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Does Cavity Filling Cause Sore Throat?

About 5 days ago, I had a small cavity filled (no shots needed) on my right back upper tooth. The next day I started feeling almost cold-like symptoms, that included a sore throat and a bit of fatigue. I still have this sore throat (hurts to swallow), and only just made the connection to the filling today. Could the filling be the cause, and what should I do?
Thu, 28 May 2015
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Hi Dear,

Welcome to HCM.

Understanding your concern.

Thanks for your query . There are two possibilities for sore throat after tooth filling .

- First , the debris detach from tooth grinding containing bacteria went into throat got stick there and irritate mucosa .

- secondly , due to mercury poisoning if your tooth has been restore with amalgam filling . Mercury poisoning occur in few people when they get mercury ingested accidentally.

I would suggest you to do warm saline gargles several times a day and wait for 1 or 2days if you don't have amalgam or silver filling and take ibuprofen for reducing pain and inflammation .

I case you have silver filling then start taking protein diet more because it will help in flushing out heavy metal like mercury from your body and start multivitamin supplement .

If condition still persist then consult doctor/dentist for proper examination. Dentist may extract silver filling and restore tooth with other filling like composite .Doctor may prescribe medicine having chelating effect to detoxify your body and vitamin C .

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Please write a review about your experience with me and do click at 'i find this answer helpful' if its valuable for you.

Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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Does Cavity Filling Cause Sore Throat?

Hi Dear, Welcome to HCM. Understanding your concern. Thanks for your query . There are two possibilities for sore throat after tooth filling . - First , the debris detach from tooth grinding containing bacteria went into throat got stick there and irritate mucosa . - secondly , due to mercury poisoning if your tooth has been restore with amalgam filling . Mercury poisoning occur in few people when they get mercury ingested accidentally. I would suggest you to do warm saline gargles several times a day and wait for 1 or 2days if you don t have amalgam or silver filling and take ibuprofen for reducing pain and inflammation . I case you have silver filling then start taking protein diet more because it will help in flushing out heavy metal like mercury from your body and start multivitamin supplement . If condition still persist then consult doctor/dentist for proper examination. Dentist may extract silver filling and restore tooth with other filling like composite .Doctor may prescribe medicine having chelating effect to detoxify your body and vitamin C . Hope your concern has been resolved. Please write a review about your experience with me and do click at i find this answer helpful if its valuable for you. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari