Had raging toothache for 1 week, (except for 2 days where there was no pain at all) I tried calling my dentist about 20 times and no one wants to answer, there is a walk in I can go to, I know the tooth that’s hurting needs to be extracted as I was told 8 months ago except it’s not been in pain so I left it, I knew this would happen eventually… kicker is I’m taking dd to her First Ladies football match. I have to be the one to take her, im the footie fan… so I’ve been trying to hold out until after but looks like it’s getting worse by the day. So do I have the tooth taken out and risk getting dry socket whilst I’m in london, or keep the tooth in and painkiller it until after the match, I have a high threshold for pain, I have no abscess ( had theses in the past when I was 8) and it mostly only hurts when I touch it with my bottom teeth, so I’m focusing on trying not to touch it. I have a fear of dentists, I had to have 4 taken out when I was a kid because I kept getting abscesses, despite the teeth being completely healthy.