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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My crowned molar started hurting one night and the very next day (friday) I called the dentist and made an appointment for the following monday. The weekend was horrific with so much pain. Long nights with no sleep & crying thinking how could I pry the crown off my tooth to bring me some relief. Was too scared to do it though. Monday morning I woke up early to get to the dentist.. I get there and I’m told my dentist had a family emergency. Ok then maybe one of the other two dentists in the office can see me. No, the receptionist tells me I have to come back tomorrow, they’re booked. I tell her with tears in my eyes I’m in extreme pain, can they see me on emergency basis. She says she’s sorry come back tomorrow. I left crying from the dentist office and on my drive home I just stopped at random at another dentist clinic. They saw me right away and took care of me put me on medications. My blood pressure was way up high. They called my dental insurance and got everything ok’d for emergency treatment. I am changing dentists and never going back to the dentist office that turned me away.
I am having pain in my bottom side of of mouth. My enter ear and towards the back of my neck, behind my ear. Also I have head aches,a fever last night with cold chills. I felt like I couldn’t breath over night, as if I air supply was blocked. Before I went to bed, My husband bought me some Aleve medicine/motrin. I only took Aleve medicine, so I don’t know if it was causing me not to breath properly. I also, had a little chest pain before I took more medicine. The next morning I felt find, went out for a brief moment more and now my tooth started hurting again around 1:30/2:00. I did take some motrin this morning and now the pain has returned, but just not as bad as last night.
Man I feel for you all! I’m right here hurting too. I’ve had lots of teeth problem in my life, and have more fillings and root canals than I care to remember. One thing I’ve learned is that your pain WILL NOT go away until the infection is gone. Go to a urgent care clinic and they will give you some antibiotics and probably some strong pain killer too. the pain killer will get you through for a few days until the antibiotics kill the infection, and then the pain will subside until you get the tooth taken care of.
I feel all your pain. now 35, its only now after 20 years of poor dental maintenance that my mouth is healthyish. abscess over 4 years, holes, cracks, lumps of brown tooth, root canal work gone bad, crowns, a wobbly tooth for years (the worst one) and dentists seemingly creating work for next week, its all in my records.
finally after a long break from mr phang, i went to a new dental surgeon close to my workplace, nice honest people, and technology seems to have been applied. now, 4000 sobs over 4 years worth of payment have put everything right, i can smile, chew, crunch and i don’t have “that taste”!
the thing that made me do it and suffer all that “lets see how many hands we can get in his gob” treatment was a simple feeling of self preservation, a close friend had a heart attack at 40, doctors blamed diet, smoking and dental hygiene, it seems that the blood vessels in the jaw and neck lead directly to the heart, which suffers the infection.
the price of a good second hand car has made my life so much better. I cant do anything but recommend it, sorry!
Stu’s email above is right. Your dental problems affect your overall health. I went in with an abscess and the pain was already radiating to my lower neck. The dentist told me an abscess can affect your heart and brain. That’s pretty scary. The key is to get on penicillin as soon as possible. Toothaches don’t generally go away without treatment, so if you think you are going to just wait it out, I can tell you it will only get worse each day. Abscesses do not go away without treatment. I’ve never heard of anyone dying because of an abscess but I’ve heard alot of people dying from heart attacks. It makes you wonder how many of those heart attacks came from abscesses. I’m sure more than we think.
I just heard a story about a farmer who spent three nights taking out his bad tooth himself. He used a pliers. The story came from his wife who was pregnant at the time time and she said it turned her stomach, that blood poured down his chin as he twisted away at the tooth.
After 3 days he proudly showed her the black tooth.
Allie,
Sounds like you have a personal vendetta against dentists. Dentists, like all doctors, are human, which means they make mistakes. If you are not happy because your dentist did not detect a crack in your filling, then by all means see another one. It’s your right. And BTW, was it the dentist’s fault your filling developed a crack in the first place? No, it was probably caused by you biting down on something hard that broke it, which you should know better.
Some people are more susceptible to developing decay then others but knowing that, shouldn’t that be a greater incentive to take especially better care of your teeth? If you knew the soda wasn’t good for you, why did you continue to drink it?
