal about cleaning them.
Anyway, had 2x composite fillings on one side (top/bottom wisdom teeth) and within a day or two they were OK. A week later, had 1x composite filling and 1x amalgam filling on the opposite side (wisdom tooth at top, tooth in front of wisdom tooth at bottom IIRC, may be the other way round). Amalgam was due to it being a 2-sided filling if that makes sense. Seemed to go well, in fact, less uncomfortable than the first batch of fillings.
Over the next few hours I notice 2 or 3 bits of grit in my mouth, not huge, just a couple of mm across, at various times - clearly part of the process, but not sure if it was "extraneous" or actually part of the filling. Anaesthetic wore off, and usual pain, but I am now a week on and still have a pain in my lower jaw roughly where the anaesthetic injection went if I try to open my mouth all the way, move my jaw to the side, or stick my tongue right out.
I also noticed that the top tooth now feels very jagged - I know they often feel strange after some work, but like I say it has been a week.
I don't want to be paranoid, but it's at odds with my experience with the other side of my mouth just a week earlier. Any dentists here who can tell me whether it's worth ringing up for a checkup? Obviously I'm worried that there shouldn't be pain, and also that maybe bits of filling may have fallen out. Is it normal to have bits of "grit" in your mouth after? He didn't take an impression of my teeth, so it rules out that stuff!
Background is pretty good dental health. had a couple of composite fillings 5 or so years back but no problems since, clean twice a day, sometimes floss etc.
For various reasons didn't go to the dentist for 2 years. No pain or problems, but decided I should get them checked this summer. Did so, and despite being told I had good oral health, 4 more fillings needed
Pretty disappointed because I am pretty anal about cleaning them.Anyway, had 2x composite fillings on one side (top/bottom wisdom teeth) and within a day or two they were OK. A week later, had 1x composite filling and 1x amalgam filling on the opposite side (wisdom tooth at top, tooth in front of wisdom tooth at bottom IIRC, may be the other way round). Amalgam was due to it being a 2-sided filling if that makes sense. Seemed to go well, in fact, less uncomfortable than the first batch of fillings.
Over the next few hours I notice 2 or 3 bits of grit in my mouth, not huge, just a couple of mm across, at various times - clearly part of the process, but not sure if it was "extraneous" or actually part of the filling. Anaesthetic wore off, and usual pain, but I am now a week on and still have a pain in my lower jaw roughly where the anaesthetic injection went if I try to open my mouth all the way, move my jaw to the side, or stick my tongue right out.
I also noticed that the top tooth now feels very jagged - I know they often feel strange after some work, but like I say it has been a week.
I don't want to be paranoid, but it's at odds with my experience with the other side of my mouth just a week earlier. Any dentists here who can tell me whether it's worth ringing up for a checkup? Obviously I'm worried that there shouldn't be pain, and also that maybe bits of filling may have fallen out. Is it normal to have bits of "grit" in your mouth after? He didn't take an impression of my teeth, so it rules out that stuff!
Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Tuesday 1st September 00:29
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