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bexr
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I really hope someone can help me?
I have been flossing every day, brushing twice a day (electric toothbrush, min of 4 mins each time I brush), and using a mouthwash every day for 5 months. I have been exemplary in my diet and have only drunk water.
I do not have any blood when flossing or brushing.
I know I have a slight build up of plaque, but nothing that is very visible.
I have had a numb, tingling sensation across the whole of my upper-right gum - from where the gumline visibly meets the crown to where my gum meets my cheek and palette - for months now. My dentist says he cannot see anything.
I've already been to a charlatan NHS dentist, and am now having ALL the work she carried out (both necessary and unnecessary!!!) treated by my new dentist.
This feeling is sore and uncomfortable. It's almost like I've had the top layer of skin burnt off?? Although, the gum only looks very, very slightly inflammed and red (hardly noticeable).
Is it possible that there is some plaque underneath the gumline, and that it is irritating my gum. Or does it sound like nerve damage (my old crappy dentist did an unnecessary root canal up there, on a tooth that should have only had a filling)? Could there be some decay still present that she didn't get rid of and then she put a filling back on top???
I'm at my wit's end. My new dentist wants to carry out all of the other treatment I need to have to fix what she did first before investigating this.
I have been flossing every day, brushing twice a day (electric toothbrush, min of 4 mins each time I brush), and using a mouthwash every day for 5 months. I have been exemplary in my diet and have only drunk water.
I do not have any blood when flossing or brushing.
I know I have a slight build up of plaque, but nothing that is very visible.
I have had a numb, tingling sensation across the whole of my upper-right gum - from where the gumline visibly meets the crown to where my gum meets my cheek and palette - for months now. My dentist says he cannot see anything.
I've already been to a charlatan NHS dentist, and am now having ALL the work she carried out (both necessary and unnecessary!!!) treated by my new dentist.
This feeling is sore and uncomfortable. It's almost like I've had the top layer of skin burnt off?? Although, the gum only looks very, very slightly inflammed and red (hardly noticeable).
Is it possible that there is some plaque underneath the gumline, and that it is irritating my gum. Or does it sound like nerve damage (my old crappy dentist did an unnecessary root canal up there, on a tooth that should have only had a filling)? Could there be some decay still present that she didn't get rid of and then she put a filling back on top???
I'm at my wit's end. My new dentist wants to carry out all of the other treatment I need to have to fix what she did first before investigating this.