I love it how several people on here get all bent out of shape when someone suggests preventative care. All I’m saying is, do what you need to do to get your tooth fixed, and then do what you have to to ensure you don’t suffer from the agony of a toothache again.
I want to be a dentist because obviously, from reading the messages on this board, there’s a ton of people out there who sadly aren’t doing enough to prevent problems with their teeth. More education and prevention is needed. Do you think dentists really enjoy looking into mouths full
of cavities and other problems because they want to make money? No. Their jobs are so much more easier when someone comes in with healthy teeth. In my opinion, the mouth is the most important part of the body which overall health is connected to.
Now, for those who want to know how to relieve a toothache, any dentist will tell you to take ibuprofren or another OTC painkiller. If the toothache is due to a cavity that you can see, gently clean out any food particles and brush with toothpaste, rinse, and then pack part of a cotton ball that’s been soaked with clove oil into the cavity. Note: do not expect your pain relief to last forever! Every person and situation is different. It is not recommeneded to put crushed aspirin or another OTC into the tooth because the acid can damage the tooth structure and tissue even further. By the time you get a toothache, you WILL NEED a root canal or an extraction. There’s really no other way around it. If you don’t believe me, you can read it yourself at http://dentistdownunder.blogspot.com. Scroll to FAQ’s.
Thanks and stay healthy.
Hey all,
Like the rest of you I am having some severe pain in my mouth.
Back when I was in high school I had to have a dental procedure done by a surgeon where I was to be put asleep. I accidentally ate that morning and had to stay awake during the entire procedure. This experience has scared me and left me very fearfull of the dentist.
I just graduated college and haven’t had dental insurance for about 5 years. I put off getting a few cavities fixed since I didn’t have insurance and figured I could wait untill I secured a full time job.
Obviously this was a horrible idea. I went from having sensitivity in the few areas where their are cavities.. to a tooth that has become rotten. I now have excruciating pain in my ear and head from time to time. I know I need to go to a dentist but am trying to find a dental clinic to go to because I won’t have the money to cover a high expense.
I am extremly embaressed and fearfull to go. I have cried about this for nights. I am honestly petrified to get this fixed. From looking at me my front teeth look fine but I know I have countless cavities (as I have always been cavity prone).
Anyone else deal with anxiety over going to the dentist? What do clinics normally charge? Are they used to patients like me who put off getting care?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Embarassed and uninsured,
Have you looked into sedation dentistry? You can do a search for it on the Web…I see and hear lots of advertisements for it lately. I believe they give you a pill to help relax you while they fix your teeth. Don’t know if you live in the U.S. but if you do, you can try looking up dentists on http://www.ratemds.com. There are patient reviews on there for all kinds of doctors (including dentists) and you can see who is good with scared patients.
I used to be scared, too. My parents never took me to a dentist when I was a child (my dad had a phobia of dentists) and I was a sporadic kid with my brushing and flossing habits, so I ended up with an absess molar that broke off so much it had to be extracted. I only now realize how dangerous it was to let it go that far, as the infection could have spread throughout my body. I know you’re scared, but trust me, the dentist gives you novacain, so you feel nothing during a procedure. I don’t think I’ve ever felt pain in the dentist chair. Once I had the tooth pulled and realized how painless the dentist was, I had all of my teeth fixed (they weren’t that bad – I only needed five fillings) and now I go every 6 months for regualr checkups/cleanings and take fasdicious care of my teeth. As far as payment is concerned, dentists are human, too – most if not all will be willing to work out a payment plan with you. I don’t know how much root canals cost, but it’s cheaper to get cavities filled, so the longer you put off getting work done, the more expensive it can cost you in the long run.
Good luck…I hope this helps. If you go I hope you’ll post on here again to let us know how you did.
DentaGirl
I have been dealing with a horendous toothache for a couple weeks now (I live on an island and can’t see a dentist for some time yet). I’ve found that a combination of the following works well for me:
1- Brushing several times a day
2- Rinsing with Listerine every time I eat
3- Peppermint tea – not hot, but warmer than room temperature
4- sleeping in a semi-upright position
Hope this helps some of you fellow sufferers!
