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Visitor asks:

Dear Sir/Madam.
I went to the dentist because I decided to replace my amalgam fillings with white ones. Everything is fine, but I have major problems with both first molars where the fillings were replaced. The replacement was my decision a few months ago, although the teeth were healthy. The two molars are now painful with every touch and bite, so I have major problems biting food because one is on the left and one on the right side. The dentist is surprised and cannot understand or believe it. Despite medication, a temporary filling and another replacement of the filling, during which some kind of liner was placed underneath so that the filling would not rest on the nerve, both teeth hurt badly at every touch, let alone when I bite. Please advise me what I should do. What is actually wrong? Is there any other possibility in dentistry for the teeth to become normal and painless again so that I can chew food normally? Would the pain go away if the teeth were devitalized? Thank you very much for your answer.

Dentist Tomaž Rotar answers:

Dear Sir/Madam!

Every procedure on a tooth represents a certain irritation and injury to it. The consequence is inflammation of the dental pulp. If the inflammation is mild, you perceive the process only as hypersensitivity of the tooth to changes in osmotic pressure or temperature. If the inflammation is complete, the tooth becomes sensitive to touch and percussion. In this case, the pulp must be removed (root canal treatment), and the tooth becomes non-vital (dead).

Have a nice day!

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