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Troublesometeeth
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Hi all. It's been a couple of years since I have posted in this forum. When I visited last I had both of my wisdom teeth (upper) growing in at the same time, crooked. They have since broken away. I had some excruciating pain with my right side and had an exposed nerve there before. In the end it died, and there was a dangly thing (presumably the nerve) which came out on its own.
That was the end of my problems.
Unfortunately, my right wisdom tooth pushed into my second molar causing a crack in my tooth along the bottom of it slap bang in the middle. It's been slowly crumbling away with no pain. I've just ignored it like I did my wisdom teeth. Now I'm paying the price for that. I have about 3/4 of my upper 2nd molar left, and the nerve in the middle (the pulp) is now exposed. As of 2 days ago I started to get pain, and as of last night the pain has been constant and excruciating.
My dental hygiene has never been great. Ever. But in the last 72 hours my dental hygiene has been the best it ever has been in my life. Salt water rinses multiple times, mouth wash multiple times, brushing after each meal, chewing on the left side of my mouth to avoid food getting trapped in the already insanely painful area. When I brush, I don't bleed at all. I brush right inside the broken tooth to be extra thorough, and I am as gentle as can be. I do tend to hit something inside the tooth (I am guessing the nerve) which hurts like crazy. I don't have any pus, I don't have bad breath, my gums around that tooth are a little red and swollen, but it's mostly the agonising pain that will sometimes twinge, then go back to a sharp ache, then twinge, then sharp ache, then it'll cool off for about 30 seconds before striking again for a couple of minutes.
I am at a loss. I am still afraid of the dentist, just as I was 2 years ago and just as I have been since I was 10. I did go and visit them when I was having my issues before and I asked for antibiotics for periodonitis (spelling?) I don't want to hear comments that "you should go to the dentist. Go to the dentist. Visit the dentist." I know that is what I SHOULD do. The problems are both my fears and finances.
I just needed to vent and rant about the pain I'm in, which doesn't seem to be helped unless I spend all of my time under the bl**dy bathroom sink rinsing with warm water. I'm just waiting for the nerve to die, just like last time, and then the pain will be gone. I hope then that will be the end!
That was the end of my problems.
Unfortunately, my right wisdom tooth pushed into my second molar causing a crack in my tooth along the bottom of it slap bang in the middle. It's been slowly crumbling away with no pain. I've just ignored it like I did my wisdom teeth. Now I'm paying the price for that. I have about 3/4 of my upper 2nd molar left, and the nerve in the middle (the pulp) is now exposed. As of 2 days ago I started to get pain, and as of last night the pain has been constant and excruciating.
My dental hygiene has never been great. Ever. But in the last 72 hours my dental hygiene has been the best it ever has been in my life. Salt water rinses multiple times, mouth wash multiple times, brushing after each meal, chewing on the left side of my mouth to avoid food getting trapped in the already insanely painful area. When I brush, I don't bleed at all. I brush right inside the broken tooth to be extra thorough, and I am as gentle as can be. I do tend to hit something inside the tooth (I am guessing the nerve) which hurts like crazy. I don't have any pus, I don't have bad breath, my gums around that tooth are a little red and swollen, but it's mostly the agonising pain that will sometimes twinge, then go back to a sharp ache, then twinge, then sharp ache, then it'll cool off for about 30 seconds before striking again for a couple of minutes.
I am at a loss. I am still afraid of the dentist, just as I was 2 years ago and just as I have been since I was 10. I did go and visit them when I was having my issues before and I asked for antibiotics for periodonitis (spelling?) I don't want to hear comments that "you should go to the dentist. Go to the dentist. Visit the dentist." I know that is what I SHOULD do. The problems are both my fears and finances.
I just needed to vent and rant about the pain I'm in, which doesn't seem to be helped unless I spend all of my time under the bl**dy bathroom sink rinsing with warm water. I'm just waiting for the nerve to die, just like last time, and then the pain will be gone. I hope then that will be the end!
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