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Question:
I am in pain!!! I have always had bad teeth. I have always went
to the dentist for regular checkups and inevitably had one or two cavities
most of the time. I don't eat hard candy and I limit my amount of soft
drinks. Now I am 29 with many fillings. About a year or two ago I had to
have a root canal and crown on my left bottom side. This has now progressed
to two root canals on the bottom left and one root canal and crown on the
top left. I also have a crown on the top left with no root canal. About a
month ago I went for a filling on the left bottom back tooth and everything
went fine. About a week later I started having mild pain on the back left. I
have had TMJ before and thought that it was just that because the pain ran
from the back of the jaw up the ear and down the jaw. I called my family
physician and told him and he ordered my an antibiotic (amoxicillin) for ten
days. I had some hydrocodene and took that for pain. After the ten days the
pain was still there and was increasing. I called the dentist and at this
time I could still eat on the left side and no pain was present when hot or
cold was applied to these teeth. Over the past three days the pain has been
excruciating and I haven't been able to sleep. I called the dentist and he
ordered me some 800 mg ibuprofen for swelling and diazapam (5 mg) to help me
sleep at night. He still thought it was TMJ. Now I can't eat on the left
side, I had some soup and it touched that last tooth on the left and I
thought I would die. I called the dentist Friday morning and they ordered me
more hydrocodone for pain and now I have an appointment Monday morning at
8:00 a.m. Does this sound like an abcess? I have never had one but the pain
is beyond explanation? ...Visitor from GA
Answer:
You are having a rough time I can tell.
Two things (and I know you do not want to deal with but one now):
1. At some point you need to look into the why for you having this much
trouble. You are not supposed to go around with your mouth continually
getting worse and worse. It sounds like your mouth is on a downhill slide
and you need a game plan to stop that and head in another direction. Ask
your dentist to help you with this!
2. If I were you I would call the dentist back and let him or her know that
you are in this much pain over the weekend. Either they will give you
stronger pain medication (which I probably would not) or they will offer to
see you over the weekend (which I do for my patients of record when they
have trouble).
Best of luck to you and give the dentist a call!
James Sanderson, DMD
Alabama Teeth In An Hour
Alabama Sedation Dentist
1633 Montgomery Highway
Birmingham, AL 35216
(205) 979-6005
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