Some Thoughts:
- When you have a tooth ache everything else takes second place.
- Oh, and the tooth ache always happens on a bank holiday weekend, to ensure maximum pain, and remind you to go to the bloody dentist more often!
- Vodka, rubbed onto the infected gum/teeth is a god-send for pain relief. It lasts almost 3 hours and it’ll let you get some measure of rest at night.
- Have an understanding partner who’ll take care of you and fuss over you.
- Brush, floss and see your dentist more often.
- Brush, floss and see your dentist more often.
- Brush, floss and see your dentist more often.
- Brush, floss and see your dentist more often.
I’ll probably have to get a root-canal next week, the tooth is dead so hopefully it won’t be too sore. (I’m not too hopeful though..)
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well hi guys im sitting here my face is so swole im like a chip munk i was waiting 2 years for a rotting tooth to be pulled out cause i have a blood disease my blood does not clot so was in pain for a while so i finaly had my tooth out the day before yeaterday and they decided to pull out a wisdom tooth aswell i had no sleep last night was in agony and today is no better my whole face is swollen i have some mouth wash they gave me and some stupid paracetomal that does nothing so i been trying co codamol with co deine not doing much either so i have a migraine cooling strip on my jaw i am wondering if this kinda swelling is normal and were they took my wisdom tooth is hurting like a bitch they would have to be on both sides of my face i can feel the stiches in my gums yak gonna go to chemist and buy some stronger paon killers or im gonna get pissed and be unconscious good luck u guys tooth ache is the wost pain in the world
1. Keep that dentist appt…go as soooon as possible.
2. Oral Gel…its over the counter..it will numb the areas for a little while.
3.Emergency care….it may cost, and will involve simple extration…removal of teeth..to get it done.
I dont know where the teeth are…but if money is a problem…extration may be the way to go….I had a molar pulled out…210.00 and I was out the door..of course, I am now missing a back molar.
There is not a singe one of us who has made the classic mistake of waiting to last minute to get it done…hang in there…hang in there…….but like I said…Emergency Care, simple extration may be your pre memorial day way out.
I did it. First pain. Tooth almost did not exist but a small portion of it. No treatment available to save it. Why to wait until pain kicks in for good? I just waited 4 days for I was taking warfarin and that’s it. No more tooth. No more pain. It’s a kind of philosophy: no pain is already a pleasure. That’s what I believe.
Something you might want to try is this. Hot wet towels, as hot as you can stand it and place it on the area. Also instead of actually swallowing the Tylenol, you can crush it up and put it directly on the area that is hurting, you can also do that with Aleve
I know it says do not crush or chew but trust me it will be fine. Just you one small tablet, obviously no gel caps, and rub it on that area.
Hey I read all the emails. The best is the vovka.
This is easing the pain at 5:34 a.m. in the morning. It is memorial day weekend.
My dentist Is not open. This is a prayer to get threw the day.
Happy memorial day..I’m going to take some more vodka..
peace
well went to dentist who sent me straight to hospital turns out i have dry socket ie infection in bone god damn had my mouth washed out with some gross stuff and am now on more anti biotics and pain killers than i can stand the pain is getting better a little bit the blood clots fell off in my mouth bloody gross and the stictches are killing me hope this heals soon i think im going insane with pain and feeling sick from tablets i am never going through this again i carnt function and kids are school all week god help me i carnt eat hardly drink water and can just about talk i would rather give birth every day than go through this again i feel so sorry for any one with tooth ache its the worst int he worl and i stupidly thought the pain would stop once these teeh are out how stupid was i
Ive never had a dry socket, but I have heard that its worse then anything else, abscesses or whatever. Apparently the pain will ease off once pulled and then return full force. Upon looking into dry sockets I have found that they are more likely in women because hormone variation, and even more common with molers and wisdom teeth. They say not to smoke for 5 days,no spiting, no sucking threw straws or anything for 24 hours and only runny foods for 24 hours. No Listerine for about 10 days because of the alcohol content. I have never experienced anything like that, but I have had really bad abscesses and that is enough for me. I hope you get feeling better soon.
well id have to say it is really painful i mean a lot and i have a strong pain barrier but it reduced me to tears i would never wish it on any one not even my worst enemy i am starting to feel better today the pain is going a little so hopefully ill be back to normal soon thanx for ur kind words ashley
I really feel bad for most of you . The large majority obviously live in areas with substandard dental services , and that should be a crime in itself .