The Vodka cure works the best when you just drink the Vodka.
I have had bad toothache now in several teeth for exactly 2 months today.
2 months ago my top-2-back-teeth were hurting like mad. I went to the emergency dentist and she extracted the one which hurt the most.
Next day I wake up and my mouth is full of of infection or whatever, horrible taste. I ring dentist to tell her and she says its an infection and to use saltwater every 4 hours. Didnt make a bit of difference, eyes/ears/gums/face all hurting, so I went to anyother emergency dentist and he filled it up for me, and got rid of pain.
But there is still alot of problems cause where the tooth was taken out, I still get pain. I’ve been on 3 courses of amoycillen and they do sort it out temporarily but they always come back.
I asked my regular dentist, if the tooth next to it was an abcess and she says “not yet”. Well maybe not but its a rotten tooth with only half-left, anyone can see it needs to be taken out.
NOW its starting to hurt again, not constant pain but I think its only a matter of time. I dont even have a dentist appointment until March.
Anyway I also have toothache occasionally in 2 of my bottem teeth, which are filled with temporary-fillings. They only really hurt of a morning so I can cope.
I guess I’m lucky I live in a city with 3-emergency dental clinics and lots of NHS-Dentists.
Here I am, can’t sleep at 3AM, waiting for the pain killers to kick back in, reading all your stories helps me somewhat get through this.
Waiting before the infection clears (on anti biotics) before going to the dentist
A Tylenol #3 and 800mg of ibuprofen is barely enough to somewhat numb the pain. By far the worse pain of my life. I’d rather break bones again.
I am so glad for a site like this….I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who has been dealing with an IMMENSE amount of pain. I had a wisdom tooth awhile back that was packed in the back of my mouth and was giving me TERRIBLE pain because of an infected nerve…I had pain in that side of my face and terrible ear aches. I had the tooth pulled and guess what? I dealt with dry socket then…
To top it off, I broke a tooth on the same side of my mouth and the nerve was exposed and so I was dealing with pain from two areas. The tooth became badly decayed so I finally went back to the dentist (which I HATE doing by the way) and he pulled the broken tooth and gave me penicillin and hydrocodone. A week later I am doing SO much better I can’t even explain it. I don’t know why I let myself be in that much pain for that long. Believe me, I would rather break seveal bones than feel that kind of pain again.
OOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, I’m ex-forces and can take all sorts of pain and laugh! But this toothache at the back of my mouth is gripping me and inserting rusty nails into my gums and then using broken glass on the same area. I’ve packed ambesol into the tooth which has limited effect.
I’ve just taken a 50mg Tramadol tablet. Last time I took one of these the pain went and didn’t return for nearly a week. Once the tooth was numb, I sucked the poison out (really couldn’t feel it) and spat it into the toilet. This, I believe, erradicated the abscess.
Just waiting for it to kick in now….then it’s sucky suck sucky…yum!
Come on you pathetic wimps. Grab a hard wooden stick and go to work on the tooth. Yea, that’s it. Back and forth. More whiskey. Getting loose? Good. More whiskey. Looser? Good. Now, here comes the hard part. Wrap electricians tape around the jaws of waterpump pliers. Snag that crappy tooth and twist while pulling. After removal, rinse with salt water and finish the whiskey. Good night.
I’m in the middle of a root canal on a lower tooth that I’m now in my 3rd visit due to calicified roots. They stuff gauzge-like stuff down there to loosen it up and you come back in a week. Now he was going to take the cap off the next visit so he could get to it easier. My cap came off over the weekend, luckily not much pain–but my tooth disentegrated when the cap came off. QUESTION–does anyone know what they do with a tooth that’s broke off at the gum baseline? There’s not any tooth to hold a new cap on!!
donna,
Normally when your tooth breaks off like that they will go in and pull it but some dentist do different things. To everybody that has posted something up about tooth pain. I just had my wisdom tooth cut out (not fun at all),stay away from salt (a must),don’t rinse on the side that hurts(only if u have a hole in your tooth that’s a not do or it’ll hurt worse),honestly u may find pain meds that work but most don’t just to be honest!! I couldn’t deal with the pain so I thought I was takin the easy way out by havin it pulled and that wasn’t easy at all. I’ve bought some many pills off the streets for pain it’s a cryin shame. The dentist won’t go without pain meds so why give only a little pain meds? Good question right? Yeah, I know maybe one day they will treat people the way they treat themselves(with pain meds)!!!
