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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OMG!!!! severe pain..root canal ordered…for 3 weeks from that appt..I have been in pain for 2 solid weeks…I’ve popped 4 ibpro’s every 3 hours, ran out of Codeine, sucking on Ambesol tubes, ice packs and still PAIN!! My mom just gave me some Codeine she had from an early event..my question…CAN YOU TAKE CODEINE OR IBPRO BEFORE YOUR ROOT CANAL?? i WAS TOLD NO MED’S 10 DAYS B4 AN APPT…IS THIS TRUE?? if so, how am i to survive????
Had wisdom tooth and molar’s roots extracted last week, and a root canal and temporary crown on friday, today’s tuesday. Had throbbing agonizing pain in the tooth all weekend. Been drinking enough whiskey to drop a mule, doesn’t affect me, but it does stop the pain for short periods. I’ll try some of the suggestions here.
But honestly, I wish I had taken better care of my teeth. What a pain to have, I have never experienced anything like it. The place where my wisdom tooth and molar was extracted is painful as hell, rushing up the side of my face to my head, I can’t wait for hometime to go and swallow a bottle of whiskey. Oh and for the first time in my life, I’m looking forward to seeing the dentist tomorrow, even if it’s for the shots she’ll give me for temporary pain relief. I’ll beg for pain pills.
hey guys, ive just gotten a wisdom tooth pulled out after 2days of aching pain, and no sleep. what can i say, when the numbness started wearing off, then i started feel bad pain, im on my second day of my tooth being out, and it doesnt hurt as bad, but my jaw feels a little worn, feels like the muscle has been stretched, any remedys on that, feels like pain. also how can i have my gum in which the tooth was pulled out to heal quicker and without getting any nasty infections.. cheers guys..
I just wanted to say that the other night (monday) i had this excruciating pain. i came home from work and it just increased 10 fold. well i got home, had a light dinner, while getting to know my good friend “Jose Creveuo”. after 5 shots of him, and a few tynelol rapid release (yeah right) i climbed in my bed about 830 pm. well by 9 i was wide awake tossing and turning. by 915 i was sleep, with sweat beading up on my forehead it hurt sooo bad. so up i go, popping more pills, by 11 (mind you i’ve been up and down since 830 – between the pain, and my ignorant neighbor who lives above me who has a fetish for walking during the times when people need to sleep), i couldn’t take it anymore. im in my bed crying in pain, yelling at my neighbor to take his butt to bed, searching on the internet for remedies, b/c i dont have the 300 for a root canal. then i come across this site, and my eyes are all out of focus trying to read and block out the pain. so i get up and run to walgreens, get the dental gum, some more ambesol. come home, did the swish with vodka, with “Jose”, with listerine, finally i pop a tynelol 3 with codine. come back to bed, read a lil more, still not working, got a few phone calls, cried some more, got up rinsed with enough salt water to fill a fish tank, brushed my teeth a few times, popped a vicodin, took another shot of jose, climbed in my bed, within 20 mins i was out like a light.
but i must say i woke up the next morning and my pain was gone. and when i say gone, i mean gone, i felt refreshed, i had slept thru the night, my sleep walking neighbor didnt wake me, i slept like i had no pains, no worries, no nothing. i hope like hell that between now and june 6 when i go in for my root canal it doesn’t come back. work is getting stressful, and i can’t take any more time off, without it being unpaid.
*sigh* thanks for listening
I read everyones and i do mean everyones comments and i tried everyone of them (except the coke) and nothing has touched the pain its my top and bottom teeth on my right side. My head is about to explode and at this point I’m kinda praying it does,no i mean it. I can’t get to the dentist till tommrow so here goes another night of no sleep.
Ok. I have chronic allergies, and when my sinus acts up, the ENTIRE F**KING SIDE of my face aches. It sounds like what a lot of you are going through. Its actually caused by pressure. Try a cold pill, or an allergy pill, like advil cold and sinus or my favorite, motrin IB cold and sinus. I’ve been having this for three days now, and not even the prescriptions are helping me, thats why I’m awake right now, but in most cases, it knocks it right out.
