to be considering repairing my tooth with a bit if chewed up paper?

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My tooth crumbled on Saturday. It had a filling in it, but it was actual tooth that fell out first, then the filling came loose - I was eating a soft sandwich wrap at the time.

The tooth doesn't hurt (well, apart from the general ache and odd sharp pain that I get from half my teeth anyway) but it is scratching my tongue and I can't stop poking it or thinking about it.

I am on a waiting list (which is a year long - I have about 50 weeks to go) to have it, and at least five other teeth, mended under sedation at a day hospital as I am really, really nervous. Well, nervous is the wrong word I think - I have a "thing" (phobia?) about metal, and a "thing" about teeth, and a "thing" about medical stuff, and a "thing" about people touching me if I can't see what they are doing, and so the dentist is really not a good place for me if I am having a nervous day. On non nervous days I am not happy, but can deal with it. Today is a non nervous day, but there is no pattern to it. I have run out of sedatives.

Anyhow, I just rang the dentist and the next appointment they have for a temporary solution is tomorrow afternoon, but I have just realised that I will have both kids then and the ILs, who would usually be able to watch them, are on holiday and DH is at work. So I will have to cancel.

I know that there are some other dentists that do sedation in their actual clinic and will take NHS patients (I have no money to pay private) so AIBU to chew some paper or something to stick in the hole and stop me poking my tongue in it just till I can find a dentist? Is there even any other option?

Should add, my teeth are rubbish through a combination of not looking after them, eating rubbish and having spent a couple of years on medication that gave me a dry mouth all the time (I'm off it now)

Hi, i feel your pain, hate tooth ache!

If you have a chemist nearby though see if they sell such a thing as toothy pegs (they are a few makes so it may be names something similar), my dentist told me about it last time and its as you say just something to fill it till it gets fixed properly, costs about £4 - £5. It is only temporary though and you may need to change it depending on how long your waiting to get the dentist but it will help in the mean time.

Chemist? They sell do it yourself filling kits, what if the paper caused more damage?

Oh, and I am under a mental health team for all sorts, including this stupid nervousness, although I am convinced that my sensory issues are a thing apart from the mental, just made worse by it.

Cool, will have a look for a kit.

If it's possible I would contact the day hospital and let them know the situation. Tell them you are happy to go on a cancellation list and can come at short notice if they get a cancellation on the day. IME of working in one, lots of people cancel late or don't turn up to appts and it's handy to have a list of people who can be contacted if this happens.

my dad stuck one of his teeth for a while with super glue, it used to come off when he sneezed .
Sorry, I know it's not helpful but it might make you smile.

How old are the kids? Can you bring them with you?

A similar thing happened to my back tooth just before Christmas and it was fine except for the fact it was cutting my tongue to ribbons.

The Dentist filed it down and it literally took just 2 minutes.

It felt fine after that.

hey, I had this at xmas. I got some filler from Boots, and now it has worn away and does not hurt any more! I need to go to Dentist but keep putting it off

Kids are nearly 5 and only just 2. There is literally no way DD2 will not be grabbing at everything/running wild. DD1 would be ok though, although I worry I would show her to be scared, iyswim, and DD2 is at nursery three days this week.

Feeling your pain. My crown fell out on christmas day, leaving me with a jagged messy hole on one side, and then part of a tooth came off with the filling on the other side. No pain, thank god. And I'm still waiting for an appointment since they have cancelled two on me. Fingers crossed the next one goes ahead. Thanks James Hull Dentists I have waited so long now I will just take the dc with me if I have to and bribe them with SWEETS

A piece of one of mine came off on holiday (in Cornwall) a couple of years ago, and it was repaired (no drills, no anaesthetic needed) the next day at the local general hospital. The repair was meant to be temporary, but when my own dentist saw it he reckoned it was so stable I might as well keep it, and it's still there now. It only took a couple of minutes, I reckon I could have taken the dcs with me if dp hadn't been looking after them. Like you, the broken tooth didn't hurt in itself, it was just shredding my tongue every time I said anything.

Sorry xposted with you, hope you can get an appointment while dd2 in nursery. Anyone able to have dd1 round to play while you go?

How could I find out if a local hospital would do it? I could get to one of them with two buses and about half an hour, or there is a walk in centre even nearer, although I have work this afternoon (well charity shop, with DD1 in tow, but it is only me and one other volunteer and we are both needed to open the shop) so I couldn't really sit in a queue for very long. I could do it either tomorrow morning without DC or the afternoon with DC though.

I second Toofypegs. If you can get it, buy the red Toofypegs rather than the blue. The blue crumbles while the red sets solid (although a dentist can remove it). I have some in a crumbly broken tooth at the moment and it's excellent and will deffo buy you some time until you can make a convenient appt.

As an update, I got a dental first aid kit from Boots, which was really easy to use, so thanks for telling me about them. The dentist actually said it was a good thing to do- ideally go to a dentist quickly, but if you cant, the temp filling will stop bateria getting into the hole. She just covered it with her own temp filling stuff as well.

It is one of those side teeth that should have two points, and now it only has one. She reckons I now need at least two out, and along with the five fillings, it might turn into a general anesthetic job as I am so nervous. She was really nice about it though. I'm basically under orders to avoid anything chewy or sticky and to really really look after my teeth as she thinks a couple more look like they could fall apart as well.

Sigh.