As far as broken teeth go….YES they hurt like hell – especially when it’s broken so bad that the nerve is exposed. I remember drinking pop and just getting this terrible pain where the tooth was broken off. This tooth was in the very back of my mouth and the dentist said he could do a root canal on it but I told him to just pull it because it was way back there. That little sucker took FOREVER to get pulled out but looking back, it was so worth it. No more searing pain in that side of my mouth, in my jaw, in my damn EAR….it’s finally gone. I even have the stupid little tooth as a reminder and boy does it look bad. Once again though….I’m so glad to hear other peoples’ stories and know that I’m not the only one that suffers!
I sympathize with all. Just back from dental surgery having one of my molars removed and receiving a bone graft. I chose to ignore and hoped the problem would go away with a combination of therapies including using antibiotics, home remedies and strong narcotics (Dilaudid). While this dealt with the symptoms and provided relief, the problem never really never went away and in fact only got worse. The net result is that I had to have part of my jaw bone removed and will be dealing with this for up to a year. While not feeling on top of the world, the pain is mostly gone. Another 48 hours and the front of a moving subway train was beginning to look
appealing.
Most importantly the infection must ultimately be tamed using antibiotics or a combination of therapies. Dealing with the infection is absolutely critical, particularly as the potential exists for other problems to occur. In my case, I allowed extensive bone damage to occur, because I didn’t deal with properly! Secondly, there is a real risk if left untreated, that the infection can further develop and get into the bloodstream and you don’t want to be dealing with that or the potential consequences there of.
Had an associate who like me chose to use bandaids in attempting to placate. Well he finally got some relief after the infection spread to his brain!
my tooth hurts right now just went to the dentist this weekend to have them clean and have a mouth x-ray he said one of my teeth was dead and now it hurts like hell that damn vodka sounds reallllllly good right now.
Front Tooth Pain… HELP PLEASE!?
I had a filling placed on the backside of tooth #7 due to a small cavity between tooth 7 & tooth 6 on Jan 24 and that tooth is still bothering me now, sensations in my front teeth and aches/sharp pains daily and I feel it when I bend over, chew gum, etc… It seems to be hurting on the opposite side of where the cavity was, around the corner of tooth 7 where it meets tooth 8. I also keep feeling grit between tooth 7 and tooth 8 and I’m not eating or anything. Does anyone know what’s going on here? Is my filling coming out? Could my bite be off? Or the filling placed too high? I’m using sensodyne and Gel-Kam. This tooth isn’t sensitive to hot, cold or sweets but my dentist told me that after a filling is placed the pulp may become bruised, to give it time to calm down or it will need a root canal. It did seem better until today when I got my teeth cleaned and now its worse, the back of the tooth and in between where the tooth was filled does feel wierd to me but I have never had fillings before. I recently got my teeth cleaned , 3 days ago and it just got worse after that. My dentist checked the tooth and said there was nothing wrong with it and said if it continues he’d recommend a root canal which I will use as a last resort. He told me this tooth had very little decay so I don’t understand how this could be happening to me. Should I consider desensitizing this tooth? What could be causing this pain and discomfort? When you have a root canal on a front tooth does it require a crown? What kind of crown? How much do they cost? I’m already out of benefits for the of 2007.
Why is it that health issues always hit the wall when you are in a situation that makes it exceedingly difficult to get things taken care of?
Wouldn’t you know it, it’s happening to me too. I’ve had lots of fillings done over the last several years, some deep, due to the fact that: in my youth I was not encouraged to see the dentist and almost never did so, as I started college and my first employement I had no money, and now after a bit at my first decently paid job I have insurance to take advantage of.
