How Long Does It Take The Numbness From An Anaesthetic For Teeth Filling To Go?

[sandyRoe]

I've just dribbled a mouthful of tea over myself.

[Sqad]

You shouldn't be drinking hot tea after a local anaesthetic.

[sandyRoe]

I see that now, sqad. :-)
TY, both.

[cupid04]

You're suppose to wait for the filling to harden before eating or drinking anything too hot.

[Canary42]

It's surprising how many people make assumptions - nowhere did the OP state the tea was hot.

[I would get out more, but it's so hot outside]

[sandyRoe]

They've just charged me over £200 and didn't think to tell me that. I hope nothing falls out.

[bert_h]

You're in good company. The funniest bit of the film "The Graduate" was near the beginning when Dustin Hoffman did exactly the same thing.

[cupid04]

£200, that's a bit much, how many teeth did you get filled for that?

[wolf63]

£200? That's money that you could be squandering on something useless.

I got a tooth out last year and it hurt for nearly a week and I had to get painkillers from the doctor.

[sandyRoe]

Cupid, six filled. But I also missed an appointment last week and they may have charged me for that as well.

[boxtops]

£200 is pretty fair - I paid £175 for a back molar filling last week.

Wolfy, a week? I had a tooth out three weeks ago and it still hurts - infection set in, I'm still on antibiotics. The dentist told me that depending on the removal, it can take up to three months to settle fully.

[Peter Pedant]

it may never go - we call this old age Sandy....

[sandyRoe]

As long as the dribbling's from the slack mouth only I suppose I could learn to live with it.

[wolf63]

boxy - it was actually several weeks but I didn't want to sound like a wimp. The dentist had trouble getting the molar out and had to take out the filling from the tooth next to it so that he could get a good tug. He was knackered from all the effort.

[Gizmonster]

The next time you go to the dentist and you need your mouth numbing, ask them if they have "the wand".

It's a pain free way of numbing your mouth and you don't get your lips, cheek and the rest of your mouth going numb - it can be used to just numb the tooth itself. I'm speaking from experience 'cos I've had it myself. It's very weird when the dentist is about to start drilling and your mouth doesn't feel numb at all.

See:
http://www.painfreedentistry.uk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279&Itemid=33

[Gizmonster]

A better link:

http://www.dentalfearcentral.org/help/technology/wand/

[jennyjoan]

Sandy knows - I was to get work done to my teeth and gums 3 years ago but I wimped out as I am truly terrified of dentist. I have had very many bad experiences with a few butchers/dentists. One many years ago proceeded to drill into a wisdom tooth that wasn't fully up - therefore he was drilling into my gum. I got his hand and shoved it while trying to utter a few expletives - dentist walked out of the room, then back in again and apologised. Wand or no wand - they can stick it where the sun don't shine.

My treatment then was going to involve me in being knocked for 3 hours. I know I am going to have to go some time - in the meantime I just bleed every time I clean my teeth and suffer pain.

[Prudie]

I've had a lot of dental work lately and the numbness took up to 4 hours to go away. Never mind tea, it makes smoking somewhat difficult.

[jno]

three-four hours, usually.

jennyjoan, dentistry is a lot less painful than it used to be (as I very well recall). Do try it again or, like me, you will end up with a lot of expensive holes in your mouth.

[jennyjoan]

Jno - I will some day - butterflies/nerves in my stomach already.

The cost then was £1,400 £200 was for the exam/x-rays etc. Would pay anything for no pain.

I worry about the pain after the work - will it ever go away but then what the heck I am in pain now.