Holy Shiznit I have a toothache. I’ve been to the dentist and they insist I come back in 2 weeks. When I call them and tell them I need to have it worked on now…they schedule me to come in in a week but with the WRONG tooth. What a bunch of morons! My back up dentist is even out of town. So much for emergency visits. What a bunch of assdarts!
Holy Shiznit this hurts! Of course I can’t see a dentist until next week. Even my back up dentist is out of town. So much for emergency appointments.
okay left one message guess it didnt work so heres again. yall are right toothaces are worst than any pain ever because its your face and its not something you can ignore. i got one now too but i’ll be takin the pain away soon as im done writing this. for those of us who dont have insurance and cant afford to get the bad teeth pulled ill tell you what i do. if you have a weak stomach dont read this but if all you can think about right now is how bad your teeth hurt read on. yes the vodka and the other shit work but only for so long and depending how bad the tooth is. so if your not goin to the dentist. GO TO WALGREENS BUY A BAG OF COTTON BALLS AND THEN GO THE THE TOOTH AISLE NEAR THE ANBESOL AND STUFF AND BUT “RED CROSS” its a small bottle comes with tweezers and cotton pellets. now for being such a small bottle its a little price almost $7 for this teeny weeny bottle but you’ll be glad you did. if you just have a kinda bad toothache then just use the red cross. but if your ready to die instead of feel having a toothache then take a piece of cotton first just a piece big enough to place in the cavity or decayed tooth suck on that tooth as hard as you can its goin to hurt like hell but only until you suck all the crap out of it. it may be infection it may be blood it may be both. but anywayz just keep doin it till you dont get anything else out. BE VERY CAREFUL DO NOT SWALLOW THE BLOOD OR INFECTION THAT COMES OUT. then after you got it all out use the red cross simply put some on a piece of cotton big enough to fit in the tooth now the red cross is very strong its clove oil (eugenol). it will burn anything it touches dont get it on your skin especially but if you do it wont kill you. anywayz so put the red cross soaked cotton in your tooth and let it sit until it stops hurting usually takes me about 5 minutes or so. I like to do the dishes or fold clothes or something while its in so it takes my mind of the burning. oh and it will make you salivate alot so dont swallow keep spitting it out until you decide to take the cotton out. or its gonna make your stomach feel yucky. sometimes i like to take a couple of excedrin or motrin to because it may irritate your gums but that will go away after a minute and so will the toothache. i can almost guarantee it i have a few horribly bad teeth due to losing alot of calcium during pregnancy and can afford to get them all taken fixed right now. so that is what i do and it may last you all day it may not but if you have to repeat the process its better than having your whole face hurt. so get on down to the nearest walgreens cause they are the only ones i know that carry the ‘red cross’ if you try this email me and let me know how it worked. delo729@hotmail.com
the comment by zoe is so true “toothache no pain like it on earth” I have had 3 kids all natural not pain killers at all with the last two and I had reather give birth again than to ever have another toothache again a day in my life. I have had so many I cant even begin to count. never heard about the vodka but just tried and i’ve been up all night, done took aleve and a kicka** pain killer (XODOL) i got one month ago from the denist when i got another tooth cut out and it didn’t stop till i rubbed it down in vodka of course if it wears off you could always just drink it and i’m sure than it would be gown for a while. i think i got the worst teeth in my family the just break for no reason they said they were brittle. denist told me it would cost 25grand to fix every thing that i needed to have done. going to see my denist monday cant take this much longer.
Why do we call it tooth ache!? Ache! more like tooth Agony, I as like most of us sit here facing my 4th night with no sleep, and yet its 2006 and technology as good as it is today we still cant have an instant fix for tooth agony.. I have seen 2 emergancy dentists in 2 days and both said they cannot take my tooth out cause its infected, so they gave me antibiotics and i have been taking them for 30hrs and the swelling only appears to be worse, they say it takes time to work, i’m just hoping it does work pretty damn soon. I also went to the docs today cause over the counter drugs had no affect at all, the doc gave me some dehydracoedine pills 1 step down from morphine, i took one 4 hours ago and also a couple of paracetamol and get this, as i type the pain is slowly backing off. I really do hope all gets better for all of us cause this is truely by far the most painfull thing since cliff richard! take care all and may the tooth fairy be with you!
