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Tooth filling feels low.
Had filling done in lower back tooth and it feels like the filling is slightly low. Can low filling cause problems in future.
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Hello there ! Lower fillings do not cause much problem, but you may feel difficulty in chewing from that tooth because of lower occlusal level, if the gap is more, it may also lead to supraeruption of opposite tooth that mean the opposite tooth in upper jaw which exactly contacts the lower jaw low filling tooth may come down in future, and that may lead to periodontal problems in opposite arch tooth.
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so better to prevent such future problems you should get the filling up to the normal occlusal level of all the teeth by re-filling and getting checked the occlusal level by the by the dentist with the help of occlusion paper.
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