Like all of you , i have extreme pain and my right side of my face is swollow literally to the size of a small balloon . This started for me on the sunday before memorial day . I did have to suffer through that Monday , but all 3 dentists in my area ( all within 2 blocks) , said to come right in Monday morning . After the x-rays he said i have 3 , count em 3 , abscesses on my bottom right teeth .He prescribed me Ibuprofen 800 , Vicodin ES , and anti biotics .
The vicodin itself works pretty good , but only on the teeth in pain . When i take the ibuprofen with it , i get the nicest relief within an hour . I am still in pain , but at least i can see the end in site .
I don’t know how your countries operate , but if you live in Massachusetts , or move here , and make less than 25k a year , or are a student , you get 100% free dental care . They cover all extractions , fillings , and up to 5 root canals .
I have also never had to wait a single day to see a dentist , so long as they were open .
I am doing a quick update .
So it turns out my dentist not only misdiagnosed me , but he also prescribed me the wrong medicine .
I ended up spending the entire night at the hospital . I was on some heavy duty antibiotics , and a large amount morphine .
The oral surgeon was very annoyed as well . He made me tell him who my dentist was and said he was going to call him . He also advised me to seek out a lawyer. He said if i didn’t go to the hospital , then i most likely would of ended up in the hospital for a prolonged period .
I also want to add , even with the morphine and novocaine , i have never felt pain like i did last night during the oral surgery . The abscess was so deep that the novocaine was useless .
I don’t ever want someone to go through what i have the past few days . If you think something is wrong in your mouth , don’t wait til it is unbearable . Or you might end up having the worst night of your life , like i did .
i swear my mouth is determined to destroy me ok so the pain has gone but now my mouth is covered in sore ulcers god damn this mouth still carnt eat right but im so gratful the pain is gone and my tablets have ended although i do have gut ache
Well, I went to the dentist and she told me I had 2 tiny tiny spots that appear as if they would become a cavity. So she drills em and fills em. 2 weeks later I have awful pain in one. Sharp pains. I go back and she tells me I chipped my filling already! How wierd is what I think to myself. Okay so to fix it she tells me I don’t need to be numbed then she washes it with cold water and dries it off with cold air!!!!!!!! Okay that was awful! Worst pain I have experienced! Then she just fills it with the same material. Now here I am 3 weeks after my second trip and now I am going on a 3rd trip! Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I am really starting to think people don’t know what they are DOING! Not to mention now I am afraid she is going to torture me with cold water!
Hi there I feel all your pain, i just want to reassure you all that although there seems no end to the agonizing pain you are suffering there is light at the end of the tunnel. I suffered with a god awful tooth abcess about 3 weeks ago. The only thing that got me through the 9 never ending nights was reading these pages. I too took potential life threatening overdoses of painkillers, swashed numerous litres of warm salty water round my gob and occassionaly reached for the pliers. I managed to get into a dentist who confirmed I had an abcess doh! she put me on 2 courses of antibiotics and advised me to take the correct dosage of ibuprofen yeah right she also drilled into my offending tooth and cleaned it out and then put a temp filling in, the 3 hour relief of novocaine was bliss, i got home as quickly as i could and managed a couple of hours sleep untill the evil nasty throbbing pain came back. I was informed that I need a root canal and to go back in 5 days once the antibiotics worked. Of course they started to ease the pain 4 days and 23 hours later so in the meantime I had a miserable time to endure but I will spare you all that suffering. The pain thankfully had gone by the time i went back to the dentist and you know what its like once the pain has gone you feel it unecessary to go back to the dentist, but after all the agony I had endured I practically ran there. Once I was sat in the chair i had an xray and the dentist kindly informed me that a root canal would probably not work so i should consider an extratction jesus!! bottom left molar a big sucker i weighed up the options and decided i could not ever go through that pain again and opted for the extraction, 3 injections later i cannot feel my tongue and she starts tugging and pulling it felt like my cheek and my mouth was going tio split, 20 mins later the biggest tooth I have ever seen cracked out of my jaw along with a dribbling of blood and spit. I must admit i felt no pain it was slightly uncomfortable but no more than that i did however feel relief that I would not be enduring any more abcesses thanks to that tooth. So my thoughts are with you all I tried praying some nights it didnt work but sometimes desperation gets the better of you. I now brush my teeth 3 times a day along with flossing and regular mouthwashes. The salty water does work for a bit but 3 ibuprofen and 2 paracetomol gave me some relief.
