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Amalgam replacement with composte and pain

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Aosmosis - 12 Dec 2004 00:16 GMT
A 23 yo fit and well patient presented to the dental casualty clinic about
14 days ago.

She told me that her dentist back in Italy had replaced an amalgam MOD in UR
5 with composite as the amalgam had cracked and she had some marginal
leakage.

She told me that the, "dentist took a little longer because the cavity was
very deep and he did not want to hurt the nerve.", She had another
appointment so the dentist hurried. When it was time to check the occlusion,
she told the dentist that everything was ok so she could get out.

The tooth was TTP, and she was chewing on the opposite side.

The Mesial aspect had a ledge on it, which I removed with a microfine. I
adjusted the occlusion and told her it may take about 10 days for the pain
to settle down.
The casualty nurse told me that she had phoned up and the pain is still
there, and she cant bite.

The distal aspect was fine.

I found this a bit odd, even though I know that the tooth is slightly out of
occlusion.

Any hints?

I will be taking a PA as well.
Steven Bornfeld - 12 Dec 2004 16:07 GMT
> A 23 yo fit and well patient presented to the dental casualty clinic about
> 14 days ago.
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>
> I will be taking a PA as well.

    A tooth tender to percussion that is out of occlusion--one that you
were informed was a very deep cavity?  How long since you adjusted the
occlusion?
    I would have taken a PA at the point you saw the patient, to compare
with any taken at a later date.

Steve
G Alwing - 17 Dec 2004 23:00 GMT
>> A 23 yo fit and well patient presented to the dental casualty clinic
>> about 14 days ago.
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
>
> Steve

Got the girl back in today.
There was a tiny micro exposure. Dressed with ledermix and cavit. Took PA,
which shows slight (only very very slight) widening of the PDL.

Looks like its gonna be an endo job. The fact that there was a ledge is just
a red herring.
W_B - 17 Dec 2004 23:08 GMT
>Got the girl back in today.
>There was a tiny micro exposure.
>Dressed with ledermix and cavit.

Why ?
Just go ahead with the endo.

> Took PA,
>which shows slight (only very very slight) widening of the PDL.
>
>Looks like its gonna be an endo job.

Then why didn't you just do the endo today ?

> The fact that there was a ledge is just
>a red herring.

--
W_B

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yoyobon@msn.com - 12 Dec 2004 17:39 GMT
I'll bet the patient has an abscess. Take the PA.
Dr. Bonilla
Aosmosis - 12 Dec 2004 20:49 GMT
> I'll bet the patient has an abscess. Take the PA.
> Dr. Bonilla

Thanks.

At the time I saw the pateint, our XRAY policy is based on the IMER
regulations. The MOD composite was a bit high and hence a PA was not
justified at the time, as the cause seemed obvious

Will be taking a PA next visit. Any guesses as to what may be going on or
the causes for the pain. I expect to possibly see some wideing of the PDL,
indicative of inflamatory changes. The tooth is vital.

I have never known a ledge to cause pain, just makes flossing a bit harder,
and the patient keep picking at it with their tongue!. Easily removed with a
microfine.
 
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