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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 Toms River

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Nearby Toms River Hospitals *

St Barnabas Behavioral Health Center
1691 US Highway 9
Toms River, NJ 08754
(732)914-1688

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital Toms River
14 Hospital Dr
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)244-3100

Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 W
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)557-8000

Children's Specialized Hospital Toms River
94 Stevens Rd
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)914-1100

Kimball Medical Center
600 River Ave
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732)363-1900

Ocean Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Blvd
Brick, NJ 08724
(732)840-2200

Southern Ocean County Hospital
1140 Route 72 W
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
(609)597-6011

Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 Route 33
Neptune, NJ 07754
(732)775-5500

Buttonwood Hospital of Burlington County
600 Pemberton-Browns Mill Rd
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
(609)726-7000

Deborah Heart & Lung Center
200 Trenton Rd
Browns Mills, NJ 08015
(609)893-6611

CentraState Medical Center
901 W Main St
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732)431-2000

HEALTHSOUTH Tinton Falls Rehabilitation Hospital
2 Centre Plz
Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
(732)460-5320

Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732)222-5200

Specialty Hospital at Monmouth
300 2nd Ave
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732)923-5037

Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plz
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732)741-2700

Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge Division
One Hospital Plz
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
(732)360-1000

Bayshore Community Hospital
727 N Beers St
Holmdel, NJ 07733
(732)739-5900

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton
1 Hamilton Health Pl
Trenton, NJ 08690
(609)586-7900

Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County
175 Madison Ave
Mount Holly, NJ 08060
(609)267-0700

Virtua Health & Rehabilitation Center @ Mt Holly
62 Richmond Ave
Lumberton, NJ 08048
(609)267-8800

St Francis Medical Center
601 Hamilton Ave
Trenton, NJ 08629
(609)599-5000

Hampton Behavioral Health Center
650 Rancocas Rd
Westampton, NJ 08060
(609)267-7000

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