Probably what is happening is that the filling material just is a bad batch, sometimes that happens. I have known people that have had the same problems you are with the feeling. I can completely relate to the cold water and cold air. When I went back to the dentist the other week to have another impression for my permanent bridge they stuff this nasty chemical compound into my gum line to “open” up the gum line. Before they could do the other impression they had to rinse and air dry. Want to talk about awful, you could see the jaw bone when they did the stupid nasty goop and they air dried it with cold freakin air ….yowza that was awful. But to make it worse the little plastic bit that they put the impression gunk on was bad and they couldnt get a good impression…….so they had to do it all over again!!!!! That really sucked!
I know how you all feel with toothaches, every single frickin month from December 2006 to August 2007 I had a toothache (Sometimes 2 a month) my teeth were all just falling apart, some were absessed and some the fillings came out, etc.. Well last summer I had ALL of my teeth extracted, and here i thought that all of my pain would end forever, well guess what? I got frickin Nerve Damage in my gums!!! 🙁 Both top and bottom! My primary doctor has had me try all kinds of medicines, “Neuorontin, Magic Mouthwash, clove oil, etc…” and None of it helps with the pain. So for almost a year now I have been on Pain med’s and a Anti-Depressant (All prescribed by my doctor). In a couple of weeks from now My doctor has me to go and see a ENT (Ear,Nose,Throat) Specialist. So sometimes even after all of your teeth are gone, you can still have major pain, like I have! 🙁
Kim
Oh I forgot to mention that, I did go back to the Oral Surgeon, and he did a full mouth x-ray, and said that there is no signs of infection, or roots left in my gums.
If the ENT doctor can’t help me, I’m going to tell my Doctor that I want to go and see a neurologist, for my nerve pain.
I told my Doctor, that I want the ENT Doctor, to give me a nerve block in my mouth, (If it’s even possible). Like a novacaine shot, except without the numbing effect.
Having Chronic Pain, is no fun!!! 🙁
Kim
Words cannot explain. The pain i feel is excruciating. the right side of my face, my chin, my jaw, all the way up to my ear and head. Pain killers do not work any more. I tilt my head to the left and that seems to slowly, and i do mean slowly, ease the pain. I’m even afraid to drive, I can’t concentrate on the road, and lights make it worse. I got fillings on the right side of my mouth and my dentist did mention that i may need a root canal. I wear braces and I need to go in for a tightening…So my situation cannot be any worse. My orthodontist I am sure will be unsympathetic, I can’t even wear my rubber bands that contracts and expands every time i open and close my mouth as to help pull my upper jaw back. To be honest I blame this on my braces!!!!!! If i didn’t have to wear them so long i’d be able to brush more efficiently, and floss, and everything else. Then I wouldn’t need a root canal and be in so much pain. I need to pay my dentist the balance due before I can even make an appointment.
🙁
Kay,
can you pay the balance with a credit card….
what about going into a new dentist..?
I feel for your pain..and it does sound like a root canal job…
If you do go to another dentist..he is gonna ask, why did you not go to your regular dentist….if you want tell him the truth..and even have them charge the credit card in advance as a good faith..and then let him to go work on that tooth.