The only thing that will work for a toothache is antibiotics. Trust me call anyone you know that has amoxicillin or a refill for it if you can’t get to denist, it will take the pain away for good. The infection is causing the toothache and the antibiotic will kill the infection. And if you go see a dentist DO NOT leave without a prescription for an antibiotic and a pain killer. You can also go to the emergency room for a toothache as well
I WANT TO THE DENTIST HELP ME I REALLY NEEDED ITS HURT LIKE CRAZY SEE YUO GIVE ME AHINT BYE
I know how everyone feels! I have had an extremem toothache in my back lower molar for 2 weeks now. And I am 7 months pregnant. Dont have a dentist and the pain is so unbearable at night i cant sleep. Cant take pain killers cause im pregnant and already took antibiotics and didnt help. Wish someone would just yank this tooth out for me. how long will i suffer??? This pain is unreal i sometimes think i cant make it through. the pain is constant and so sharp its UNBEARABLE!!!! HELP!!!!!
thank you all for the suggestions. i can’t believe something like this exists, its so helpful. i had root canal yesterday and just searched webmd and nothing there so i googled it. i am trying the ice on the pain now and it feels much better. i had to finance the $1400 to have it done and will be paying in installments for years. i wish we all had better health coverage. please know i am thinking of all of us as we try to get through this torture. i wish i had booze in house,
For about 3-4 weeks now my sinuses have been bothering me. When I wake up I have tons of build up in my nose and it is hard to come out fully. MY nose has not gotten any btter and it now feels like I have sores inside my nose. Then about 5 days ago my very back top tooth started to ache. I have been in severe pain and have been taking tons of motrin. I went to 2 dentists and they have said it needs a root canal because the filling in it is close to the nerve. However, I am only 21 and do not want to believe I need a root canal already. Do you think it may be from my sinuses and I just need an antibotic? HELP!
I agree a tooth ache is probably the worst pain imaginable. I have a few fairly decayed wisdom teeth and a molar that lost it’s filling and it feels like my jaw is broke and my ear drum is going to explode. I’ve tried advil,aleve, extra strength tylenol, tylenol 3, anbesol and nothing will dull the wretched pain, so it looks like it’s time to go in debt and see a dentist(oh the joy of no insurance)
I am in so much pain now I cannot stand it i took 4 ibupropen and 2 aspirin, and extra strength ambesol my right side feels like its swelling and I am intense pain, if anyone knows anything to do, its 6.30 and all the dentists are gone I am going tomorrow if I can survive tonight. Help!!!!!!!!!!!11
i feel all of you guys. NOTHING is working for me either. sending the kid to bed and the guy to buy vodka and clove oil while i try the salt water thing. i am terrorized by dentists, and try to wait the pain out, but this time i dont think i will be able to. its my canine tooth in the front, so i dont want it pulled, but after reading all this, i dont think i want a root canal either. and i have just recently discovered a pea sized painful lump directly under the tooth at my jaw. LOVELY!! HELP!!!!!!!! does that mean its abcess and going to kill me?
i am not alone! thank god for you people i was starting to think that i was losing my mind, have taken paracetamol and ibuprofen, tried the warm salt water thing and yes you guessed it…no change! I WANT 2 DIE! aaaaaaaaaaaaargh! thank you to whoever said about neat sensodyne toothpaste, hurts like hell wen u first apply it but halved the pain in a few seconds hence i have managed 2 get my hand away from clutching at my agonised jaw just long enough to type this. thats it, im gonna go 2 the dentist! just as soon as i find 1! they’ve all gone privete round here and nhs waiting lists take 4eva! plus the fact that its 3am so chances of finding a dentist that dedicated are rather slim, theres 1 who lives over the road but he appears 2 h8 me so we wont go there! i give this half an hour then im either turning to religion or suicide! owww *cries* gud luck all of you, i hope you find a quick and easy way out of this hell!
