toothache

[cookiecookuk]

i have been awake since 2.30 with a tooth ache.got abcess on my back tooth .went to dentist yesterday and he gave me antibiotics and is going to take it out next friday.

just realised 2.30(tooth hurty):

[cookiecookuk]

thanks leo you made me giggle as you sounded just like my old man.his answer to any pain or sore is salt water.

its not to bad today so hopefully on the mend.

roll on friday.

[cookiecookuk]

sorry velvet just read yours.yes i do mix and match.i have done that several times with advice from dentist and pharmacist.

[captainbovine]

I was told my first abcess was due to my previous dentist's not steralizing the equipment properly!! I've suffered with them ever since, lost about 6 teeth all told. I won't let my new dentist do any detailed work to a worn tooth as you can bet soon as I've paid for it all, I'll get an infection, then an abcess and out comes the tooth!!

Hope you are feeling better today Cookie....nothing worse, here, have a hug off me...gently does it...

[cookiecookuk]

thanks cb.i think i have lost about 7 in the last few years for the same reason.i have a top plate but this one will mean i have no bottom teeth all one side so will now need a bottom plate as well.

not feeling to bad at the moment.

[rose2008-2008]

I have had a lot of problems and pain with teeth. I think we can all sympathize on here. We are a toothless LOT!!!!!!. LOL,. When i have pain in teeth i have to sit up to try to sleep. OOhhhh Terrible!!!!!!!!.. Hope the pills kick in soon!!.

[bitsnknots]

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@merc1_clocks wrote:

 Constant pain is just so wearying...I know

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I couldn't agree more Merc.  I know the feeling well.

[calibra101]

Me too guys....8 yrs of constant pain, countless £££ spent on private consultants because GP has no clue either. yet no firm diagnosis. I am at my wits end

[saasher2012]

Oooh! I've only once had an abscess & that was when one of my wisdom teeth was coming through, it makes me cringe thinking about it. I ended up having the wisdom teeth removed because there wasn't room for them& they were pushing all my other teeth forwards. Touch wood I still have all my other teeth & only ever needed one filling since. But I can still remember the pain of the abscess , so I really feel for you. Have you tried Corsodyl mouthwash?

[cookiecookuk]

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@saasher2012 wrote:
Oooh! I've only once had an abscess & that was when one of my wisdom teeth was coming through, it makes me cringe thinking about it. I ended up having the wisdom teeth removed because there wasn't room for them& they were pushing all my other teeth forwards. Touch wood I still have all my other teeth & only ever needed one filling since. But I can still remember the pain of the abscess , so I really feel for you. Have you tried Corsodyl mouthwash?

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thats horrible.saasher

but not to bad today.roll on friday.

[brynteg11]

If you were a child in the 1960s or 70s you are likely to have lots of fillings as dentists were paid according to the work they had done. I remember having fillings redone quite regularly as a child and friends and collegues my age say the same.

[captainbovine]

I was a child of the 60's and I can remember having to go the dentist often. He had the old foot powered drill and I can still hear that thing going like mad!!!!

glad you are feeling a little better today cookie...xx

[ed_blackadder_1]

I have a mouthfull of fillings being also a child of the 60s, I have 7 crowns and 8 missing teeth, thanks to rubbish dentists who think the only answer is to take them out.

I have just changed to a private dentist because I am fed up with being fobbed off everytime I go to the NHS ones.  I lost a crown at the front and was told there was nothing they could do and I would have to have a small plate. Well I had the plate, it doesn't fit  the tooth is longer than the rest and it makes me gag because it sticks out too much,  when I went to my new dentist they can either put a new cap on to a new post or do a bridge, £500 it is going to cost, but as we have insurance I will only have to pay half. When I went to the NHS dentist he took a tooth out and knocked a crown off at the same time and then refused to do anything about it even though it was his fault, new dentist says no problem to fix will be another £390 but well worth it, I shall have them both done, but leave it a while between visits as it is a lot of money.

I have been to the dentists about 5 times in the last 2 years and have seen a different dentist every time, they keep moving on.

Never again, the insurance is quite a lot for private but we have changed it to start from April so then I wont have to pay anything, so

maybe I will have a sunny smile again before too long instead of a missing tooth.

Sorry rant over.

Sorry meant to say glad you are feeling better cookie

[saasher2012]

I was lucky then according to what you've all said, but I also know if it was a choice between drilling& pulling I'd go for pulling , the drilling was more painful , or perhaps it's because of the instant relief of pain in the gum ,ear & throat when it's pulled. Blimey it's making me cringe again. Sorry didn't mean to frighten anyone!

[cookiecookuk]

i have only really had problems the last 4/5 years since my ME kicked in and then when i get really low an abcess or boil  appears in my most vunerable place.which is a choice of three.mouth ,b##bs or down somewhere else being diagnosed we diabetis does not help

my dentist is brilliant and i have never seen any other dentist in the last 6 years.all nhs and i could not find fault in any way with the practice i go to.so it sounds like i am quite lucky.

[saasher2012]

How long have you been diabetic, very often in its early stages until you have it under control you can suffer with what you describe also your ME doesn't help I'm sure?

[cookiecookuk]

ME was diagnosed about 7 years ago and diabetes 2 years ago.i mostly keep both under control but if i go through any stress or pressure the ME takes controll for a bit and i get boils /abcesses that how it happens.i just have to live with it.

i have now been about 7 hours with no tooth pain so looks like i will get to friday so dentist can take it out.

[saasher2012]

Oh dear that sounds rough, is there nothing your GP can prescribe to help or even put you in touch with a Dermatologist , glad to hear your tooth settled down , as you say roll on Friday!

[cookiecookuk]

boils and abcesses are like coldsores you either suffer or you do not. nothing any body can do apart from not getting to run down.easier said than done.

i once had one on my tonsils and it nearly killed me as it almost closed my wind pipe.thay took my tonsils out 6 days later but i have never had tonsilitis but it would have kept coming back.so i had no choice.

[chickengrandma-2008]

It seems like cookie says, different people are prone to different things.  I suppose it's all the luck of the draw.  I've never had spots, boils or abcesses or even cold sores, never had a one!   I used to be prone to tonsilitis until I was about 15 but grew out of that.  Never had asthma so I've been quite lucky really.  I've always had bad circulation and varicose veins in my legs though which has stopped me walking far and hardly have any teeth that aren't filled, but otherwise I've been pretty healthy.  

Glad to hear your pain has settled cookie, it'll be a relief to go to the dentist won't it.

[rose2008-2008]

I always think im lucky in that i have never yet had to have a stay in hospital or any operations!!!!!!!!!!!!!. But i think i said before the thought terrifies me!!!!!!!!!!!!!. If i had surgery i have no one to look out for me afterwards really not nearby. I have my brother though and he said he would come and stay. Im sure my friend in my flats would not desert me seeing as we have always said we are there if we are ill or we dont see each other for a few days we always text!!!.

I remember in the sixties having the Mask put on at the dentist for the sleeping gas and i had a terrible dream which i remember to this day. It frightenend me for life of dentists!!!!!!!!!!!!. I actually saw the dentist that did that the other day in the supermarket he looked like an old man now and would not have recognized me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I remember the foot pump drills too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. And they just used a pik instrument to descale your teeth and it was agony afterwards.