“My daughter's filled cavity is causing her pain again. What should I do?”
My daughter is 4 years old and had a cavity in one tooth. We got the filling done for it, but now the same tooth is hurting her again. What should I do to help her?
4 Answers
She might have an infected pulp deep in the center of the tooth. A dentist can decide whether to remove the tooth or do a pulpotomy. More importantly find out why she got the cavity in the first place and modify her diet.
Have the dentist reevaluate the X-ray that was taken prior to the restoration and see if it's possible that the permanent tooth erupting could be causing pressure and not a cavity at all now but a coincidental different problem depending on which tooth it is at 4 years of age. It could be an eruption hematoma or another tooth pushing against the root of the baby tooth which would make the same general symptom seem like a cavity.
My first recommendation is to contact the dental office where the cavity was filled.
Go back to the dentist and let them know. Sometimes a deep filling may cause discomfort or the tooth may need further treatment. Merely a complication of a filling.