If that doesn’t work..go to emergency…Pain kiilers? is all I can think of..
ok.. i have been surfing the web most of the night looking for remedies for this god forsaken toothache of mine… i know i should have had it pulled out.. but between work and kids.. plus i dont drive and i live in a teeny tiny town 45 miles from one with a dentist… i have tried accupressue, cloves, and vanilla… needless to say i am still in pain… not so much as before i started trying things tho… i have taken a crap load of meds as well… i WILL get to the dentist within the week… but i really wish i could find something to help with this agony. will probably end up getting some whiskey tomorrow… to hell with rubbing it on the tooth… i am gona take a few shots! good luck to u all and have enjoyed reading all the posts…
need something for this pain, my dentist can’t fit me in until july 9th, or only if there is an opening,drugs does not seeem to help anymore, well try anything at this point…..help
Brenda,
Basic aspirin will take the edge off…
the 9th is waaay to long to suffer..pick another dentist and go for it…don’t wait..you wont be happy, the pain will drive you crazy…pick one out of the phone book..grab your credit card..and get it DONE…you will be happier..Trust me.
I have an appointment to get my tooth pulled on Saturday (6/28/08) and I can’t wait. I started having pain some weeks ago and it is unbearable!!!!!! I can’t think, sleep, eat or anything! At the present I’m on Pencillin to kill the infection, so wish me luck.
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkking hell
i am going to die
fuck this
OMG!!!!!! Until last September, I NEVER knew what tooth pain was like, NEVER!!! I had 4 wisdom teeth removed like I said, last sept., & my thoughts going into it were,”Ah, ya it’s gonna hurt a bit & probably bleed a bit but then it’ll all be ok”. Boy was I f*cking wrong!! I got dry socket in both of the bottom extraction sites, & the pain lasted 3 fricken weeks! I was going to the dentist every day to get a new oil of cloves pack in the dry holes, but the pain returned shortly after each visit, & I had taken enough pain pills and tylenol (that didn’t help) that the thought of swallowing another pill made me gag. 3 weeks of excruciating pain and finally it healed. Well— I had to get another tooth extracted last wed. because i have to get an implant, & once again, I have DRY SOCKET!!!!!! This kind of pain lingers around in your head enjoying you insanity… I’ve grown immune to all the vioodens and tylenol isn’t helping, & its only been four days!!! I’m not going to even bother with the dentist, so I’ve tried some home remedies that might help you fellow pain in the head that makes you want to kill yourself people out there… & ya it’s true, I had a c-section 3 years ago, & I remember only having to take a pain pill ONCE, and altho it was a long recovery, it was absolutely NOTHING like the PAIN of this dry socket nonsense!
So ya, things that have worked when I can’t take 5 vicodens at once:
**garlic (for very, VERY temporary amounts of time… slice up a clove of the stuff and keep it on the extraction site… it burns slightly but burn is better than pain, & then it gets kinda numb, but it only lasts like 10 minutes or so. You can even put cloves (the powder) on the garlic for a double wammy.
**Baby Orajel nighttime formula.. I repeat NIGHT TIME FORMULA— it lasts longer, & right now, even tho I know the pain is just WAITING to come back to BUG me, it’s dulled to the point that I could definitely sleep soundly right now if I wanted to, which i know some of you would love!
The only draw back of this stuff is that it makes the side of your tongue & you lip & cheek numb if your not extra careful.
The best thing I have ever found is a sliver of garlic under the tongue I leave it in for hours sometimes massaging against the infected area, and Im in no real pain. This is coming from someone who has had 7 root canals, and took about 20 ibuprofrens a day for 2mos. Enchaincea Golden seal tablets have antibiotic qualities and can help attack the inside infection, it and garlic was used in WW2 to treat infections. So go to Wal-Mart and buy some… Garlic tablets don’t really help much though.
Something else, for those who can’t afford to see the dentist look at going to a dental college to get work done, thats what I’m doing so are some of my coworkers…. $150 for a $600 root canal isn’t bad. $800 for a $3000 implant.. not shabby. Call your local university to see if they have a dental program, if they do then they will take patients after evaluation. The only drawback is for long term assignments you have to come in when they tell you.