It’s one of those filled teeth that’s just starting to give me trouble and I’ll have to place a call to my dentist. It started as just a twinge, I figured I’d bit something wrong or had a piece of food causing an inflammation, so after a careful cleaning and flossing – no change. It has been on-and-off for a few days now, and of course I’m in contined training for my job of a type where if you skip out, you get a few weeks off with no pay, no work, and have to start it from the beginning again. I feel awful for the previous posters and can only hope that my tooth will remain bearable for the next 4 days and not reduce me to a useless fool until I can get out to a dentist.
If I botch this training up, I’ll have to do it again anyway, so here’s hoping I can get through it OK. I’m calling my dentist tomorrow to set an appointment for as soon as I get back home.
Best of luck to all, I hope it gets better. Sometimes false teeth seem like less of a bother….
Hello everyone, I too am suffering from massive tooth pain. I have my root canal tomorrow (Finally!!!) but it’s been a long time coming! I am 6 ½ months pregnant so everyone is scared to work on me! I finally had to call and rip my dentist a new one in order for him to take me in. Anyone who’s looking for relieve should use anti-inflammatory medicines. I’m not able to take any because I’m pregnant, so I’m stuck using useless Tylenol. My dentist told me that the root is so inflamed and it doesn’t have anywhere to relieve the pressure so the pain just build and builds and builds. Eventually, it will rupture and the pain will go away or your dentist will have to drain it for you. Anyway, an anti-inflammatory medicine should help with the pain until you can go to the dentist. Don’t be fooled though…..if the pain suddenly stops, it doesn’t mean you’re good to go!! It just means the pressure from the infection has been relieved but you still have bacteria so go to the dentist!!
I had a two root canals done five months ago on two of my top teeth. Recently the filling fell out of them, (the teeth were right next to each other), and the pain started a few days later. To make matters worse, I have an extremely infected tooth on the same side of my mouth that has decided to flare up, making the pain in my mouth unbearable. I was in tears. I called the Dentist who cant see me until April 3rd, however he did prescribe some vicodin. Well, the vicodin did absolutely nothing for the pain and it caused me to throw up non stop. I went to Fred Meyer’s and they actually sell temporary filling, next to the Orajel, on the toothpaste aisle. It was easy to do and it has actually helped tremendously. It was only five bucks so I recommend you try it. As for the other tooth, it had been two weeks and I couldnt take the pain and throwing up anymore, so I caved and headed for the emergency room this morning(Sunday). They switched me to percocet, 1-2 every four hours, gave me penicillin, and told me to take up to 800 mg of ibruprofen every 6 hours. I went right home, popped all them pills, and for the first time in two weeks I have NO PAIN!! NONE!!! I actually ate dinner and managed to keep it down……………So, needless to say I highly advise you call your Dentists and ask them to prescribe these for you………………Good Luck
Hi, I have a abscessed tooth! I took 3 lortab tablets for the pain but it didnt put a dent in the pain. I was in so much pain that I went to the ER to try to find relief. They gave me a shot of Morphine, Visteril, Torradol…but it just wasnt enough. They had to give me a second shot of Morphine, that I think helped? After that, I went home and slept like a baby only to wake up the next morning with the pain back again. I have been sitting in bed all day sipping on a cup of ice water (swish it around the infected tooth for relief). Any other home remedies for pain relief?
Wow!! Never had a tooth ache like this before.
Last week cracked a filling on the molar top right side, it was soooo painful! Managed to get some paracetamol and calm it and it was fine up until last night.
Last night stupidly ate on the bad side which has now given me the mother of all tooth aches and like many others on here im at my wits end as to what to do about the pain and typically its sunday today and the dentist isn’t about until tomorrow!
I’ve been taking strong paracetamol which is ok but doesn’t kill the pain completely. But i’ve just swished some whiskey around the bad tooth and that seemed to numb the area a little.
Good luck to you all and your poor teeth, maybe from this we will all learn to take more care of them and see the dentist more regularly?
