Any dentists about?

[prawnonthebarbie]

I'm at a loss for what to do. I'm 25 weeks pregnant btw. A week ago I had pain that came on in my upper right teeth. Narrowed it down to one tooth in particular that hurts if I press on it. Other teeth do ache on and off but this one I feel the most. I have a dull, constant ache in it.

Twice this week I've been to the dentist. They were reluctant to do xrays but did on the second visit. They couldn't see any infection. They did a cold test with dry ice on my teeth which hurt the surrounding teeth, but there was no sensation in the sore tooth. Jaw is a bit achey, cheek is sore if I press it and I've had headaches.

They said it's possible I'm grinding and had a mouth guard ordered. They didn't want to do root canal unless 100% sure the tooth had an abscess. Basically wait and see if it gets a lot worse.

I can't go on with this pain in my tooth and and not knowing if it's infected. Surely if the tooth is non responsive there's something going wrong with the nerve? Wouldn't it be better to treat it now before it gets worse?

I'm concerned about just leaving it as I'm pregnant and don't want the infection to spread.

Can anyone help? Do I push them to do something?

I find vitamin e oil is good for toothache. Food grade, vitamin e oil vitamins/drops.

Massage into gum and that eases toothache for me.

Sounds similar to me .
Out of the blue I started with toothache, so painful it drove me to the dentist. X rays done and show nothing, dentist is convinced the cause is due to tooth grinding.
The pain then moved to a lower tooth and the pain was awful if I accidentally clanged my teeth together...returned to dentist, repeated same thing. Pain went after about 2 weeks, but if I touch said tooth with my tongue is throbs.
Mine did not suggest a mouth guard until I suggested it and even then said see how I get on. How do you judge a good dentist really?