I just got a shot of antibiotics for an infected tooth yesterday. Pain is better but Cheek is still swollen. It was weird to see you say that these tooth problems happens on Bank Holidays. Its 4th of July today. But yes … I think I’ve learn my leason the hard way…The dentist is your friend and need to make periodical visits.
This site truly is a Godsend. I found it earlier this year while in excrutiating pain and found a remedy that worked but I can’t remember exactly what it was and I can’t find it again! It had something to do with holding ice in your hand or something like that…..it was an accupressure point and it worked really well.
ANYWAY….I’ve been suffering for months now because I need to have 6 rotten, broken down, infected teeth pulled and like many others here, I have no insurance and can’t afford the procedure and the necessary follow up work. I’ve been on and off Amoxicillin which does seem to work for a while but it’s just a temporary fix and I’m now in a bad phase again. Here is what seems to work for me:
2 extra strength Tylenol every four hours AND 1 or 2 Ecotrin in addition if the Tylenol doesn’t kick in within half an hour. I’m not a Dr. but I do know that it’s safe to take both Tylenol and Ecotrin OR Aspirin OR Ibuprofen OR Naproxen at the same time (BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE!) as long as you are not allergic to them or taking other medications that would contraindicate you taking them.
I also use Orajel, Maximum Strength…I take a small glob of it and rub it all around the affected area and then I let it sit in my mouth and blend with saliva and just hold it in my mouth as long as I can, then spit it out. You don’t want to be swallowing lots of Orajel. If I need more help than all of that, I crush an Aleve and put small amounts directly on the affected area. Sometimes doing all of this gives complete pain relief, sometimes just enough so that I’m not crying in pain and unable to eat, sleep or function. Usually after 2 days of Amoxil I’m not in pain anymore….but it’s still just a temporary solution until I can afford the dental work that I need and I don’t know when that will be. It’s insane that here in the U.S. dental care is not covered by medical insurance…you need a special policy that is very expensive and most of the time still doesn’t offer much coverage. Isn’t the mouth part of the body???? Well….I should try to get some sleep while the pain is minimal. Good luck to all.
So, I was looking for some website to educate me on tooth aches…My, my, my….I knew I wasn’t alone. For the past 2 1/2 months I have been going in and out of severe pain. Yet, nothing compares to the pain I experienced the last 2 weeks of spring sem. and last week. I wanted to take a pair of pliers and yank it out myself…..I prayed and asked GOD to just take me…for the pain was unbearable.
Last week, my wisdom teeth were bothering me and I have an infection in a chipped tooth-WOW!!! I wanted to cry sooo badly, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t take any pain medication for I was purging my guts out. Nothing would stay down….The Antibiotics that I received; I couldn’t take for it doesn’t take well w. my body…….OH THE AGONY!!! I NEVER WANT TO EXPERIENCE SUCH PAIN EVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE!!!!!! EAR throbbing-HEAD throbbing-My teeth felt like they were bleeding uncontrollably….while my gums were pounding. SCREAMING in the inside, I just rocked…back and forth through out the night…When I woke up the next morning my face was so swollen I couldn’t even talk… Although, I do not drink, I wish I knew about the Vodka before…..NO PAIN MEDICATION HELPED. Awe I have one more week and I’m getting them all pulled-ROOT CANAL???? Don’t spare the tooth….Just take it out and reassure me I won’t feel that again!
I’m praying for every one of you.
I’m experiencing a bad toothache as I write. I have found the best relief for tooth or gum pain is Golden Seal. It gives you relief right away and is a natural antibiotic that relieves inflammation. I open up a capsule and make a paste of the powder with a little bit of water. I use q-tips to apply it all around the gum of the tooth and in any crevices the tooth might have. I do this every couple of hours and the pain eventually disappears. The pain starts easing up instantly. Check it out. Good luck everyone! Feel Good!
