Hi. I am not sure whether my question really belongs here, but if you can answer, I would be grateful. On Friday I went to my own dentist. The tooth did not hurt. He filled my first molar, and I now have a white filling. But since Friday it has been hurting a little. Really only a little. On Friday I thought that was still normal because the tooth had been irritated. But even today??? It stings or hurts; I am not quite sure.
Is this normal? Do I need to go back to the dentist, and what will he do?

Dear Sir/Madam!

Hypersensitivity after a filling is a very common occurrence and can remain in the affected tooth for several weeks. As long as there is sensitivity to temperature stimuli and changes in osmotic pressure (sour, sweet...) and the pain disappears a few seconds after the stimulus stops, the pathological condition in the dental pulp is still reversible and in this case we wait for improvement or worsening of the condition. If the pain remains for several minutes or longer after the stimulus stops, or is even spontaneous, then we assume complete inflammation of the dental pulp. In this case the tooth also becomes painful on biting and percussion. The condition becomes irreversible and requires root canal treatment of the tooth as soon as possible (removal of the dental pulp or devitalisation).

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