I have lived through tooth pain on and off now for a few weeks. Some days I think it’s related to the cold I’ve had for a while now. I’m going to make an appointment with my doc in the morning.
I’ve been dealing with pain, that averages about a 7 on the 10 scale all day today. I’ve taken so much ibuprofen, tylenol, naproxen sodium and aspirin, I’m afraid I’m going to OD. I’ve also read so many comments here about trying to swish with vodka. Unfortunately, by the time I saw that tip, it was too late for the day to try and get any, because our stores here stop selling by 10:00 pm on Sundays. I did have some beer, however, so I’m quite intoxicated as I write this. The pain is there, but I think I will be able to sleep just fine… for the first time in days.
I’ve tried everything…. salt water, which usually does help, but hasn’t today… and of course, the coctails of over the counter meds. I’m sure mine is either an absess, or it’s caused by the cold (sinus infection). Either way, I’m making that appointment for my physician.
I don’t have dental coverage with the insurance at work, and I can’t afford a dentist, else I’d have these damn things pulled. Incidentally, it’s in two teeth, top and bottom on the left side. I’ve no idea why my bottom tooth is hurting. I really think it’s pain association rather than a problem on the bottom.
I think it probably is an absess. If I can find a dentist locally that will work with me on payments, or an oral surgeon my regular insurance will help with, I’ll get done what I need to do. Otherwise, I’m doomed to live with this pain because I only make enough money to meet my basic needs, and not enough to pay for dental care.
Of course, like many, I’ve not had the best habits of dental care, so I’ve got teeth rotting out like crazy. The odd thing is, the teeth that have the most wear are just fine. It’s two of my molars on the left side (top and bottom), which are hurting me now. This is the worst pain I’ve ever had, and the worst part is… it’s constant. I’ve almost been brought to tears because of it.
Good luck to you all. It’s nice to know that places like this exist. I’ll be thinking of you all, and hoping that you find relief.
Regards,
V
OMG I wish someone would just give me the courtesy of shotting me than to live wit this never stopping toothache.Ive tried everything except the vodka due to the fact that im kinda religious .Any other remedies pleas?
Wow my tooth hurt so much. After not sleeping for two straight days I finally went to the clinic. The doctor gave me antibiotics and T3. Hope it takes care of the pain. I cant get into the dentist until next week. It was so weird it went from being a normal tooth (no sensitivity at all) to an infected mess over night. I think it might have something to do with my wisdom teeth coming in. It feels like they are crushing the other teeth. This is the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life.
I feel for you all. I’ve came here in hope of distracting myself for a while because this toothache is nearly too much to stand! Hopefully the pain killers will kick in soon… we can all have hopes.
I’ve found keeping yourself busy as possible serves as the best distraction but its 5:35am and i have to be up at 7am for work. No rest for the wicked :(.
WOW denta girl your a nice pice of work we are sick and tired of suffering and being ripped off at some overcost help just so some trukey can have a ship so cruse on… turns out after 3 teeth the dentist pulled and 400 some odd dollars HE WAS NEVER RIGHT I was having a reaction to SOY and it gave me an infection. GOOD MEDICAL WORK THERE NOT THIS NATION IS JUST A BUNCH OF MONEY HUNGRY RIP OFF ARTISTS. (just like the government… but that is another post)
Fair well all and make sure the know what the problem is and you dont loose 400 bucks and 3 teeth over thier stupidity
DanO
I think I’m going crazy.
I’ve had a toothache for about a week. Was able to see the dentist quickly 3 days ago, only for him to say “yeah.. i see the problem. You’re scheduled for an appointment on the 30th, we’ll let you know if anything opens up before then.”
Nice.
Best part of all of this… I work in radio. I NEED to talk for a living, and now I am going to have to do it with intense pain for the next 16 days.
Wonderful.
