Fucking fed up- toothache

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I could actually scream, and I probably will. I’m so upset and fed up with this all.

I’be had problems with my tooth for nearly a year. It started with awful toothache which went all the way up my cheek and jaw and in my ear. It felt like I had been punched repeatedly in that side of my face. I used to wake up screaming during the night with the pain because the attacks of pain would be awful.

it turned out my tooth was infected and I needed a root canal. My dentist is great and I’m lucky to be at such a great practice, but unfortunately because of covid and the backlog , the root canal took 9 months to do from the infection starting and I had to have several doses of antibiotics to keep the pain at bay in the meantime. It didn’t really make a massive different unfortunately and I was basically eating cocodamol like sweets until the root canal.

I was SO happy because I thought it was over. But the pain has started again. The root canal was several months ago now, and apparently pain after 5 months isn’t normal. It’s not as bad as it was, but my cheek is starting to ache again like before, and when I tap the tooth it’s agony.

why is this happening?! I though a root canal would stop it ever happening again?!

I don’t want it extracted if possible because even though it’s a molar, my smile is unfortunately wide and it can be seen. I don’t know whether to weep, scream, or rip out my own tooth (sarcasm of course, but you get the idea)

Root canals can fail and there's lots that can go wrong with them unfortunately.

My advice would be to just get the damn thing out.

You have my sympathy though, because I have a broken tooth that needs to come out but I can't find a dentist anywhere that's taking on.

Oh you poor thing you have my sympathy! I would just have it out, it doesn't sound like there is anything else you can do! I am going through something similar and literally live on ibuprofen for the past few months!

You can have it root canal-ed again. But not more than one more time.

Unfortunately there could be horizontal micro-fractures from the dead root which have got infected, and it might need to be extracted.

Would an implant be a possibility? But get the root canal redone as soon as possible if you can and spare yourself more pain!

Oil of cloves is an anaesthetic. Buy from a pharmacist/online. Tastes vile but does numb - for when you’re desperate.

Sounds like it has failed. Been there, it had to come out.

The best thing I ever did, after suffering like you with root canals etc, was have an extraction. Pain free now and wish I'd done it sooner.

Root canal should have sorted it really. You need another course of anti-biotics and if that fails, the tooth will have to come out.

Sorry you have been suffering.

Aw that sounds awful.
There is nothing worse than toothache.
I had a impacted wisdom tooth from the beginning of lockdown. I had it removed last month honestly its the best feeling NOT having anymore pain.

Can you contact your dentist tomorrow and see what the say it the best course of action.

I had a root canal fail and my dentist managed to fix it.

But don't leave any gaps in your teeth op or it can lead to your other teeth failing. That's what happened to me. Wish I'd known and would have gotten a bridge/denture/implant. As it is I ended up having a few teeth out and had a few dental implants this year. They're brilliant but expensive. Definitely worth it though.

I cracked a crown on an apple (it could have at least been something fun!) about 2 weeks into lockdown. After 4 months, 3 courses of antibiotics (& still no drilling allowed) I had it extracted. It was always a problem tooth, didn't really want it extracted, but actually quite glad it's gone

Yeah, I’m starting to think that getting it extracted will be the only option. I really don’t want to if I can avoid it- I can’t afford implants or bridges and I don’t want a big obvious gap either. I could actually weep!

I was damn glad to get my problem tooth out! Feel so much better and there's not that little niggle in the back of my brain worrying about it.

I had a molar like this. I opted to have it pulled put instead of the root canal as dentist said a root canal doesn't always solve it. Instant relief. No-one notices it's missing. It's been 3 years now and I might save up for an implant at some point.