... dentist retired last month. When the new dentist did the routine check up, she didn't spot anything but only after the x-ray she said 2 fillings required.
She was really rough when doing the cleaning and giving the injection, I had fillings before but never hurt this much esp the injection! It is now 2 weeks after the filling and my gum still hurts when I bite. I went back to see her yesterday and she said it could be down to the deep and big filling.
This is really puzzle me, because she couldn't even see the hole before, how could she say it was a big hole? I wondered did she do something unprofessional, like making my tooth worse by making the hole bigger? I just feel like my tooth get worse after the filling. Please advise, thanks
Is my new dentist incompetent?
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- 3+ months ago by derek133
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Before filling a tooth the dentist must do two things, first clear away "dead" parts of the tooth, these are areas that are weakened by decay, after removing this she must make a surface for the filling to hold on to (otherwise the filling just falls out). Residual pain is very common (it was a big job) and it sounds as though the dentist has saved you from having to take out the tooth completely.
Give the dentist a chance, she is trying to help!
(If she doesn't she has no more patients.)
some have deep roots sounds like this is what you have when you have deep roots the hole can be bigger the filling you needed which happens all the time if they have to make the filler deeper is subject to more pain in order to know if she made a wrong call you would have to have a second opinion and its very possible that your gum become agravated because of the deep root and how far she went down to put the filling in if it doesn't get better i would ask her to take a better look and not to be so rough
The dentist was incredibly young and inexperienced, i asked him questions and his replies were either 'to be honest i'm not sure', or 'i don't know'. he performed a rather interesting exam, which on one particular tooth (near to the tooth that needed filing) involved him pressing down incredibly hard with his dental explorer in the centre of the tooth - his thumb was on the top of the explorer. it hurt - a lot. xrays were took afterwards, and he refused to allow me to see them, telling me to wait in a different room after they were took. when i went to have a look, he turned around and told me to wait in the other room.
but how could it possible not noticing the cavities at the first place? i just had a feeling the new dentist had messed it up but its not possible for me to prove now. Also she had been trying to allocate 5 mins for each patient and everything was done in a rush way. I think i will just go for private rather than nhs anymore.