“Is it normal to have gums pain after a filling?”

It happens sometimes if the filling is too close to the gum, keep it as clean as possible and rinses with warm salty water also are good help.

It would be normal to have gum pain after a filling that extended into the gums or in between teeth.   When dealing with decaythe major issue is that the decay is always in a location where the patient does the worse job in their home care.   Typically apatient that does not floss will have decay between their teeth, which will require a lot of work to be done between the teethand down to the gum line, placing a matrix of some type to form the filling and a wedge to keep the filling inside of the preparation.The worse the patients home care, the more tender and inflamed are their gums.    If you want to minimize sore gums, flossproperly and thoroughly every day.   This will prevent decay and gum issues between your teeth and minimize you dealingwith "Sore gums".   

Pain of the gums can be related to the filling. Your dentist sometimes needs a special band around the tooth to help maintain the tooth shape. This could create some of the initial problem

To be honest, yes and no. There are a lot of variables to consider. It depends how big and how deep the filling is. Sometimes the gum has to me manipulated or removed depending on location or depth/severity of the filling. The best thing to do is a warm salt water rinse and not over floss the area to allow it to heal.

Best regards,

John Zalesky, DMD, MBS, FICOI
Colorado AGD President

Gum pain after having a filling placed can many times be expected due to the following,
1. local anesthetic injection around the gums of the tooth
2. using instruments designed to work around the gums
This pain can persist for approximately 2-3 days, but if it persists for more than 5 days, please give your dentist a call.

Your gums may be a little sore for 2-3 days after a filling.