Temporary tooth filling, anyone who has it?

Hi,

The treatment finished off with a temporary filling and since it is temporary, it needs to be removed. If it was just decay and not an infection then there is no reason to do a root canal treatment. You will be numbed for the removal of the temporary filling

I disagree with livelong! It sounds to me like the dentist drilled out the decay and diagnosed that you would need a root canal. One can only assume the decay went into the nerve. At that point he put a temp filling on it.

Then you go to another dentist, the decay is gone, the pain is gone, he doesn't see the same thing as the first dentist so he thinks all you need is a filling. He/she will probably numb you up, take out the temp filling and also find that the decay went into the nerve - why didn't you just go get the root canal?

You're playing with fire. the pain goes away for awhile but it always comes back!!!!!

The nerve had a chance to either heal up or die when all the decay was removed before the temporary filling was placed. You can have the dentist do a vitality test on your tooth.

I would go with the root canal treatment to clean the inside of the tooth, repair it and save it.