Filling pain - how long to subside before doing root...

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On Wed, 28 May 2008 09:37:17 -0700 (PDT), "ahuangd... at (no spam) gmail.com"

ahuangd... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
On May 27, 6:48 am, indig... at (no spam) help.com wrote:
Had a small cavity in #15, the dentist dug out the old amalgam (not too large
and no cracks, according to him) and the tooth was filled with resin. No
symptoms prior to this procedure. Severe pain/cold sensitivity for 5 days, he
saw nothing on x-ray, said it surprised him since he wasn't working near the
nerve, but he decided to redo the resin filling. Still extremely painful for
days after - but since has started to subside (it's now been a week), where I
can actually go for some hours at a time with no pain. Since it seems to be
getting better slowly, should I wait it out? Or does pain/cold sensitivity a
week out mean that it isn't going to get better and that I must go the root
canal route?

Thanks for any feedback.

Every dentist will have their own view about Amalgam vs Composite.
I'll wait a few weeks or even months before doing anything else. In my
experience.....Post-operative discomfort happen with both amalgam and
resin. It happen more on lower molars than any other teeth. If your
filling is still new......Wait. Many patient will have no symptoms
after 2-3 months, and they don't need root canal. But some do turn
into root canal......

Thanks to all for all the great feedback. While still quite uncomfortable at
times, the duration and severity of the pain is definitely subsiding, albeit
more slowly than I'd prefer. :-)

So, even though the dentist said I needed root canal (based solely on it still
hurting) when I saw him on Tuesday, I will indeed wait it out and see what
happens. I can always get in quickly if the pain starts increasing, or otherwise
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