Quote Originally Posted by Blueberry View Post
My filling replacement didn't go well. It's a little filling - thankfully, no crown. But we discovered that the sedative they gave me to take the edge off wires me. And I have really sensitive teeth.

It seems the new filling is "just supposed to hurt" for 8 weeks?! I can't breathe through my mouth without it hurting (or brush with my electric toothbrush). I tried to make the point that I needed something better just waiting for exercise because breathing hard HURTS (can't they coat it or something?), but they said just tape a bag over my nose to warm up the air (I am NOT kidding).

Time for (another) new dentist.
I discovered I was allergic to Lidocaine during my endodontic work. I had no idea that the incredible, crack-fiend-like intense itching as it was wearing off meant I was allergic to the stuff. Good Lord was that itching just awful.

As for the fact that you can't breathe through your mouth without it hurting that is a real problem and if you have not mentioned that specific problem to the dental staff, you definitely should. If you have and it wasn't addressed beyond "that's just how it is" I would find a new dental office. I had the same experience with two of my incisors that were crowned. They were not root canal'd but as you know with crowns they have to remove a LOT of your existing tooth. The fact that inhaling air-temperature air through my mouth was causing excruciating pain in those two teeth was an indicator that what was left of the exiting tooth was waaaay too close to the nerve (not enough protecting it). I opted to have both incisors root canal'd thru the crown to remediate the situation.

Definitely, definitely, definitely take action to have the "can't breathe through my mouth without it hurting" problem resolved. It's not normal and I know just how painful that is for you.

HUGS!