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- My father, 84 years old is suffering from severe gum pain. all his teeth are false. He's been x-rayed, and the local dentists say it's caused by the nerves. He's taking tegretol (carbamazepine, cabramazepine?), flanax and neurobion (vitamin b complex). Somehow, the pain is relieved but when it attacks it is too severe. His entire body tightens in trying to bear the pain. Sometimes he covers his face to hide his tears. Is there any cure for this? What is the best medication to relieve the pain without the side effects of nausea and stomach ache? ...Eugene in the Phillipines (answer)
- I am in severe pain. I think it's in my gums. I had similar pain in December. I went to my general dentist. He could find nothing wrong. Even with 2 xrays. He gave me some tylenol 3 and said I should take my xrays to a specialist. Well, a few days the pain went away. Never filled the Rx and didn't go to specialist. I figured I must have been grinding my teeth in my sleep and pushed my post into my gums and made them sore. Well now the pain is back. I can barely stand it. It's on the bottom right and seems to be under my last 2 teeth. One of which is the root canal/post/crown. I need to make an appointment but I don't have a specialist. My question is who is the right Dr. to see? Cathy in FL (answer)
- I've been to three dentists for pain in my tooth (somewhere in and around the #20 tooth) and gum and none were able to find the problem. I've had this problem on and off for several months. This problem seems to be getting worse each time. Maybe you can refer me to a dentist who can help. ...CT in PA (answer)
- I have had a pain in the lower left side of my mouth for nine months now. It's not a sharp pain, but rather a low (under the teeth), aching type of pain. I have it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In other words, there's no specific time that I notice it more. I have seen four dentists total (2 regular, 2 Specialists). I have had two root canals (#19 and #20), surgery (tips of roots ground down on #20), have been on antibiotics three times, steroids once and countless pain pills. No one can determine what the problem is. The only relief I get is from topical solutions like Oragel, which totally confuses the dentists. Basically, I've been told that they can't find anything and if the topical products keep working, just stick with those! I've almost given up hope of ever being without this pain. ...Jeffrey in MI (answer)
- I have severe pain in the entire right side of my face-top teeth, bottom teeth, roof of my mouth. When I try something hot to eat or drink, the pain is excruciating. It seems to emanate from my top back teeth. I do have metal fillings in those teeth. Could this be a filling problem, a sinus problem or something more serious. I have heard that mouth pain can signal heart problems. ...Carol in Pennsylvania (answer)
- I have been to six dentists for the same problem. It started about 2 1/2
years ago. My lower right side of my mouth started becoming painful. The last 3 teeth. I didn't know if it was the teeth or the gums. Each time I saw a dentist they would do x-rays. They said that the crowns looked good and that they couldn't find the problem. One dentist suggested Prevident. That worked pretty good. I have been using it for 2 years now. Three months ago the pain
got worse and my dentist decided that he should do a root canal on the tooth and the closest crown. It did not help. I am still in pain but if I place the Prevident on the area it helps. What do you think the problem is? Why does the Prevident help? Should I get another root canal on the last crowned tooth?