Damn Toothache is going to drive me bananas! My gums has swelled up and elevated my tooth, making it so that I can’t close my mouth. I haven’t brushed my teeth in days thanks to this thing. It’s so sensitive closing my mouth or even breathing makes it hurt. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep last night and I’ve been screaming my lungs out with pain. The last time this happened, I waited out a week. I’m not willing another week. I just want to pull them out with pliers or something. The only remedy I found for this type of thing was punching my face in. My left jaw is injured now due to the punching and now I can barely eat. Thanks a lot Toothache.
Hello, i went to my dentist and he said i need a crown on one of my Front teeth. He gave me a temporary filling because we had to wait on insurance approval for the crown. Then the filling came out and my dentist said there is nothing he could do. SO after like 2 weeks of waiting my tooth finally began to hurt a little. It was nothing so i didnt even worry about it. Then it got worse and worse every day. Finally, when the pain was too bad, i called in and guess what? my dentist is away out of town til MONDAY! ( it was wed. when called ) so now i have to spend 5 days in crazy pain! They prescribed some medication for me. One of em is ibuprofen ( it says i need to take 3 pills per 24 hours ) but it only reliefs pain for like 3 hours MAX… and its not even relieve the pain completely.. it still hurts but not that badly… its Thursday ( today ) and i still got 3 more days til monday. Like someone else said I never wanted to visit my dentist SO FREAKING MUCH! i cant wait to get into that seat and cant wait for them to begin to drill the shit out of my tooth! 3 more days.. when i think of it i wanna kill myself. thx god for this awesome week
I’ve had one corner of a molar fall off over a year ago and an abcess on my upper left gum, where ironically enough has formed next to the big abcess I had when I was 13 and had to go into surgery to get it removed. The broken molar has now started on a recurring pain marathon that will not stop. sometimes it would subside on its own for an hr at the most and then come back full force. I woke up today and my left cheek, jaw, ear, and neck are in pain. I am guessing whatever infection I have is moving up to my blood stream. I guess I’ll have to tell my kids I may not be around for too long. I am seriously thinking about going to dental school and open up my own free clinic. I would very much like to help people out instead of thinking about a paycheck.
If nothing works your best bet is to get a, bruffen and b, co-codamol
theres many types of bruffen on sale i.e ibuproffen, nurofen ask a chemist about co-codamol. get the soluble ones that desoltve in water! swirl it aroung the mouth, if it dosnt work alone you my have inflamation in the gums or around the mouth where it feels swolen. use the brufen for that. also keep it away fromm very hot food/drink n very cold. and also spricy food.
Holy poops!
Back in April I had 2 wisdom teeth removed and was told that I would need a root canal on a tooth that never bothered me. I laughed cause it took me 3 years of constant throbbing and a few good weeks of wanting to die to even go there in the 1st place…totally scared of the dentist! I took a bunch of blue pills last time so I could sleep there..
3 days and no sleep with this toothache..I am not sure which tooth is killing me, cause my whole face/neck and ear is killing me. The pain is so bad that I seriously thought about ending my life! I have been taking atleast 12 advil, 6 no name ibuprofen, 6 t3’s a day and the pain is the same! Orajel does nothing cept make me think im going to not feel me swallowing my own spit and choke/die!
I have an appt on Tuesday..I don’t think I can make it. I am TIRED and irrational. And I started a vicious cycle..I have FREEZING cold water with ice…take a sip, hold it in my mouth till it warms up and I can feel the throbbing starting again, rinse and repeat. Every 2 mins. If I try to break that cycle i am in so much pain that I am on the ground!
Anyone else have any more suggestions? I am SO close to heading to the hospital for a shot of morphine!
AHHHHH! Someone please kill me 🙁 I’m in so much freakin pain right now. I can’t stand it any more I’ve been up for the past eight hours crying, popping pills, rinsing and reading. I’ve read every comment here and trust me, I feel your pain. I just have to wait two more days til my root canal(I can tell it’s gonna be a great couple of days)Oh god, I can’t wait.
Ugh..I finally pass out around 5am for an hour or two…wake up to what looks like someone beat my face! red/purple and swollen on the side where it hurts that does down my neck and BURNS weird..
