Went to dentist on Jan 26 for routine cleaning and a  white filing on a wisdom tooth. It was not a big filing. Had to be frozen with, i believe, 3 needles. Drilling was short and everything was painless even though I was told it was a difficult area in the mouth to reach. I was fine for a couple of days then on the 29th Jan. I started feeling some tenderness around tooth. This escalated to soreness in upper and lower gum/jaw area on side of filing. Went to dentist on Feb 1st and he told me everything looked fine and to take Advil for pain and wait and see. Pain got worse and it was dificult to open mouth or eat. Went back on Feb. 3rd, dentist had a look and I was told there was an infection. I am now taking Amoxicillin. Dentist said I probably chewed on that side while I was still frozen(which I didnt). What are your thoughts. Does this happen easily and often?
Thanks for using Chat Doctor. Read your query. Pain in the filled tooth continuously and increase in swelling can be probably due to the presence of underlying infection in the last tooth. Amoxicillin can be continued as advice. I would advise you visit your oral surgeon and have a radiograph done. If the tooth can undergo root canal treatment, please go ahead with. If not have it extracted. Removal of the filling will provide relief. Do salt water gargling. Hope this was useful. Thanks and regards.