HELP!!!! I have spent 2300.00 and have no relief. ...Donna in California (answer)
- Hi there. About 8 months ago I had a strange pressure in the lower-front portion of my gums. My lower 2 wisdom teeth were impacted and removed along with my other wisdom teeth six months ago. I waited for 2 months to see if the pressure would go away. It's not a really painful pressure but a REALLY REALLY annoying one that keeps getting worse. I asked my dentist and doctor and they told me to get a deep cleaning of my teeth. I did and it didn't help the pressure go away. 3 months ago the pressure from my lower gums and mouth started traveling up to the upper gums and even right behind my nose. I am getting really scared for I don't know when the pressure will DECREASED. I also find that when I press down on my teeth the pressure increases, and on my left hand between my thumb and index finger I get muscle spasms a lot now. The pressure is starting to turn into pain on my other parts of my body. Please tell me what I can do! This is a nightmare because my dentist and doctor are clueless. Visitor from CA (answer)
- I recently went to the dentist for a crown. In preparing the tooth for a temporary, I received 6 injections at various points on the left side of my mouth for the purpose of numbing. For the past two weeks, I have been in a great deal of pain (primarily in my jaw and gum - left side). How do I relieve this pain (I have taken motrin 200 mg every 4 hours)? Do you think I am allergic to novacaine? What should I do? I am afraid of having future dental work done at this point. Visitor from MI (answer)
- Two days ago I woke up with a strange feeling on the left side of my face. I don't want to call pain, just a sensation or tightness or discomfort. I can't quite tell where the feeling is coming from since it keeps moving. Sometimes it seems to come the upper back part of my jaw and
mouth, sometimes from the gum near the last tooth in the back of my mouth. Sometimes it seems to not even come from my mouth but rather from the gland
below my my chin where my face and neck meet. The feeling is very vague so I have been waiting for it to get worse before I see someone. At this point I don't know if I should see a dentist or a doctor. It seems like it might be even be flu related aches or swollen lymph nodes. Please advise. Visitor from CA (answer)
- I have good teeth...have been cavity free for years except my gums are shrinking and so several are filled in to cover the roots. I have a recurrent pain in my upper left gum area since mid spring of this year and sometimes in my lower left only not as severe. My dentist said they look ok and x-rays were negative. Would like to know what suggestions you might have for home remedy or treatment of pain. ...Visitor from MN (answer)
- I just had a temporary crown put on a broken tooth and am waiting to get in for a root canal appointment. My tooth and gum hurt very bad when touched and whenever my lower jaw touches my upper jaw on that side of my face I have intense pain. I also have a large bump on the gum just below the crown #18. The dentist is giving me another script of keflex and vicoprofen or something but it does not help all that much. Should I see a different dentist? ...Visitor from TN (answer)
- I went to the dentist this morning and had a tempory filling put in my front big tooth but then an hour later I had some crisps and it came back out again and it is hurting me really bad. I can't even speak because the
pain is so unbearable and the dentist is shut today and tommorow. What do
you suggest will make the pain go away. I have tried painkillers but it
doesn't work. Please help. Visitor from Consett, England, UK (answer)
- I had root canal work performed on two top back molars over 1 year ago. I never had the crowns put on due to being too busy and the cost even with insurance. I have been picking the cavity of the root canal with one of those floss at one end plastic toothpick on the other end type devices. I just started doing this about 2 weeks ago as I noticed food was entering the cavity and I really don't remember it doing this before. I am not sure if I had a temporary covering or not..I just basically don't remember and the specialist was in another city 5 hours from where I am now and I don't even remember his name. Yesterday I noticed a lump on the outside area of the gum that is directly in front of the what is left of my molar which had the root canal performed on it. It does not hurt me unless I apply pressure to it with my finger. It is kind of soft and I can feel that it is hotter there then the rest of my mouth when I put my tongue to it. It has gotten a bit bigger and it protrudes over the "tooth". I rinsed with peroxide and brushed the area well but I am begining to realize that this situation is more then one I can remedy. I am afraid of being poisoned if it should burst. Can it? I have just been at a new job for 4 days and I don't know how to tell a new employer I think I have a gum infection and need to see a dentist. I don't know if this would call for surgery or something and I have no insurance until Dec. 23rd of this year. I would love to put it off
until then as there is no pain but..that is not to say something can occur
from this like face swelling or blood poisoning or worse...is this possible? Please help me as I am afraid of what could happen ....is this an abcess? ...Visitor from TN (answer)
- My bottom gums hurt only after running. After other excercise
they are okay, but when I'm through running they throb for about a half hour then they are okay again. Is this something I should be concerned about? ...Visitor from NY (answer)
- About four or five weeks ago I had a filling (cavity) replaced with cerac. About a week or two after the filling had been replaced I started experiencing ear, neck, and jaw pain which then turned into severe localized tooth pain. I also have a lump on my gum. I was told by my dentist that I had an abcess, he put me on antibiotics and have since had a root canal done.