Hey Everyone, Have I got news for you!!! The best way to get rid of a toothache, is NOT ONLY going to the dentist, to get that damn tooth fixed, BUT…. The BEST thing in all the world to temporarily get rid of the pain is “Percocet!” A prescribed medication. It ALWAYS helps me out. I take it for a few days , and I dont get another toothache, for atleast another month or two!! But , I mean depending on them, ain’t the smartest idea, but it works!! PROMISE
Percocet!! Need I say MOre?
I too have had excruciating pain from a decayed tooth. I’ve found that baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) with some filtered water swished around helped stop the pain in seconds. It will neutralize the acid produced by the bad bacteria.
At first it stung and made the pain worse, then about a minute later, I noticed I had no more pain. I finally can get some sleep. Try it!
Holy crap. It feels like the entire right side of my face is about to explode. I had a killer ear ache and a killer tooth ache at the same time and started to wonder if the two were related and it turns out this is a perfect sign of an impacted wisdom tooth, which of course I can’t afford to have dealt with. My current solution: pour a shot of Jack Daniels, hold it in my mouth by the painful tooth for as long as I can. It helps the toothache but it doesn’t do crap for the ear pain.
I have had my tooth ache pain for a week now and I’m afraid to visit the dentist (only 16 years old) for a root canal. I would rather have my tooth pulled out than that!! I dont know what to do but the pain is growing inside my jaw. Sometimes when I “suck” on the tooth it would make this excruciating pain for a few minutes and I feel like I would get a heart attack from it. It scares me now whenever I think of sucking the tooth. 🙁 My parents never focused on my teeth brushing when I was little and now this happens. When I grow up, I will do everything to keep my children with perfect hygiene so they dont have to go through what I experience.
Too all the youngin’s out there. This is comming from someone who was never really “taught” the importance of prevenative dental maintainance. As a child and teenager, I never remember going to the dentist for annual, or bi-annual cleanings and checkups. I did have a couple of bad experiences with dentists as a child, which in turn, made me very reluctant to seek dental care. Now, in my mid-fortys, I wish I would have known then, what I know today. Please young weed hoppers, you must DEMAND from your parents, that you get your 6 months cleanings and checkups. Brush at least twice a day, and floss just as often. Alot of dental problems can be avioded, if precautions are taken. Don’t be like us here. It’s hard to conceive that an abcessed tooth can kill you, but it can. At the least, they can lead to other health problems. So here I sit, face and jaw throbbing. Gums swelled up like Robin eggs. Antibiotics have been started, dentist appointment has been made, but the pain presists, and all we can do is grin and bear it. Please,please, take care of your teeth.
I have heard stories that going to the dentist for cleanup actually weakens your tooth’s enamel, increasing the likelihood of dental problems.
Well thank god for google, but god sucks for creating toothaches. I wish we all had no pain ever again, however if my wish doesn’t work, I too have lots of ambesol, oragel, extra strength motrin, rinse with scope and occassionaly use a tea bag moistened with hot tap water if I am too pain riddled to wait for the kettle to boil. all of these things used together at times can advert the pain for awhile. Thank you for letting me know I am not alone, and others are awakend rudely by hell fire trying to rip thru our mouths and faces and heads. and eating, I am sooooo hungry. I hate pain, almost as much as bad tooth habbits (in hind sight of course) and dentists, oh yeah and if anyone knows pregnant people enforce the need for calcium my teeth went to hell during my second pregnancy. I am on my kids for mouth care but this fear of dentists needs to be resolved….we need to revolt and make the policies different. here’s to free, friendly dental care, that works and doesn’t make us feel WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when the pain lessons, lets organize. god speed the healing
Well I am with you all on this horrible tooth pain. I have 2, count them 2 teeth that are broken (and fell off) from the gum, which leave both of them half in my mouth, The are both a little brown not black. But anything I put in my mouth and chew causes severe pain, which includes pounding in the area affected, jaw pain, ear pain, lighting like spasms in tooth area. My gum is all irrated. I have tried advil, forget it, I am so immune to advil it doesn’t work anymore. It is hard to eat cold/hot anything food/drink. I know that whatever it is it is bad, and I don’t need a dentist telling it is bad, Im not afraid but more embarrased of anything with this problem. I guess I have my ex to thank for this, (he was abusive, and knocked my teeth to brake) so hear I am paying for it….I have had 2 csections and this Is soooooooooooooooooooo Much worse. Heck I would take enougher csection so I could get rid of this pain!
