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Problems With Dental Fillings

Introduction

Tooth sensitivity following placement of a filling is fairly common. A tooth may be sensitive to pressure, air, sweet foods, or temperature. Usually, the sensitivity resolves on its own within a few weeks. During this time, avoid those things that are causing the sensitivity. Pain relievers are generally not required.

Contact your dentist if the sensitivity does not subside within 2 to 4 weeks or if your tooth is extremely sensitive. He or she may recommend you use a desensitizing toothpaste, may apply a desensitizing agent to the tooth, or possibly suggest a root canal procedure.

Pain Around Fillings

There are several explanations for pain around fillings, each resulting from a different cause.

  1. Pain when you bite. With this type of pain, the pain occurs when you bite down. The pain is noticed soon after the anesthesia wears off and continues over time. In this case, the filling is interfering with your bite. You will need to return to your dentist and have the filling reshaped.
  2. Pain when your teeth touch. This pain is a very sharp pain that occurs only when your teeth touch. The pain is likely caused by the touching of two different metal surfaces (for example, the silver amalgam in a newly filled tooth and a gold crown on another tooth with which it touches). This pain should resolve on its own within a short period of time.
  3. "Toothache-type" pain. If the decay was very deep to the pulp of the tooth, this "toothache" response may indicate this tissue is no longer healthy. If this is the case, "root canal" treatment will be required.
  4. Referred pain. With this type of pain, you experience pain or sensitivity in other teeth besides the one that received the filling. With this particular pain, there is likely nothing wrong with your teeth. The fill...

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Emergency Contact for Shawnee

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Nearby Shawnee Hospitals *

Shawnee Mission Medical Center
9100 W 74th St
Shawnee Mission, KS 66204
(913)676-2000

Overland Park Regional Medical Center
10500 Quivira Rd
Overland Park, KS 66215
(913)541-5000

Select Specialty Hospital Kansas City
10500 Quivira Rd
Overland Park, KS 66215
(913)541-5886

University of Kansas Hospital & Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd
Kansas City, KS 66160
(913)588-5000

Rainbow Mental Health Facility
2205 W 36th Ave
Kansas City, KS 66103
(913)789-5800

Specialty Hospital of Mid America
6509 W 103rd St
Overland Park, KS 66212
(913)649-3701

Saint Luke's Hospital
4401 Wornall Rd
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816)932-2000

Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital
10720 Nall Ave
Leawood, KS 66211
(913)754-5000

Children's Mercy South
5808 W 110th St
Overland Park, KS 66211
(913)696-8000

Mid-America Rehabilitation Hospital
5701 W 110th St
Overland Park, KS 66211
(913)491-2400

Doctor's Hospital
4901 College Blvd
Leawood, KS 66211
(913)529-1801

Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute
3651 College Blvd
Leawood, KS 66211
(913)338-4100

Providence Medical Center
8929 Parallel Pkwy
Kansas City, KS 66112
(913)596-4000

Kindred Hospital Kansas City
8701 Troost Ave
Kansas City, MO 64131
(816)995-2000

Menorah Medical Center
5721 W 119th St
Overland Park, KS 66209
(913)498-6000

Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics
2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816)234-3000

Research Medical Center
2316 E Meyer Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64132
(816)276-4000

Research Psychiatric Center
2323 E 63rd St
Kansas City, MO 64130
(816)444-8161

Select Specialty Hospital Western Missouri
2316 E Meyer Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64132
(816)276-3300

Saint Luke's South Hospital
12300 Metcalf Ave
Overland Park, KS 66213
(913)317-7000

St Joseph Medical Center
1000 Carondelet Dr
Kansas City, MO 64114
(816)942-4400

Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
2301 Holmes St
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816)404-1000

Western Missouri Mental Health Center
1000 E 24th St
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816)512-7000

Kansas City VA Medical Center
4801 E Linwood Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64128
(816)861-4700

North Kansas City Hospital
2800 Clay Edwards Dr
North Kansas City, MO 64116
(816)691-2000

Olathe Medical Center
20333 W 151st St
Olathe, KS 66061
(913)791-4200

Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital
5121 Raytown Rd
Kansas City, MO 64133
(816)382-6300

Crittenton Children's Center
10918 Elm Ave
Kansas City, MO 64134
(816)765-6600

Saint Luke's Northland Hospital Barry Road Campus
5830 NW Barry Rd
Kansas City, MO 64154
(816)891-6000

Children's Mercy Northland
501 NW Barry Rd
Kansas City, MO 64155
(816)413-2500

Truman Medical Center Lakewood
7900 Lees Summit Rd
Kansas City, MO 64139
(816)404-7000

Research Belton Hospital
17065 S Highway 71
Belton, MO 64012
(816)348-1200

Saint Luke's East
100 NE Saint Luke's Blvd
Lees Summit, MO 64086
(816)347-5000

Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital
427 W Main St
Gardner, KS 66030
(913)856-8747

Centerpoint Medical Center
19600 E 39th St
Independence, MO 64057
(816)698-7000

Lee's Summit Medical Center
2100 SE Blue Pkwy
Lees Summit, MO 64063
(816)282-5000

Cushing Memorial Hospital
711 Marshall St
Leavenworth, KS 66048
(913)684-1100

Saint John Hospital
3500 S Fourth St
Leavenworth, KS 66048
(913)680-6000

VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System Leavenworth
4101 S Fourth St
Leavenworth, KS 66048
(913)682-2000

Liberty Hospital
2525 Glenn Hendren Dr
Liberty, MO 64068
(816)781-7200

St Mary's Medical Center
201 NW R D Mize Rd
Blue Springs, MO 64014
(816)228-5900

Lawrence Memorial Hospital
325 Maine St
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785)749-6100

Saint Luke's Northland Hospital Smithville Campus
601 S Highway 169
Smithville, MO 64089
(816)532-3700

Miami County Medical Center
2100 Baptiste Dr
Paola, KS 66071
(913)294-2327

Cass Regional Medical Center
1800 E Mechanic St
Harrisonville, MO 64701
(816)380-3474

Excelsior Springs Medical Center
1700 Rainbow Blvd
Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
(816)630-6081

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