How to Make a Temporary Filling for Your Tooth

Losing a filling from one of your teeth can be one of the most painful experiences ever. A few years ago, I had the unpleasant experience of losing a filling that had been place in one of my molars about a year earlier, and it really hurt. Almost immediately after losing my feeling, I could feel a shooting pain going through my jaw and into my head, and taking several Advil didn't really seem to put much of a dent in my tooth pain. Someone suggested I try a numbing gel like Anbesol, which I did. The Anbesol helped for a little while, but after a half an hour or so the pain would return, sometimes worse than before. It was going to be a while before I could get into my dentist, so I knew a more permanent solution to my lost filling was required.  

I did some research on the internet, and it turns out you can actually make a temporary filling for your tooth out of several products that are currently sold over-the-counter in drugstores. I headed to the oral care aisle in my local Rite Aid store, and sure enough, right next to the Anbesol were several temporary tooth filling products. They were all about the same price, so I picked the one that looked the best to me which was called Dentemp OS. Once I had the right product, replacing my lost filling was a relatively easy process. I just had to take a small dab of the temporary filling putty, roll it into a ball, and press the ball of putty into the hole in my tooth created by the lost filling. The Dentemp OS temporary filling filled up the tooth hole very nicely, and left it feeling smooth and unexposed. 

Almost immediately after putting the temporary tooth filling in place, my tooth pain subsided. Many temporary tooth filling products have a pain relief ingredient dissolved in them that work directly on the exposed nerves in the tooth. The temporary tooth filling held up very well, for several days and through many tooth brushings. After 5 days or so, the temporary filling did begin to chip away, but this was easily remedied by putting just a bit more of the Dentemp OS product to cover up the chips. If you've recently lost a filling in your teeth and are looking for pain relief, check out some of the temporary tooth fillings available at your local drugstore. They're obviously not a long-term solution, but for a few dollars they can have you feeling a lot better until you are able to get in to see a dentist.