What to do if you have toothache one year after filling

In daily life, many people do not pay attention to the care of their teeth, let alone oral hygiene, which will easily lead to tooth decay and toothache. If toothache occurs frequently, many people will choose to fill the teeth. Although there are many ways to fill a tooth, you must pay attention to the care of your teeth and mouth after filling, otherwise you will experience toothache after filling, which still requires treatment.

What to do if you have toothache one year after filling

Method 1

This is because the pulp is stimulated during the process of preparing the cavity for the filling or by disinfectants. Short-term hot or cold stimulation pain may occur. Such situations do not require special treatment and generally recover on their own after 1 to 2 days.

Method 2

Due to the need for treatment, the dental pulp is devitalized (commonly known as killing the nerves). Toothaches may occur on the day or the next day after the devitalization drug is applied due to the effect of the drug, but the pain will not be severe and will not last for a long time.

Method 3

The caries cavity is deep and the padding material used is too thin to block the hot and cold stimulation conducted by the silver-mercury alloy, resulting in symptoms of hot and cold stimulation pain. This requires thickening the base material before filling.

Things to note after filling a tooth

1. First of all, right after the tooth is filled, since the material used needs a certain amount of time to solidify, you should not eat anything within 3 hours. After 3 hours, you can eat some porridge, and try to eat liquid food as the main food.

2. There will be some discomfort after a tooth is filled, so try to chew less on the filled side in the short term, and avoid eating hard foods to avoid damaging the newly filled tooth.

3. There will be slight pain after tooth filling, which will ease on its own after a period of time. If the pain persists and becomes more severe, you must seek medical attention immediately.

4. Once a tooth has a cavity, it must be treated in time, otherwise the cavity will become larger and larger, and bacteria will invade the pulp, which will not only cause toothache but also make the treatment process more complicated.

5. Pay more attention to oral hygiene after filling a tooth. If you do not pay attention to maintaining dental health, tooth decay will occur and the service life of the filled tooth will be affected.

6. If the tooth has damaged the pulp, it can only be extracted first, and then the tooth can be implanted after the socket has grown flat. This process is relatively long and may take several months, so if you have any problems with your teeth, go see a dentist as soon as possible.