off topic....toothache

[MaineJackie 3]

I had a root canal and crown on a tooth close to 10 years ago. It started hurting when I bite down on it several months ago....went to dentist....xrayed......everything okay. Dentist felt it might have been "high" and hitting the upper teeth so they ground it down a bit.

Tonight----bit down on a piece of meat....nothing hard.......and YOWZA........I am in pain....continuous......throbbing.......

arghhhhhh................

I hate this.

[trishfish 1]

Tooth issues sure make chewing or food difficult!! Been thee done that! Had a root canal day #1 of pre op diet...made the first few days of a liquid diet so easy! My.doc jokingly.said he will recommend this method to all his patients...hahaha

[Humming Bird 275]

I had a root canal and crown on a tooth close to 10 years ago. It started hurting when I bite down on it several months ago....went to dentist....xrayed......everything okay. Dentist felt it might have been "high" and hitting the upper teeth so they ground it down a bit.

Tonight----bit down on a piece of meat....nothing hard.......and YOWZA........I am in pain....continuous......throbbing.......

arghhhhhh................

I hate this.

It sounds to me like you may need a re-treat on the root canal therapy. If it were me I would have it done by an endodontist. I hope you have dental insurance because a re-treat costs more. Antibiotics may help the pain go away for awhile, but it will come back. It might buy you a bit of time so you can save money for the re-treat. They can go through the existing crown and then you can just get a filling in the access hole. You don't have to get a new crown.

[jennibee 3]

I am suffering horribly from the exact same thing. I went back on liquids for the last 2 days because I can't chew. I have three crowns on the bottom right they are hurting me so bad. All of a sudden, no injury or anything like that just BAM wake up looking like a bus hit the right side of my face and terrible pain. My dentist can't see me till next week so he called in antibiotics and pain meds till then. I am hoping for some relief soon. I have a high pain tolerance except for when it comes to teeth. I broke my foot two years ago and I didn't even use the pain meds then but this tooth business...Please dose me up! I will wait till it kicks in and sleep it off if I have to! Hopefully I don't have to spend my whole tax return on my teeth! I have plans for that $$$$$! Lol! Good luck with your toothache, I hope you start feeling better soon!

[Jess55 97]

I had a filling a while ago and like a week or so later I started having major pain and it got worse an worse, I was in agony. Finally I found out the root had died and was infected and they had to drill a hole in it and let the infection and gas drain out for a couple days. I was on antibiotics for a week. This pain was a pain that no meds touched. Even when they injected me with novacaine it did not dull this pain. And it was shooting across my jaw. It was horrible. So a few days after he opened it I went back and he temporarily closed it, it was not fully done til like a month later to make sure the infection was gone. I never want to go through that again