Last night was the worse, had some icecream with the family, and *it* started. Tried to go to bed at 11pm ended up passing out from pain around 5am, and then waking up to a screaming baby.
Have any of you experienced tooth pain from stress. More stress I have seems to affect that side of my mouth.
Ok enough of me talking (typing).
Wish me luck, and luck to the rest of you 🙂
This is just ridiculous. mine is on my lower left molar and i feel like tearing my entire lower jaw off – it actually seems like the pain would be less!!
having toothache makes me wish i’d be born a tree.
CHILDREN, DONT EAT SWEETS, THEY ARE POINTLESS!!!
arrrrghhhhhhh
I’m in good company with my abscess I see. It’s 2;30 in the morning and I don’t expect to be getting a single second of sleep tonight. I have tried all the pain relievers to no avail, BUT – like someone above wrote – ice water is a god send. Will remove the pain INSTANTLY and completely but it only lasts 30 seconds. then you either swallow or spit, and repeat. I’ve been doing this for 12 hours – I take the ice water cup to the bathroom, the movies, I can’t bear the pain if I don’t get that ice water within 30 seconds. If the tooth is dead – ice water is the answer (until yu can get a root canal).
I get toothaches alot and the only thing that gets me to sleep anymore are swishing peroxide around my mouth taking 6 excedrine and then holding the liquid childrens tylonal on the toothache for about 2-3 minutes.. But the pain always comes back. I don’t have the vodka right now and I can’t get it… I heard about salt water but that just sounds like it would make my toothache worse so forget that. I don’t know what to do.. I need help… Yeah people say go to the dentist… well you can’t go to the dentist at 3am so what do you do????
Ok I am in excruciating pain here – started out as a cold…then what I thought was a sinus infection – but days later I am still having throbbing tooth pain. Does anyone know if these antibiotics will truly help???
use salt it stings at first but helps for temporary relief
4:30 am and im sitting here swishing ice water around in my mouth every 2 minutes. this sucks a bit of ass, i want sleep, but at least im not in pain, just wet!
I found out that Oravive tooth remineralizing paste really works! It desensitizes my teeth so I BARELY feel any pain. It is basically a toothpaste but its designed to seal in the pores on your dentin that is revealing the nerves. I would suggest giving it a try at oravive.com.
I ve too have tooth or teethpain. Its been 2 weeks and counting. It all started out as a very nasty sinus infection which spread from my nose to a clogged head, migraine type pain behind right eye, headaches, upper jaw numbneess, and stiffness in neck and shoulders. As for pain relief, I was lucky I got a script for Percocets from the Emergency Room ( so embarrasing ). The Percs worked OK @ times, (soon I was pooping them like candy). I’ve found relief from the vodka trick, Ambesol was ok, fresh garlic smashed next to area works ok (it burns), Tylenol PM, Tylenol Sinus, Motrin and Advil are all the same effect. TRY Listerine Whitening Pre-Brush Rinse!!!!!! (theactive ingrediants are peroxide and alcohol.) Rinse for 60 secs , then water, then Lesterine Regular Mouthwash. Works almost instantly!!!! If u are having teeth pain like myself, its most likely infected and antibotics are usually the trick. Well I have 3 more days to my DOCTOR appointment and 3 weeks for the dentist (4 cavities and maybe the wisdoms need to come out). Wish me luck….
By the way…this may be a dumb question. Cigarettes cant B good But how much damage can u cause w/ tooth pain?
