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Rls15
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Hi all
Around 3 weeks ago I started getting pain in what I thought was my jaw. I was under a bit of exam stress at the time so figured I was clenching, no problem. Ibuprofen sorted it out. I had a week off work for revision and no pain. I had two exams and on the second day I started to get a few twinges again. Ibuprofen sorted it out, again. That night I woke up with pain in my teeth so I stayed up all night in a panic and booked an appointment as the pain was so located to a tooth. My dentist took an X-ray and did a visual exam but couldn’t find much wrong, although my fully erupted (and heavily filled) wisdom tooth did react slightly to the percussion test in so far as I felt it more on that tooth than the others, but no pain.
The teeth aren’t sensitive, I can bite on them, and the pain isn’t throbbing although it can be quite strong in the middle of the night. Again, ibuprofen sorts that out and if I take ibuprofen before bed I don’t wake up in the night at all.
I’ve had “proper” toothache before, where it gets worse lying down and reacts to heat/cold. It doesn’t feel like that.
My dentist thought it could be the start of an infection on the heavily filled wisdom tooth and to leave it a few days. If my symptoms were still there, she told me to make an appointment and she would take the tooth out. She did say my gums were inflamed but that’s really all she said.
I still have the same symptoms although it was much better over the weekend - didn’t take any ibuprofen at all. Went back to work on Tuesday and it started again. I do sit at my desk with a phone under my chin or hand but on my left side so don’t know if it’s connected.
I have IBS and dental fear (of check ups weirdly) so it’s always a physical trauma to get me into the chair, although I’m quite happy when I’m there strangely.
I’m not sure what to do, book an appointment for another check up or just book in for an extraction. Could there be any other possibilities? I’d hate to get a tooth removed that didn’t need it and still be in pain but it is heavily filled and did react more than the other teeth to the percussion test so I do see her point. In the day it’s the jaw that aches but at night it’s the teeth.
On a side note if it’s an infection I have just been prescribed flucloxacillin for another condition, I know it’s not the antibiotic of choice but can’t hurt I suppose!
Many thanks
Around 3 weeks ago I started getting pain in what I thought was my jaw. I was under a bit of exam stress at the time so figured I was clenching, no problem. Ibuprofen sorted it out. I had a week off work for revision and no pain. I had two exams and on the second day I started to get a few twinges again. Ibuprofen sorted it out, again. That night I woke up with pain in my teeth so I stayed up all night in a panic and booked an appointment as the pain was so located to a tooth. My dentist took an X-ray and did a visual exam but couldn’t find much wrong, although my fully erupted (and heavily filled) wisdom tooth did react slightly to the percussion test in so far as I felt it more on that tooth than the others, but no pain.
The teeth aren’t sensitive, I can bite on them, and the pain isn’t throbbing although it can be quite strong in the middle of the night. Again, ibuprofen sorts that out and if I take ibuprofen before bed I don’t wake up in the night at all.
I’ve had “proper” toothache before, where it gets worse lying down and reacts to heat/cold. It doesn’t feel like that.
My dentist thought it could be the start of an infection on the heavily filled wisdom tooth and to leave it a few days. If my symptoms were still there, she told me to make an appointment and she would take the tooth out. She did say my gums were inflamed but that’s really all she said.
I still have the same symptoms although it was much better over the weekend - didn’t take any ibuprofen at all. Went back to work on Tuesday and it started again. I do sit at my desk with a phone under my chin or hand but on my left side so don’t know if it’s connected.
I have IBS and dental fear (of check ups weirdly) so it’s always a physical trauma to get me into the chair, although I’m quite happy when I’m there strangely.
I’m not sure what to do, book an appointment for another check up or just book in for an extraction. Could there be any other possibilities? I’d hate to get a tooth removed that didn’t need it and still be in pain but it is heavily filled and did react more than the other teeth to the percussion test so I do see her point. In the day it’s the jaw that aches but at night it’s the teeth.
On a side note if it’s an infection I have just been prescribed flucloxacillin for another condition, I know it’s not the antibiotic of choice but can’t hurt I suppose!
Many thanks