<human>: hi, i visited the dentist about 3 months ago to get my tooth fill, i did an exray first which found nothing wrong with the tooth. the filling was still done, after a couple weeks after i have seen changes in the colour on both sides of my cheeks they have a bluish/purplish colour. now im worried i went back to the dentist and was told that its normal and the colour may not come back what could be the problem here!?
<bot>: HiT hanks for your query with Chat Doctor, it should have been good if you had mentioned what filling you got it done. If it is silver amalgam filling then I think traces of amalgam had been impinged into your cheek I believe or because of the use of mouth mirror for retraction would have cause the bruise in the cheek if later is the reason then it will be back in a short time that is because deoxygenated blood stagnation it appears blue, but if it is because former one then the color may not come back. Hope this is helpful