How long tooth filling hurt?

Dental Fillings: Please call the dentist who treated you. The causes of your tooth discomfort along with each patient's individual pain threshold vary too greatly to give you a reasonable answer to your question.

Tooth pain: Call your dentist. There area number of things that can cause pain after a filling. It may be as simple as a bite adjustment, or more complicated than this. The only way to know for sure is be calling your dentist and getting this checked.

Not uncommon: The most common reason for pain right after the anesthetic wears off is that the filling is too high. Call your dentist to adjust the height of the filling.