I have had problems with a double tooth on and off for 2-3 years. It goes through bouts of being very sensitive but every time I tell the dentist (and I do see him regularly every 6 months) he tells me he can't find anything wrong with it. He even X-rayed it once and said it was fine. One time when I insisted it still hurt he said he thought he could see a crack in a filling so he re-filled it. However, when the anaesthetic wore off I realised it was the wrong tooth!! Several times he has sprayed orange gungy stuff on to reduce the sensitivity, which seems to work for a while but has no lasting effect.
Anyway I think things have come to a head. Just over a week ago while I was away on holiday, I was having a meal out and must have bit hard on a fish bone or something because I got a real spasm of pain. After that it hurt if I tried to eat on that side so I have spent the last 10 days only eating on one side of my mouth.
I said that I would definitely make an appointment as soon as I got home. Well I was too busy yesterday but while I was eating dinner yesterday I cautiously tried to eat on that side and although it didn't exactly hurt it definitely felt weird. I had a look in the mirror and I am pretty sure that the problem now is that the tooth is actually loose!!
I am worried that this now means end of road for this tooth though in some ways I will be glad to see the back of it as it has caused so much trouble.
Anyway I went just now to make an appointment and they said to go back at 3:20pm today. So now I am panicking and can't concentrate on anything because I am convinced he will have to extract it and I am a bit - well -scared
Oh heck and I wasn't expecting it so soon so I have been eating and drinking coffee and I am going to have to go out and bou a tooth brush because I will be embarassed to go and see him without cleaning them first.
Two hours to go......