Kelly,
Please go to the emergency room right away. The problem is that you have an infection in your tooth. If it spreads upwards, towards your brain, you could die. And if it keeps going down your neck, towards your heart, you will die…. The pain and the burning are signs of an infection… please run, don’t walk to your nearest E.R. and get yourself some anti=biotics now!!! It will help with the pain too.. I hope you feel better reallll sooon.
Thanks for the concern.. I called teh dentist for more pain relievers and told the nurse about my face, she told me to come in so the doctor could see.
Went in and now my big day with him is tomorrow morning! yay!
He also said I have a severe infection and now im on 500mg of Amoxicillin 3xs a day for a week..
I am just looking forward to a pain free day!
Wow. I’ve been suffering for months with a toothache and I understand all the agony everyone is going through. My prayers go out to everyone! I’m going to make this short since I need to get some sleep tonight for work. I will write more about my tooth story next time. But I wanted to share with you some things I found to work. I use Pronamel toothpaste from Sensodyne which numbs and protects the tooth from acid wear and is for sensitive teeth. I’ve been taking this homeopathic pill called Hypericum Performatum (for Nerve Pain). This woman at the health food store suggested it and it has helped me – but results were slow. Also, I’ve been taking Vit. B complex which is also for the nervous system. In my research, i found that Cod Liver Oil aids the body in producing dentin. but I have not tried that yet. Also, red wine helps me relax and it’s good for you too. I have been on strong painkillers such as Ibuprofen and Tylenol #3 and even penicillin. these pain killers have not worked for me so that is why i went the homeopathic route.
I have seen about 3 dentists over the past few months and a gum specialist and no one seems to know WTF is wrong and why I am having pain. Some dentists say its related to the filling and I got that redone twice within the past few months. One dentist completely f*cked up the filling. I will write more about it later on. but it’s been about 4 mos now and I’m finally slowly getting some relief. I also do swimming which gets my mind off the nerve pain. I will write more later on my entire story. but I wish you all much luck.
I have a great solution to any tooth ache pains, it involves a high wooden beam and 6ft of rope, tie a noose in the rope hangman style and use it to stretch your neck until no more pain can be felt
Well I had all of my teeth extracted last summer (2007)
and I still feel like I half about a dozen toothaches going on. 🙁 What I have is nerve damage! UGH!!
Even Pain Med’s and an Anti-Depressant that my primary doctor has me on, doesn’t take away all of the pain.
Now the ENT (Ear,Nose,Throat) Doctor who I just saw is referring me to a pain clinic. 🙁
So see even if you think that having all of your teeth extacted will stop the pain, sometimes it won’t, like in my case. 🙁
Kim
OMG i feel for everyone of you guys. Someone here said they lived in Mass….lucky you….i moved from NY state where like Mass if you make so much you get dental care for little or no cost and dont have to wait forever to see that type of dentist……..i like an idiot moved to lousyana where this state could not give two shits about people as long as they can bend you over …well u get my point…i have had a horriable toothache for over a year and “still waiting” for that dental college…….fuck them bastards……..now i am at the point of wanting to kill myself it hurts so damn bad and NOTHING helps…….I am even on oxicodone for this shit…..and nothing…… this myth you guys hear about southern hospitality is nothing but a fucking lie…..these southern fucks do nothing but fucking lie and steal for the poor working chumps….
and my biggest problem..about 7 years ago i had to have THREE perfect teeth pulled out of my mouth because the roots had nearly grown into my brain…….the tooth bothering me now, guesss……….a top tooth……i would hate to thinnk of it getting infected…it would have a super highway to my brain……..and these people dont give a fuck….. i am a single mom and no one to raise my kid but me……if i could pack up my shit and go home to ny i would in a heart beat….the reason they let all them poor people sit on roofs is cuz they dont give a fuck until it looked bad on the news…..I am not black by any means but you dont leave people to suffer and die on roofs in 100+ heat……and you dont leave people to die of a rotten tooth……..but lousyana does…….
