What causes tooth pain upon applying slight pressure?
Patient: Hi. I don't know what to do. My tooth was once a cavity. I got it filled. Everything was okay. The filling fell out a while ago and there was no pain. But lately it's been hurting. There's this awful taste coming from it. It doesn't hurt when I eat on it but it hurts when I apply pressure to it. Does that mean it needs to be refilled or pulled Doctor: Hi..Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..As per your complain pain in tooth that has lost filling along with bad taste from it can be due to deep infection in tooth and aweful taste is due to pus discharge caused due to infection..I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like x ray can help in diagnosis and treatment can be done accordingly..If tooth can be saved then Root Canal treatment can be advised..In case if tooth cannot be saved then extraction can be done..As of now take anti-inflammatory painkillers like Ibuprofen and do antiseptic mouthwash gargles..Hope this information helps..Regards.