Wisdom Teeth..Headaches...could they be connected?

[FrayedKnot]

I seem to have had loads of headaches over the last three or so weeks. I'm quite a headachey person, used to get v. bad migraines, get headaches with my period etc, but this is definitely more than normal.

I've noticed my gums are a bit sore where my wisdom teeth presumably are (not erupted) and on one I can feel something like a tooth poking through the side of my gum which wasn;t there before...

What's all this about, i thought I was too old now for them to cause a problem..? (37)

Never too old.....

I had bad headaches when mine came through. It makes you subconciously tense your jaw (something to do with the nerves being pressed on or something).

Try Syndol - its fab. Oh, and go to the dentist

Clove oil on cotton wool, whacked on your gum. If your headache just vanishes, you'll know that's what it was.

My dad in his 50's is having this problem. Very common to have headaches associated with movement of wisdom teeth. See your dentist.

It might be that you're tooth-grinding in your sleep. That can cause awful headaches as well as gum soreness. My sister does it when she's stressed.

Worth seeing a dentist anyway, he can xray and rule the wisdoms in or out. As VVV says, you're never too old. A colleague had hers out recently at age 50-odd.

COV - do you know much about orthodontics?

wisdom teeth pushing through can cause teeth grinding too

Ooh, thanks all, better make an appt with dentist.

What's Syndol, VVV?

A fair bit QV, why?

Its a painkiller for tension type headaches. Fantastic stuff.

I wondered if it was possible to have orthodontic treatment, having had treatment already once before.

It didnt work. (Well, the results didnt last...)

My sister did, VVV

She had a brace as a teenager, but her teeth moved back, so she has just recently ha d a permanent retainer put in (at 29)

Go see your dentist, so many things in your mouth can give you headaches.

a permanent retainer?????

Paula....what? lol!

Oh I see ROFL!!!

I was wondering why you thought frayed had so many things in her mouth

It is possible to have treatment a second time. It is expensive and takes a fair while, plus a splint is usually placed to prevent drift of teeth into the original position.

hmmm, yes, the money thing...

Where does the splint sit, exactly?

My teeth are pretty straight, but I have the HUUUUUUUUUUGEST overbite (I can close my teeth together, and still stick a finger in between my top and bottom teeth), and cant bite properly, plus I think my jaw alignment is not quite right.

Sorry frayed...have totally hijacked your thread.....

Sorry I went to bed. The splint sits behind the front teeth (either top or bottom depending on treatment). It is usually a piece of wire cemented onto the teeth to brace them in position and prevent movement. Most people quickly get used to it and don't mind it being there.

Ah, I had a splint behind my bottom teeth for a while but it was removed after about a year.

Although, I strongly suspect the splint was the reason my top teeth popped back out again (the bar used to irritate my tongue so I used to 'rest' it behind my top teeth).

I'll never forget the time the dentist was taking an x-ray of my teeth, and was repeatedly asking me to bite down on the film and me mumbling "i am, i am" before he realised just how bad my overbite was, lol!

VVVQV - my sister had an overbite like that. (she could bite a snadwich and pull it out unharmed). she eventually had surgery to have her jaw re-alligned. she had to have her jaw wired shut for 6 weeks but she's got perfect teeth now. (and a bad attitude but i think that's unrelated!)

Having my jaw wired could solve quite a few problems for me i think!

I know all about unharmed sandwiches, lol! In fact, my back teeth are wearing down far more than they probably ought to.

How did it come to your sister having her jaw re-aligned?

it's common practice in canada when you have a bad over/under bite that can't be fixed by braces. i know at least 5 people who have had it done.
i'm trying to think if i've ever seen anyone with braces in this country... do orthodontists exist here??