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Hoping someone out there can relate to my situation

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I had wisdom teeth surgery back in April 2014. I had 2 teeth extracted. The upper and lower left side. The lower one they only took part of the tooth and a cyst that had grown because the tooth was sitting on a nerve. I am 49 years old. So I had them done later than they like. I did well and recovered fairly well. Six weeks after surgery I had a filling put in a tooth on the 2nd molar next to where the wisdom tooth was extracted.It was a deep filling.Then on the upper 2nd molar right next to the other wisdom tooth extracted had another filling at put around 7 weeks. I cam home in terrible pain and pressure in tooth. The dentist blamed it on the band that they
put around tooth to put composite filling in. This all went on for 1 month. In that time frame I had those teeth file down 2 times to see if this all came from the bite. Then I was advised to see endontist. I had root canal 6 weeks after the filling on upper left 2nd molar. Then 2 weeks later a core build up and temporary crown. I am due in a week for a permanent crown. I still have constant pressure in upper and lower back left side molars . My gum on that side always feels inflamed from that pressure feeling. Now the gum over there is starting to tingle or have a burny sensation that even stretches across the outside skin over chin area. Nobody , not the oral surgeon or dentist, I even have a new dentist because I wouldn't go back to old dentist that seem to cause all this with the 2nd filling, not the endontist can figure out or tell me what this is. They all just say everyone is different. They say maybe I need more healing time. All this done to my mouth in a 5 month time. I would think I would feel better by now. It has caused so much anxiety and depression because I drive everyone in my life crazy talking about it. I try not to talk about it but its debilitating. I am concerned with this burning sensation I now feel in the gum. Not sure about getting the permanent crown sense I feel this way.
I am posting this about myself in hope someone out there has or may be going through this or maybe there is a professional that can shed some light on this since no one else can.
 
hay there i am sort of in your situation. I to have anxiaty problems and depression so i feel for you as i know only to well. I also am obsessed with my teeth pretty much most of the time and i hate it it rules my life. I am off to the dentist tomorrow to see if he will help me and to see if he will really listen to what i am saying.
Thought i would drop you a line as nobody had replied to you and i didnt want you thinking your alone xx
 
I'm having a ton of dental work to be done, including a root canal tomorrow, and in the end a lot of it relates back to bad dentists and bad experiences. I'm not sure I can relate exactly, but like the other poster I wanted to let you know that you're not alone and I'm really sorry for everything you're having to go through. Teeth are such a terror :( why must they ruin everything? It seems like no matter how good some of us take care of our mouths we still have problems. I hope you start to get better and that everything works out for the better :hug:
 
Hi Tlcha,

So sorry you are so uncomfortable. I wish I could offer you an explanation, unfortunately I've also had a root canal on a back molar and have had non stop throbbing and recently an annoying tingling or numbing feeling in the jaw and cheek surrounding it. When I called my dentist he put me on 800mg of ibuprofen three times a day for ten days presuming it was due to inflammation in that area. I'll save you the money and your stomach the burning....the ibuprofen didn't stop the throbbing. It did make the tingling or numbing a little better but not significantly.

I wish I could be of more help to you.
 
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