Pain after white filling

[greenbugsy]

I had to have two white fillings re-done because of leakage, one molar on the top, one molar on the bottom.  The top one was very sensitive to cold and it had a constant throbbing pain that would wake me up at night if I didn't take any asprin for it.  My dentist sent me to have it evaluated for a root canal and I didn't end up needing one and  the pain eventually faded away after 2 weeks or so.

The bottom one, however is also very painful, but in a different sort of way.  It is very tender when I clench my teeth together, but when I chew something, or tap my teeth, it sends a severe sharp pain through the tooth and it is always constantly in pain if I don't take asprin.  I went back to my dentist twice, he said it wasn't infected and that I needed to go back to the root canal guy.  It was a deeper filling, but not that deep, so why would I need a root canal?  I think he doesn't want to deal with me anymore but my tooth really really hurts!  He put me on antibiotics, but it hasn't affected anything.  Any advice??

[chizzle]

Has your dentist adjusted the filling? If there was too much material applied, and your bite is off, it can cause a lot of the symptoms you are describing.

[athena20]

hello, I think im going through the same thing, have you found anything out?  I had my silver fillings redone to compostie and my top ones hurt something terrible my dentist said I might need a root canal since while he was working it started to bleed and there was a cavity under my old filling, but to wait a week and gave antibiotics incase of infection.  But it feels like my right side of face is cut open and throbbing and i took a Vicodin and it still hurts... almost like my tooth wants to fall out sorry so long, but curious if you ended having to get a root canal thank you

[greenbugsy]

I was hoping someone might have an idea?  It's been three weeks and I still have pain and my dentist won't call me back, lol.  Any help would be appreciated.