Strangely (unless I read the haeding wrong) everyone is competing in pain and I have seen no solutions. I will say in my case (which may or not be as bad as others) It really is down to Money. I have 4 teeth at the back and front that have cavities, I went to the ER yesterday it was so bad, Im up writing because I just cant sleep, Antbiotics and that Codine stuff aint working at all. Sadly when I get it extracted this weekend it would be nice if the Dentist would say ” Since your teeth are sooooo bad, I’ll give you 4 for the price of one.” very unlikely although there does need to be a break for people without money. Hey the pains going away now that the sun is up. Theres definately something about that night time pain thing. Thank you guys for giving me something to do.
blessings and ease of teeth to you all because
I KNOW THE PAIN. :>)
Any solutions.
fuck you get a dentist dumbas
This is what I know and hopefully it will help someone else. I have had tooth pain before just as described above with the throbbing and pain and sleepless nights. What I have concluded is this. In some cases, not all, the pain is not actually caused by the tooth itself being infected it is caused by the trauma to the gums and cheek tissue surrounding the tooth. You see I had a filling fall out on the side of my tooth next to my cheek. As I ate and talked throughout the day, the rough, sharp edges of my tooth scrapped and wounded my cheek. By the end of the day I was sure I was experiencing an absessed tooth. I could not pinpoint the exact origin of the pain… all I knew was it throbbed, got more intense when I laid down… I was sure I needed a root canal.. the pain was torture….. to make a long story short… after having pain come and go for weeks…. I determined that I needed to patch the hole in my tooth… so I bought some dental wax, the kind made for kids with braces and stuck it in the hole…. and smoothed out the rough edges of the tooth that were cutting into my cheek…. the pain disapeared…. the wax doesn’t last long… and can get stuck to food and come out… but it really can help you get on with your life. Unfortunately it doesn’t take away the pain of trauma to your cheek or gums immediately but if you have a cracked tooth or have a filling that fell out and have a rough jagged tooth give this a try.. it really does help me. Then the irritation and swelling can go down and I can get into see a dentist and get it fixed…
Another thing that I have noticed is that when my bite is off I have severe pain…. the dentist over filled a tooth and I have a high spot. I tend to hit that tooth first when I chew food because it is high. Anyway the tooth rocks now because of the force and this tooth gets the pressure of my entire mouth… eventually it will get irritated and get super sore and rock…the pain can be as bad as you all have described…. if I mess with it with my fingers in my mouth it gets worse… if I lay off it for a few days and eat at the other side it tightens back up and calms down…. I’ve been back to that dentist 8 times to get my bite adjusted and he just can’t get it right… so I have suffered over a year with this bite problem….. with all that I have determined that there are alot of incompetent health professionals out there and I’m sure there are many unnessary root canals being performed….educate yourselves, get second opinions and be your own health detective…If you can be specific with where the pain is originating from and what caused it the dentist has a better idea of how to help you…. If you don’t like your dentist… go to another one or two…. some are better than others…. god bless you all… and thanks for this site…. this is where I come when I get tooth pain and just reading this can help the time pass more quickly ….
Are fillings supposed to hurt like this???Ive just had my first fillings ever ,in the 2 back molars on bottom left side of mouth,mouth still little numb from the novacaine but whats weird is like this pressure i feel on my other healthy teeth,god i hope that this pain will fade,why oh why dont they just agree to extract a persons teeth???i asked for it like 3 times and the dentists explanation was”if u have a splint in your finger,will you go to the dr and ask him to cut off your finger??”who gives a sh…t ,as long as the pain goes away,im sure i wasn’t in this much pain before the dentist saw me,and in 10 days time I have to go back for them to change the temp filling to a perm one and have to have another tooth filled on the upper jaw,right opposite the ones filled at the bottom,sounds like fun ,doesnt it!!:-(true what people say,TOOTHACHE WORSE THAN CHILDBIRTH!!!
Ouch! It hurts so much!!!! My gums around my wisdom tooth is hurting and the pain seems like it’s running all around my bottom gums. Please help!!
everybody i am not sure that this works but i have heard from many sources that if you have a tooth ache on the left side of the jaw put an ic cube between your thumb and first finger on your right hand and vise versa on the other side of the jaw.
also there are some kinds of fillings that can make an allergic reaction. check into it!
