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Acheygirl
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Hi everyone. I am starting this journal for support and perhaps advice. I have reached a real dead end with my dental pain and I am starting to think this is a hopeless situation. I honestly don't quite know where to go from here and it has affected my life and my relationships.
Let me first preface by saying I am middle aged. As a child I grew up with a dentist who like to drill. All of my molars are packed full of fillings. No tooth back there is left unfilled. They are all probably on their way out. Anyhow last summer I got a tooth ache in the top premolar or so I thought. When I would floss and pull the floss out, that specific tooth would ache. So I waited it out until October when it got worse and saw my dentist. He looked at it and said it was cracked and wanted to remove the filling. We did and he said fortunately the crack stopped. So he refilled it and said if it continues to hurt I should visit the endodontist and discuss root canal therapy.
I went home and it felt good. It waxes and wanes. So I thought we had solved the problem. A week later it started to throb. I wanted to hold out hope that maybe it was reversable but it got worse so i saw the endo. He did all the tests to those upper teeth. Hot water, cold water, tapping and pressure testing. He said he could root canal that tooth that day but maybe I can wait and see if it goes away since we got no clear cut answers. I went home but ended up coming back in pain so we opted to root canal that tooth. I felt relieved and hopeful but a few weeks later it hurt more, so back in I went. We ended up retreating that tooth twice but the pain continued. So we thought it was the neighboring tooth. Same thing wait and come back and I ended up coming back and getting that tooth done. He said it was looking very diseased inside and felt we solved it. Not so!
Here I am still in pain. Some days worse then others. To make things more confusing I have a cracked molar on that side. But that tooth seems ok for now? I get pain and pressure in both the root canal teeth. I also get stinging in my gums, an vicks vapor rub sensation in my gums, aching that spreads to a lower tooth which is also cracked. I feel like all hope is lost. Not sure where to turn. I wonder about a facial nerve issue but I have no clue who to see for it. My primary doc is stumped. We discussed neurontin and amitriptiline for pain. I am ok with that but I want to be sure it's not a tooth issue before I add medication. Unfortunately even these reputable well trained doctors cannot quite figure it out. A 3d cone scan did not reveal anything. Thanks for listening.
Let me first preface by saying I am middle aged. As a child I grew up with a dentist who like to drill. All of my molars are packed full of fillings. No tooth back there is left unfilled. They are all probably on their way out. Anyhow last summer I got a tooth ache in the top premolar or so I thought. When I would floss and pull the floss out, that specific tooth would ache. So I waited it out until October when it got worse and saw my dentist. He looked at it and said it was cracked and wanted to remove the filling. We did and he said fortunately the crack stopped. So he refilled it and said if it continues to hurt I should visit the endodontist and discuss root canal therapy.
I went home and it felt good. It waxes and wanes. So I thought we had solved the problem. A week later it started to throb. I wanted to hold out hope that maybe it was reversable but it got worse so i saw the endo. He did all the tests to those upper teeth. Hot water, cold water, tapping and pressure testing. He said he could root canal that tooth that day but maybe I can wait and see if it goes away since we got no clear cut answers. I went home but ended up coming back in pain so we opted to root canal that tooth. I felt relieved and hopeful but a few weeks later it hurt more, so back in I went. We ended up retreating that tooth twice but the pain continued. So we thought it was the neighboring tooth. Same thing wait and come back and I ended up coming back and getting that tooth done. He said it was looking very diseased inside and felt we solved it. Not so!
Here I am still in pain. Some days worse then others. To make things more confusing I have a cracked molar on that side. But that tooth seems ok for now? I get pain and pressure in both the root canal teeth. I also get stinging in my gums, an vicks vapor rub sensation in my gums, aching that spreads to a lower tooth which is also cracked. I feel like all hope is lost. Not sure where to turn. I wonder about a facial nerve issue but I have no clue who to see for it. My primary doc is stumped. We discussed neurontin and amitriptiline for pain. I am ok with that but I want to be sure it's not a tooth issue before I add medication. Unfortunately even these reputable well trained doctors cannot quite figure it out. A 3d cone scan did not reveal anything. Thanks for listening.