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Pain after dentistry

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Causes of pain after dentistry include:

  • infection of tooth or gums
  • trauma or unsatisfactory filling
  • wrong tooth treated
  • root from an extracted tooth remains, causing osteitis
  • jaw pain referred from elsewhere

and may require:

  • referral back to the dentist
  • analgesics
  • antibiotics

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