To be pissed off re: no dental treatment?

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I am awake with an excruciating toothache. Had a filling done 2 weeks + 2 days ago and something is wrong, the nerve must be disturbed somehow and it started hurting a bit on Monday and has got progressively worse. Spoke to dentist Tuesday who said not to worry and just to be careful about it, spoke to him yesterday in tears of agony and he's prescribed antibiotics which I was very grateful to get late afternoon. Obviously (I think) I need a root canal. I didn't discuss this at length with the dentist but he did tell me that no one was allowed to do dental drilling for the duration so several months perhaps and my only option woukd be to have the tooth extracted at the emergency clinic. Hopefully the antibiotics will stabilise the situation but aibu to be pissed off that I am resigned to being in pain for the while of this lockdown?

I'm not thinking straight right now but am feeling very sorry for myself!

@dishranaway it is attached but you gain access to it by phoning 111 and they give you an appointment day or night as long as dentists are closed. You can’t just rock up to A&E and get seen you can only do it through 111 so maybe I haven’t worded it properly.

Thanks all, in some ways I'm glad there are others in this position (although sorry for your pain ) as I thought I'd done something wrong.. having the filling done 2 weeks pre total lockdown , who knew?

Please note: I don't blame the dentist one bit, he's been great. Just ranting at the situation, it could be much worse. But I'd consider a root canal to be included as emergency treatment.. lack of PPE will be the reason I may be missing a tooth when we hopefully come out the other side.. if I have to get an emergency extraction. In the meantime, antibiotics and only lukewarm soup for the next 10 weeks.

Thanks for the information, dish. I'm going to call my GP and discuss the situation with them. If it gets worse I need an action plan. I want to do the right thing.. totally on my own here. I'm grateful for all the input.

Me too, I feel your pain. I have broken my tooth in half and the exposed nerve is agony, I will be twiggy after this as I can't eat.
The annoying thing is I stopped taking zapain/cocodamol for my back because I was getting properly addicted to it so I can't get any now from my GP so I have no strong painkillers in the house.
Try ibuprofen with codeine if you can get it, it's over the counter and really really good.
I also have no front tooth and I'm working full time so I can only smile with my mouth shut, I'm so self conscious about it.
I had the implant put in, had a mould done and was going to go back for the temporary crown when all this kicked off and my implant dentist said he'll be shut for the duration.
So here I am looking like a rough old dog with no front tooth

I find cold water to be very helpful for an infected tooth. Hold it in your mouth over the tooth and it should help. You probably want to spit most of it out so you're not constantly peeing though.

I’m on the referral list to have a wisdom tooth removed that has been causing me pain since January - heaven knows when it’ll be taken out now and in the meantime as I’m breastfeeding the only thing I can take for the pain is paracetamol, which is so easy to get hold of at the moment...

My friend has appointment re emergency dentist because he has been in awful pain all week. He said the NHS have been so helpful.

I had my wisdom tooth removal op for April 2nd cancelled. Been waiting for around 5 months. I'm not in any pain but I'm dreading if it starts to play up. I'm just not eating at that side, just in case.

I broke half a tooth off (+filling) yesterday and there is literally nothing my dentist can do. He explained they are not allowed to do anything - nothing except advise to buy a DIY kit from the chemist and take meds. If you were bleeding or in absolute agony then a&e or emergency dental unit in a hospital...which no one wants to go into obvs. Our emergency dental unit is in the COVID-19 hospital.
So I’m fucked. Half a tooth, mad pain and I can’t eat or drink.

Dentist did say ‘hubs’ were being sorted for dentistry but they might only be for emergencies and that is a flexible term nowadays.
Ye gods !!

@AngeloMysterioso if you need paracetamol and cannot buy it phone your GP for a script. They can get it no probs if you explain your pain!
As you are bf they may be able to prescribe something stronger as appropriate. Don't be in pain!!!!