{"id":2642,"date":"2026-04-28T16:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:09:59","slug":"dentist-canf-find-why-my-tooth-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/dentist-canf-find-why-my-tooth-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentist Can’f Find Why My Tooth Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"

I go to my dentists every three months. This time, about two months after my last appointment, I started having a horrible toothache. I scheduled an urgent care appointment with my dentist. He said there was not any evidence of an infection on my last x-rays.\u00a0 He also didn’t see any cracks in the filling that I have on the tooth which hurts. Because of that he doesn’t really think there is a problem. However,\u00a0 as a precaution he prescribed me some penicillin and told me that if it stops hurting I won’t need to worry because there isn’t an infection.\u00a0 Do you know if that will apply if the pain comes back after a while?<\/p>\n

Gracie<\/p>\n

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Dear Gracie,<\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/p>\n

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I’m going to recommend that you find a different dentist. There are too many things wrong with the way your dentist handled this. Let’s start with him “diagnosing”. your problem.<\/p>\n

He looked at your old x-rays and said he didn’t see any evidence of an infection. Well of course there wasn’t any evidence on your old x-ray. You didn’t have any pain then so there very likely wasn’t a problem.\u00a0 What you needed at that point was an x-ray that shows the root tip which can tell you if there is any problem with the pulp.<\/p>\n

Then, he just decided that because he didn’t see a crack on the filling that there wasn’t a problem.\u00a0 That is one way to check for a problem. Here are others he should have checked before making a decision:<\/p>\n