To wonder what the hell I do about my tooth?

[MyFaceHurts]

I had toothache back in June, horrible, deep nerve pain. Went to the dentist, saw a guy I hadn’t seen before. He x rayed the tooth and said I needed root canal. He made a start that day (1.5 hours), as this was on a Friday and he didn’t want to leave me in pain over the weekend. It was fucking agony while he removed as much as he could of the nerve. He then put a temporary filling in and made another appointment for me on the Monday. All good over the weekend, pain had gone.

Went back on Monday thinking it wouldn’t be so bad as I believed the nerve was now gone. I was wrong, it was another 1.5 hours just as bad as before. Finally after a lot of drilling he’d managed to fill the canals and took an x ray to make sure everything was ok.

It wasn’t ok. Somehow he’d managed to put the filling (long two pronged thing that was supposed to go into the canals) INTO MY GUM. I couldn’t quite believe it. He was very flustered and kept apologising and said that he’d have to remove it, and I’d have to come back another time. Basically I was back to where I started before that appointment except now presumably with added damage to my gums.

Unfortunately I was going away the next day for a couple of weeks. I got home from the dentist and had a think and then phoned and explained what happened, and asked if it was possible to see the other dentist next time, as after 3 hours of agony culminating in having a filling put in my gum, I was a bit scared. They said I could but he’s very booked up and I can’t go until the 29th july.

Problem is the temporary filling has come out this weekend and now I’m in a lot of pain. I know I can hopefully get an emergency appointment on Monday but that’s far away when you’re in this much pain.

I know there is definitely still some nerve left In one of the tooth canals, which is why the pain is so bad. I’m taking painkillers, but I’m still in pain and my tooth is pulsating the whole time.

How the hell am I going to get through to Monday? Bearing in mind it’s nerve rather than cavity pain. Any tips or suggestions?

OP, I've followed your thread, you poor thing. I can't believe what you've been through.

So sorry you are now in A&E. I hope you'll be ok. 💐

@EarringsandLipstick thanks. Been here nearly 2 hours now, got triaged pretty much straightaway but just been sat here since then 😴

Currently awake with toothache after my temporary filling fell out a few days ago. Can totally empathise and sympathise with you @MyFaceHurts. Good luck. I hope everything is okay.

Ps. I'm awaiting a root canal with a specialist dentist but I think I'm just going to have the bastard tooth taken out. It'll save me £1200 plus any future pain.

Blimey OP, hope you are ok.

Blimey OP you have certainly been through the mill but hopefully A&E will sort something out, hopefully the Painkillers and Antibiotics kick in and the swelling goes down. Hope you are holding up. X

You have my sympathies op. I’m sat here in pain wondering what the point of even trying to go back to the dentist is after all the hassle I’ve had the last 2 months. I just keep hoping it settles down itself as I’ve totally lost faith in them now.

I hope A&E have managed to give you something that works on the infection/pain. You must be exhausted after being in A&E in the early hours!

Just woken up. Finally got seen after 2.5 hours and I think the doctor thought I was a bit mental for going in 🤣. She had a good look at my eyes and said she couldn’t see any infection. So that’s good I guess, although it’s a weird coincidence that my eyes were red and gunked as they’re not usually like that 🤷‍♀️. So I just got sent on my way.

I’m hoping that the antibiotics are kicking in, maybe I’m being really optimistic but I think there is a SLIGHT improvement in the swelling today and the pain isn’t as bad as yesterday.

Gosh you've been through the wars with that tooth. Hope it all settles down and fingers crossed for you this will be a distant memory soon.