How long does it take to fill a tooth? How much does it cost to fill a tooth?

People with cavities in their teeth are more likely to produce bacteria when eating, and sometimes their teeth will be more sensitive. It is best to deal with the cavity in time when it is discovered. So how long does it take to fill a cavity? Let's take a look below.

1. For shallow and moderate caries, one-time filling is more common. Including the time for removing the decayed matter, disinfection and filling, it usually takes 20 to 30 minutes.

2. Deep caries may require padding, soothing treatment, or indirect pulp capping, plus the time for follow-up visits, which takes about 30 to 60 minutes in total.

3. Pulpitis or apical periodontitis requires root canal treatment, and may require more than 2-3 follow-up visits. In addition, the number of root canals of anterior teeth, premolars and molars is different, so the treatment time varies greatly, which should be about 60 minutes to 120 minutes.

The general price of filling a tooth cavity in a regular tertiary hospital is generally 300-500 yuan per tooth. The material is usually composite resin or silver-mercury alloy. The specific treatment cost will be adjusted according to the filling material and the symptoms of tooth decay.

1. If you experience slight pain after filling a tooth, you can observe yourself first. Some slight discomfort and pain may disappear in a short time. If the pain does not ease but worsens, or if you experience biting pain, throbbing pain, pain from cold or hot stimulation, or spontaneous pain at night, you should go to the hospital for follow-up examination and treatment in time to find out the cause and eliminate the pain.

2. Follow the doctor's advice and do not chew food or hard objects with the newly filled tooth. Generally, you should chew food on the affected side on the second or third day after the filling to prevent the tooth from breaking and the filling from falling off.

3. For teeth with large areas of severe caries, tooth fractures are prone to occur during chewing due to insufficient resistance of the tooth itself after restoration. Therefore, after filling these teeth, the affected teeth should be protected with shell crowns in time according to the doctor's advice to prevent the crowns from breaking.

1. If caries is not treated in time, the lesions will become larger and larger, developing from shallow caries to deep caries, and the patients will be sensitive to food stimuli such as hot, sour, and sweet. When the damage reaches the pulp, it will cause pulpitis, and the toothache will be very severe. When the lesions develop further, it will cause apical periodontitis, periapical abscess, and even mandibular osteomyelitis and tooth loss.

2. Tooth decay or even loss will affect chewing, increase gastrointestinal burden, and thus affect physical health. Moreover, there are a large number of bacteria and pus in caries. These potential lesions can cause sepsis or bacteremia when the body's resistance is reduced. Filling can stop the occurrence and development of these diseases, so if you have caries, you should fill your teeth as soon as possible.

3. If shallow and moderate caries are not treated in time and develop into deep caries, the treatment will be relatively complicated.