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Could cry from this throbbing tooth ache

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Hedy6 · 14/08/2024 02:38

I can’t sleep. I have really intense pain in my tooth/gum. It’s effecting all of the right side of my mouth. It’s the worse tooth ache I’ve ever had. My cheeks, jaw, neck everything hurts😭😭 my dentist went private and I can’t afford it. Don’t know what to do but this has been going on 2 weeks and has got worse 😭😭

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Hedy6 · 14/08/2024 03:31

I have swelling, jaw pain, neck pain, headache. The pain is even spreading round the top of my head it feels like. No temperature as of yet but I feel quite unwell because of the pain. It really is horrible. I’ve tried paracetamol, also orajel but nothing has worked

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Clemmie4 · 14/08/2024 03:29

toothache is just the worst.
What have you used so far for the pain? if you have any bonjela try that on the surrounding area.
Do you have any other symptoms? Such as swelling, a strange taste in your mouth or a temperature? Might it be an abscess developing?

111 will help you as mentioned above although you may need to travel to the emergency clinic, in our area it changes to various dental practices but they will deal with the presenting issue and then advise you to register with a dentist which at the moment is easier said than done.

LiterallyOnFire · 14/08/2024 02:54

Oh and you can buy numbing dental gel over the counter at the pharmacy, in the meantime. It's really effective.

Hope it gets better. Toothache is horrible.

LiterallyOnFire · 14/08/2024 02:53

111 might be able to signpost you. Lots of NHS trusts are having to run dental emergency clinics to mop up cases involving patients without dentists. We were sent a whole load of bumpf about ours the other week.

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Hedy6 · 14/08/2024 02:45

Tel12 · 14/08/2024 02:43

Oil of cloves on a q tip will probably provide temporary relief. But you will need to find a dentist.

Thank you. I have a wisdom tooth that’s come in at a weird angle. I don’t know if it’s that that’s causing it but my entire top right side of my mouth is throbbing😭

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Tel12 · 14/08/2024 02:43

Oil of cloves on a q tip will probably provide temporary relief. But you will need to find a dentist.