My question is... I have been on antibiotics for a week, had the root
canal done four days ago, and am still experiencing severe pain and the lump
on my gum has not gone away. I am very tired and sluggish and feel that I
am not getting any answers. What should be done next? ...Visitor from NH (answer)
- Five days ago, all of a sudden, all my teeth on the left side of
my mouth, upper and lower, front and back, especially the five with crowns, began to ache mightily. None of the crowns are recent. The pain is generalized and feels like multiple toothaches. Aspirin helps, but the pain is still there. Any ideas about the cause and/or treatment? ...Visitor from CO (answer)
- I have a lot of pain in my gum area directly under my right nostril. I have a crown on that tooth and had a root canal on that tooth over 10 years ago. I can feel the swelling and it is extremely sensitive when touched. What can this be and what can I do for relief? ... Visitor from PA A (answer)
- About a week ago I started having pain in my gums on the bottome left side of my mouth. The pain is now in my jaw and even upper gums - also my cheek bone sometimes aches. It is enough that it is keeping me up at night. It is definately worse after I eat. I recently (within a few weeks) had a dental check-up and everything looked great! A few days after the pain started I also got sick (with a terrible cold, sore throat and swollen glands). Could this be sinus trouble? I'm not sure which kind of doctor to call first. Visitor from TX (answer)
- I have been having severe pain in my gums for about a week now. It is only on my lower gums and mainly behind my last teeth. Every time I touch them or try to eat it's too painful. They seem to be a little red and swollen. What might this be? ...Visitor from SC (answer)
- I had a root extracted by specialist. The post was put in by my regular
dentist 1 month later. Three days after the tooth was completed I was feeling pain. It felt like a heart beat in the tooth that had the root canal. Two days after that I was back at the endos office and he put me on an antibiotic and a pain killer as the pain seems to be traveling under all my teeth on the left back where the new root canal is. I have been on the
medication for 1 week now with no change. The pain under the teeth goes
from bad to worse and there were a few times when the pain quieted down to
practically nothing. What do think might be the problem or problems might
be? ...Visitor from NJ (answer)
- First let me explain my whole situation. I got a root canal on one of my front bottom teeth 3 years ago. They never put a crown on so it has chipped over the last couple years. Obviously the infection spread to my four front bottom teeth. They told me I needed two canals. So first they drilled a hole in each tooth and sent me home with a temporary filling. It fell out and I got an infection. I came back and they gave me some Penicillin. It still hurt severely a couple days later so I came in for my root canal early. Now the pain is a little better but now my lip is really swollen and there is an infection on my gums next to my tooth. It looks like it might be filled with pus. Is this something that I need to go in for or will rinsing with salt water help. ...Visitor from CA (answer)
- In February, I went to the dentist and had a double crown (#13,14)and an inlay(#12) put on 3 teeth next to each other, upper left. I have been in pain ever since. I now (April) have had root canal on all 3 teeth - 2 teeth 4 weeks ago and the other 2 weeks ago. I am still in pain. The pain in the jaw to the ear is gone. The gums between the double crown is where the pain starts. This is the original spot where all the pain started right after the crowns and before all the root canals. The pain is sporadic (dull) and the gums fell like they are on fire although there is no redness when you look and lasts 5 to 8 hours every day. I can't sleep most nights because of the pain. The endodontist can't figure out what's wrong. Can it be a bad crown?
Hopefully, you can help and send me in the right direction. I teach and
haven't been able to go to work. ...Visitor from NJ (answer)
- I went to the dentist a few months ago to get a cavity filled and they had to numb me with a shot. The initial shot hurt more than a normal shot and then after the shot wore off it hurt really bad. A few days passed and it turned into an ache in the gums of all my teeth, a throbbing under the teeth, and they have become more sensitive than they were. I've read that some anesthetics have adverse reactions and I wondered if this will be a permanent condition or if there is something to be done about it. ...Visitor from CA (answer)
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