Can I brush my teeth on the day of filling?

If people have problems with falling out or missing teeth, they generally need to use certain methods to repair the teeth. Otherwise, it is likely to cause people to have various serious dental problems, and it will also affect the patient's normal eating. You should not brush your teeth immediately after having a filling. So, how long after a filling can you brush your teeth? The details will be introduced below!

1. How long after a filling can I brush my teeth?

It is recommended to wait more than 24 hours after filling before brushing your teeth. Some materials can be brushed immediately after filling, but some solidified materials need about 24 hours to solidify completely. Therefore, for safety reasons, it is recommended to consider brushing your teeth after 24 hours. And you need to choose some soft toothbrushes.

2. Do I need to have a denture after a filling?

Yes, you must have a denture after a filling.

Generally, after tooth extraction, the alveolar bone needs at least a period of time to recover, usually about 3 months. You asked if you can do without dentures. Theoretically, it is not possible, because if you do not wear dentures for a long time, the teeth on both sides will lean toward the part where you are missing teeth, and the tooth opposite to the part where you are missing teeth will lengthen, and slowly bite on the alveolar ridge where you are missing teeth, at which point you can't wear dentures even if you want to. You said you want to do porcelain teeth, and you don't want to grind down the teeth on both sides, saying that they will rot after grinding down. This statement is incorrect. Grind down your teeth on both sides, and when you wear porcelain crowns, bonding drugs that do not stimulate the dental nerves will be put in the crowns. Even if your other teeth are damaged in the future, the two teeth that have been ground down will not be damaged.

3. Precautions after filling a tooth

Glass ionomer filling: Glass ionomer will completely solidify after 24 hours, so the treatment can only be used after 24 hours. Test chewing. When chewing, you should first eat some soft food to gradually adapt.

Silver Gong filling: Because the volume change of the filling will stabilize after 24 hours, you cannot chew hard food with the repaired tooth within 24 hours to avoid the filling breaking or falling off. Also be careful not to brush your teeth too hard.

Light-cured composite resin: Do not use a rough toothbrush to brush the surface of the restoration within one week, because the degree of light-cured resin curing is only 50%, which can reach 90% within 24 hours and 100% after 7 days. Do not bite hard objects with the restoration, drink less strong tea, smoke less, and avoid rubbing the surface of the restoration with metal stimulation to prevent the restoration from discoloring.