FUCK MY TOOTH HURTS!!!!!!!!
I see now this is not an amreican website….good…..dont let america lie to you poeple on how they “take care of their own” they dont…….they just make it sound like they do to make you guys feel all warm and fuzzy about us…….dont get my wrong…….i love my country…..i just dont love the bullsht they do…….
i had one of my wisdom teeth extracted today. and right now i feel so glad i finally had that sucker removed after seven months of putting it off!
it started new year’s eve (of all days): i was enjoying some great tasting crab cake, then bit on something tough (like a the small pebble) which chipped my wisdom tooth.
i wanted to rush to a dentist, but figured, “what dentist would want to pull this tooth out on new year’s?” after a day of pain, it subsided. there was some tenderness on the tooth, but by and large so, i was pain free for several months……
until 3 weeks ago. the pain at times was just unrelenting, like someone drilling a screw in there. and the pain usually would start late afternoon, which i thought was odd. two days before seeing the dentist, i couldn’t sleep.
finally having that dentist remove that tooth today was great. i felt some pinching while he was extracting it, but i thought that few moments of pinching is nothing compared to the several days of unbearable pain.
feel good right now—thank you ibuprofen.
ok i have a funny fealing my tooth is going to explode in my mouth ive gone through two bottles of abusol through yesterday and today my tooth is in one peice thank god for that this pain makes my left eyeball feel like its going to pop out or implode either one its going to suck my jawbone feals like its being sawed in half im going to try the hole vodka thing once my friend comes back from the store good luck
OMG, seriously, this bloody pain… and I’m stuck in the US for another month with no insurance, I can’t afford a dentist and it’s killing me!!!!! Get me home where they can pull it out….
I don’t even know which tooth it is, all I know is it is one in the back on the left side, I want my wisdom teeth GONE…
To alleviate the pain.
1. Go to Walgreens-other stores do not have it-and get RED CROSS tooth med. Has a small red cross on the bottle. Comes with tweezers, cotton pellets, and nasty liquid.
2. Dip pellets in liquid, place on tooth, do a small bit of wincing and bad face making but do it. Leave on and will feel warmth and pain will subside.
3. Can follow up with a 2 oz portion of COLD cheap vodka settled onto tooth area. In other words position your head to where the vodka will pool on the tooth and thus it will be bathed and entirely covered with the liquid. This will start to have a burn and will relieve the throbbing. Spit and repeat.
4. Reusing the RED CROSS liquid will actually kill the nerve after 3 or 4 uses.
Definitely worked on my intense rear molar pain and suffering. The pain was extreme with swelling and throbbing and was initialyy only helped with ice smashed up with a hammer and placed on the tooth and gum and then smashed aspirin placed there next (which did work temp). Do it it works like nothing else. Tip: Chill vodka in freezer.
Had a rotten toothache a few days ago. One of my fillings have fallen out. Where I live there is a 3 month wait to see the dentist. So went and seen my doctor yesterday. He priscribed me amoxcillin 500 3 times a day. What do you know in about a day and a half of treatment with the antibiotics my sweeling is down, i am sleeping like a baby and am at work again. Amen to antibiotics
Hi.. sitting here in the glow of my computer screen reading all your comments about tooth ache sooths my soul as i myself have one of those aches which is under the tooth, in the jaw like an abscess.. it might be an abscess, the last time the dentist found nothing and said the actual problem was in the upper jaw and because of the nerves i could feel it below… it seemed logical at the time and work was done and i did find relief… but i was sitting here enjoying some short-bread rings with chocolate on top and i remember a feeling in my jaw..as if the moment it first started to happen, might of been what i was eating… either way… no sleep, pain killers and a hope i done need to see the dentist again and it’ll go away, here’s hoping…and thanks for all the advise
4 cracked teeth all infected at the same fucking time, PLEASE GOD JUST LET MY ASS DIE. 20 mgs of hydrocodone, 1000mgs of ibuprofin, 1000 mgs of ASA, clove oil out the ass, Max strength orajel and I just want to fucking die.