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Gilla999
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Hi all - wondering if anyone can help
On Friday night I suddenly started getting extreme toothache at the top right second back from left molar (I have no wisdom teeth). I'd had my regular 6 month check up 3 weeks ago and everything had been fine but this pain was unbearable and by Saturday I knew I had to see an emergency dentist.
I saw a private emergency dentist who said it was infected and possibly had the root fractured and would need to be extracted. It took her about 2 hours to get it out - it was fairly traumatic - and the anesthetic wore off by the time I was leaving the surgery and the pain was like nothing I've ever experienced before, I was literally out of my mind with the pain. She gave me metronidazole and amoxicilin which I've been taking since. The day after the extraction the pain was bearable, but I feel that now - four days later - it's still at the same pain level, and I'm having to take a lot of painkillers every day. A new sensation is that my front lower and upper teeth have a permanent feeling of being "set on edge"... a weird achy sensation. The skin around the extraction is also incredibly sore (the soreness seems to extend quite far away from the root) - so sore that even if I drink cold water it stings.
Is all of this normal, has anyone had an extraction before and experienced any of this? Is it just a reaction to the work that was done and/or nerve damage from the eight injections she gave me?
Thanks very much!
On Friday night I suddenly started getting extreme toothache at the top right second back from left molar (I have no wisdom teeth). I'd had my regular 6 month check up 3 weeks ago and everything had been fine but this pain was unbearable and by Saturday I knew I had to see an emergency dentist.
I saw a private emergency dentist who said it was infected and possibly had the root fractured and would need to be extracted. It took her about 2 hours to get it out - it was fairly traumatic - and the anesthetic wore off by the time I was leaving the surgery and the pain was like nothing I've ever experienced before, I was literally out of my mind with the pain. She gave me metronidazole and amoxicilin which I've been taking since. The day after the extraction the pain was bearable, but I feel that now - four days later - it's still at the same pain level, and I'm having to take a lot of painkillers every day. A new sensation is that my front lower and upper teeth have a permanent feeling of being "set on edge"... a weird achy sensation. The skin around the extraction is also incredibly sore (the soreness seems to extend quite far away from the root) - so sore that even if I drink cold water it stings.
Is all of this normal, has anyone had an extraction before and experienced any of this? Is it just a reaction to the work that was done and/or nerve damage from the eight injections she gave me?
Thanks very much!