I have to agree with those who say tooth pain is worse than child birth!! I would rather give birth a million times over instead of going through this! I am waiting to get in to see the dentist and hubby and I will be heading into a clinic today to get some antibiotics. I don’t know how much more of this I can take!!!
Ouch ouch ouch, what’s root canal… …its a what now… …it costs how much?…. ….i will never eat sweets/candy again!
iIcant believe it worked!!!! My tooth hurts sooooooo bad. I read about 1000 posts about vodka, but dont have any. So i tried the only thing i had. ….Tequila. It is working and imediatly. Dont know how long it will last though.
OK GUYS, I HAVE THREE THINGS THAT HELP WITH TOOTH ACHES. MOST OF THE TIME THEY WORK SOMETIMES THEY DON’T BUT ITS WORTH A TRY RIGHT. FIRST IS PUT A WARM (WET) WASH CLOTHE OVER THE PART OF YOU MOUTH THAT HURTS. IF THAT DOESN’T WORK THY TAKING A WET TEA BAG AND PUTTING IT ON THE TOOTH THAT HURTS. AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE VODKA YOU CAN ALSO USE REAL VANILLA EXTRACT. JUST WHESH IT AROUND IN YOUR MOUTH AND IT WILL NUMB YOU RIGHT UP. I REALLY HOPE SOME OF THIS WORKS FOR YOU. I KNOW HOW MUCH TOOTH ACHE SUCK!!!
OH MY GOD
toothache pain is the WORST
i’m taking percocet, toradol and clyndamicin but of course it’s the sunday of a long weekend. i had a root canal about 2 months ago and now the tooth has cracked. i thought once you had a root canal you wouldn’t feel pain in that tooth – guess i was wrong!!!
to top it all off – my dentist called in my prescriptions today thank god for that at least – and then tells me he’s closed for THE WEEK because of some course. so i’m 8 days away from relief.
good lord help me!!
I’ve been on amoxicilin for about 2 1/2 days right now while waiting for my root canal, and so far it hasn’t helped. But what has helped – in fact its a bloody miracle, is Aleve. It gets rid of 99% of the pain for 14-16 hours for me off of one pill. When the Aleve wears off, the pain is bad enough to wake me up in the middle of the night. Pop another Aleve and I’m back to sleep in 20-30 minutes.
OMG!
my molars are starting to grow and my cavity is acting up.
so much pain.
and i’m only in the 6th grade and i have EOG’s tomorrow.
can’t function.
any home remedies that you know of.
if yes please email joiiroxii@yahoo.com
3 Months of toothAche should end this Thursday i hope 31st May 2007.My problems started at the age of seven being pinned to a dentist chair by my father as the Dentist pulled a tooth out with an absese on the side of the root.NEVER AGAIN, anyway as it happens i could have had the tooth pulled 5 weeks ago,but the fear would not allow me to let him do it.Now to Pain Relief, i started of with Bonjela A mild gel,,then moved onto clove oil and 3 bottles later just bought Orajel as the clove oil was blowing my head with constant use any way 1st aplication of this Orajel and the Ache as gone,dont know how long it will last but only 2 days to go,Good luck to every one,
I have horrible teeth, but I am only 24 years old and I take really good care of my teeth. My dad had this dental desease called pierea, and I think that I have it. I have all of my wisdom teeth still that bother me alot, as some of people said that they are afraid of the dentist, well you are not alone, I am deathly afraid of them, if they come close to me I start to freak out. I have a cracked and slightly briken wisdom tooth on the left side of my face well my whoe face is so sore and my ear and my cheeck, all of a sudden last week well it never before bothered me, but then I was dressing my son for school and all of a sudden a sharp, sharp horrible pain made me scream and drop to my knees. I have had toothaches before but never like this one. This felt like living was not worth the pain. I have had 2 kids, childbirth maybe something that they say is the worst pain in the world SORRY, no. I even had surgery on my chest were they break your sternum, this is so omuch worse then them both. It is excrussiation pain and I can’t take it. I hope that god is with you all and helps take the pain away, please prey for me too, I can’t take it anymore