26M Philadelphia (the cocaine trick works, try malt liquor)
Focus on the tooth that is aching and suck in as hard as you possibly can, over and over again and the tooth will eventually leak all the blood/puss into your mouth, which will instantly relieve the pain. I know it’s gross, but just deal with it. Spit it out obviously and you’ll be fine. Your tooth hurts so badly because it’s filled with infection/blood that is pressing on the nerve, cause extreme pain. Suck it out and spit it out. It hurts like hell, but it really works. I’ve done it with 5 toothaches and after I do it, the tooth never hurts again.
God! Good that I found this site. I have two tooth situations. First is on my left lower side. It has this horizontal hole just next to the gum. It didn’t hurt before and I didn’t even notice it. But now…now the gum is swollen and my tooth started to hurt today. Never before. It also has an old filling on top. And the second is on my right upper side. But that one doesn’t hurt. I noticed it also has a hole next to the filling. People keep telling me I will have root canal heading my way. And they all describe it so awful and so traumatic. I am so scared of that. I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, I have loose stool and I even threw up because of such fear.
I have a manic fear of dentists. My lower tooth right now hurts loads and I fear of root canal situation. Is it really that painful? Does it really hurt? I am scared of pain and that needle poking in my tooth. I almost think I am going to pass out on that chair. Can somebody please tell me if it is really that painful? Thank you for all the information.
woah!!! the ride of a lifetime. rollarcoaster of pain anyone?
have had bad teeth for years, and mother of all toothagonies to boot, but last night was simply the worst ever. I got on here about 3 in the morning and read every word, and the best tip on this list was excedrine migrane. for temperary relief you can keep antiseptic mouthwash in your mouth to kill the pain for about a half hour to an hour, at least to a respectable level. the best thing to help with the swelling over a longer period of time is biotene mouthwash. its ensymatic so dont follow it with alcohal or it wont work. best thing short of antibiotics. it works to kill the bateria in your mouth, have your tounge pierced and theyll tell you to use it. anbesol and oragel are a con. they work directly on the nerve true, but when they wear off witch is pretty quick they leave the nerve swollen and tender and the pain comes back exponentially. and of course you immediattly use more regardless of the warnings on the package and there you are through a whole tube bying more at the twenty four hour only to find that it isnt working anymore and the pain is hundreds of times worse than before. bad idea. heres the todo
1. temperary pain, hold a smaal amount of listerine in the area of pain for relief or scope.follow the same with bacardi 151.
2. after the pain subsides, best to take a couple of shots of that 151. down it alon with two exd. mig. two ibprof and two tylonol pm.
3. when drowsy and finally ready to sleep, gargle with biotene to relieve bacteria, works better than anything else that kills bacteria for long term effect.
4. get your self a teddy bear. its rude to wake your smoopy.
god bless you all and I hope this helps.
According to DR. ROBERT O. NARA, D.D.S. speaking at Total Health ’87, every time you have your teeth cleaned, you lose about 2 to 3 microns of your enamel. “Even in dental professional literature, they state that there is probably some damage to the root surfaces when they scrape with these scalers.” ( 92 ) In other words, one wonders if the cleaning process drums up extra business for dentists by weakening teeth and eventually allowing more cavities.
Sigh, well, my tooth pain risen again! I think I have an abscess and I am so scared sometimes I feel like sitting in a corner alone to cry. I dont know what to do, I fear of telling my parents and seeing the dentist room with all the needles and weird pointy thingies! Theres two Waterlase dentists near here and what it is, is it replaces a drill to remove dental decay and to prepare for root canal. I dont think I can get a root canal though because I think my tooth is.. dead. The color of it isnt white//yellowish anymore, but a whitish grey sort of. I’m scared. /cry /cry /cry
I feel like death is better than going through this pain. For the last three days I couldnt sleep well at night because it startles up then and UGH I just want to die.. but I wont. ;_;
Whatever any of you do, DO NOT PUT ICE COLD WATER IN YOUR MOUTH. It may ease the pain BUT once you stop doing it, the pain WILL get WORSE. I just had a near death experience from this. Do what most people do, put warn water with salt in your infected tooth area and swish and repeat.
