Pain after filling

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hi,

I had a filling in my first molar almost 5 weeks ago and yesterday I started to feel pain when drinking and eating. The pain is instantaneous and i stop feeling it immediately after i stop.

Is this a normal thing?
I brush my teeth almost 2 a day (sometimes i forget the second time) and floss almost everyday.

What is happening?
 

honestdoc

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There is usually drilling involved to fill the tooth. After drilling, the nerve (pulp) gets traumatized depending on how big and deep the cavity is. The sign of a healthy nerve response is cold sensitivity of short duration. Your teeth is telling you that too much cold can damage the nerve so try not to overwhelm it.
 

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I always tell patients if I expect them to have some pain afterwards, and for how long. Anything more than a week is of concern. But I also tend to do amalgams in the bigger cavities because there is much less risk of post-op pain than composites. A lousy amalgam can work in lots of messy and difficult situations whereas a composite needs careful placement under ideal conditions.
 

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I went to the dentist yesterday and she tested it, and she took x-rays too. she told me there is not sings of any need for root canal and the cause may be hyper sysitivity. I am doing a follow up in two weeks.

I have the x-rays too, I am posting them here. can you tell me if you notice anything.
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honestdoc

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I'm not seeing anything significant. I believe you have hypersensitivity. Avoid and minimize temperature exposure.
 

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Nothing special. It's hard to gauge the depth of the filling because this is an angled X-ray (a PA). You can always try a desensitising toothpaste but it may take a week to kick in. If still no significant relief then I would redo the filling as a first step. You could use composite again, but seeing as it's an upper tooth that's not very visible, I'd tend towards an amalgam the 2nd time around.
 

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