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Re: Fillings Hurt' help
| gary301@webtv.net | 30 Sep 2006 20:12 |
Thank you for all the replies George and everyone,
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| George | 30 Sep 2006 13:43 |
> I had two filling's one july 20th and one on aug1st, when I am eating > with a fork and the fork hit's them on the filling it hurts a lot, I am [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > need a filling maybe thats why it hurt, any help on this would be > greatly appreciated This sounds like a galvanic current (2 different kinds of metals in a solution like your saliva can act like a battery, causing an electrical discharge that gives you this "shock"). It's a relatively rare phenomenon that unfortunately can't be avoided or predicted. Mostly happens when an alloy filling is placed right next to a tooth with a gold or other metal crown. Good news is that it won't last forever; once the surface of the filling oxidises it will become inert. I've heard some dentists used silver nitrate to speed up this process, but I haven't ever used it. The pain you felt while the filling was done was probably because you weren't numb enough. It may have felt numb, but sometimes it's not REALLY numb.
Regards, George
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| gary301@webtv.net | 28 Sep 2006 03:49 |
I had two filling's one july 20th and one on aug1st, when I am eating with a fork and the fork hit's them on the filling it hurts a lot, I am confused about this and do not know if I should go back to the same dentist, when he was drilling one of them it hurt like he hit a nerve or something, I was thinking the teeth might have been good and did not need a filling maybe thats why it hurt, any help on this would be greatly appreciated
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