Mommy!!! I had half my scalp torn off, a shattered cheek and orbital bone, 3 skull fractures, and a broken jaw at the same time. but compared to this… nothing. It’s all about your sanity man! anyway, I’ve also found WARM SALTY WATER to work along with being selective with what you eat. Avoid junk food (chips and sugary things) try not to eat anything acydic. keeping your mouth in the basic region of the pH scale helps. rinse with baking soda after eating, followed by salt water. also very important, if you own firearms, have a friend take them off your hands until the hellish nightmare comes to an end. Honestly, the though of ending it crossed my mind. try to relax and not move much, I found pacing around cursing just makes it throbb more. through a good comedy on the tube and try to forget (along with as many house-hold pain killers your liver can take). get your ass to the freakin dentist!!!
oh please merciful mouth!!
the last time i had a toothache this bad was 7 years ago, before there were blogs like this… now that it is here again the pain is not any less, but at least i get to commiserate with all my fellow sufferers!!!! the pain just RADIATES, like a tsunami spreading over your head, your neck and your face… now i feel like my eye sockets are going to swallow up my eyeballs… i am wallowing in tears and self-pity. i am through with dentists, pain killers and vodka. I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING ACUPUNCTURE OR EASTERN MEDICINE…. ANY TIPS?
I’m finally doing it… I am off to the dentist on Monday for an extraction/root canal(maybe?) on my tooth which hurts like hell at night. I couldnt sleep at all and I spent most of my time in the bathroom rinsing with salt water. Enough is enough, I wont let a tooth take over my life. I hope you all do the right thing and go to the dentist. A tooth problem is no laughing matter.
Bloody Hell!
Had severe pain in the front tooth (which is chipped a bit)and I took some Coproximal and it’s gone. Now I have to call the Dentist and get it filled !!
Whoever said concentrate on the tooth and suck real hard, saved my life. I arose in a sweat, from a drug induced nightmare, as a man posessed! I looked at my swollen face in the mirror and reflected on that advice. Out of pure frustration I did the unthinkable, jammed a toothpick into the nerve hole, loosening up what ever poison cyst was in there, then sealed my mouth to create a vacuum. the pain was so intense I believe shock set in. I felt something give, followed by a rush of relief and accomplishment. I spit into the sink 1/2 oz. of “bad blood” and that was that. now there is no more pain. 1min later I fell into a deep recuperative sleep (one of the best I’ve had)
this may not work in every case and is very painful. but it saved me. 2 days now and no serious pain. thank’s for the idea.
(See Entry 137) I had to go to the Emergency room again. My left side of my face from the cheekbone to my lower jaw was swollen.Also, I had some baggy growth in my mouth,(connecting to the side of my mouth and my gums) So any way….so 4pm I had enough, and took a cab to the ER. After waiting 4 hours to see a doctor. They found I had a nasty absess. He told me what he had to do to relieve the pain and infection. He said, “I could lance( sticking a needle in the swollen red pus bag) or scapel( slicing it open). I choose the lancing. He sprays some sort of bad numbing stuff on the pus bag and gums and sticks a long needle in it. I thought I was gonna die!!!!!!but I didnt=(
Then he stuck some sort of vacuum and sucked it all out. It was about half the equivelent of a can of Pepsi, but instead of cola it was brown and golden pus. He keep sucking and pressing on the abscess and finally I felt some relief. Doc gives me 2 Percocets and 2 antibotics and a persciption of 20 Percocets and antibiotics. So this morning I woke up with a little swelling. I’m bout to fill the perscription NOW. I hope it doesnt return till I see a dentist (2weeks)
My teeths are in really bad conditions according to the x-rays. I’m disappointed in myself for not taking proper care in brushing and flossing and now I live to regret it. They found out I had major calculus on my teeth and my wisdom teeth seem to be growing slanted and I have one teeth that has an infection and I’m being treated with antibiotics until I can get a root canal done in 4-8 weeks from now. Today at the dentist they removed a tooth that was nt growing, it was just sticking out the gum. I have to say, the needle shots didnt hurt one bit (well maybe a LITTLE). Right now my mouth is bleeding and I’m not sure what to do besides leaving a cotton ball on the gum. Can anyone give me advice on what to do after a tooth is extracted?