Tooth abscess

[jeremyspants]

Has anyone had one of these? Should it still be THIS sore after going to the dentist twice? The second time, I refused to leave until something was done and had root canal drilled.
Am now like a hamster but in agony though the pain comes and goes.
Can anyone recommend pain relief that will see me through until I see dentist again on the 13th?

oww you have my sympathies. If you search on my name from about 18 months ago in Health you'll see my root canal saga which culminated in having to have a very fine root drained surgically. Not pleasant.

medismummy- how are you getting on? Has the pain gone ? I feel so sorry for all of you because it is the most awful pain imaginable.
I nuked myself with painkillers and antibiotics over the weekend but there is a niggling sort of 'thinking about it' pain now and I am supposed to get the tooth properly filled tomorrow.
Not convinced that the infection is completely gone
What would happen if it recurred but tooth all filled in properly?

me too been on augmentin extra strength all singing all dancing ab. Voltarol(extra strength nurofen) and kick ass co codamol. Has to be said i am slighty spaced out(nicely so) but still got that slight niggling pain as you know! Its my birthday tomorrow so hoping for a stunning look instead of the hampster one i am currently sporting!

Oh, Happy Birthday Mehdismummy! I am glad that you are over the worst and party on girl!

well going out with ds later for dinner! Apparently they let hampsters into nandos!

Just back from the root canal filling and apart from feeling that I have gone fifteen rounds with Mike Tyson, is it normal for an NHS patient to have been charged £200 for the treatment?

sorry just got your message. You poor thing. Do you get any benefits like child tax credit for eg. I have had to stop taking ab they making me too dizzy

i am in the same boat as most of you, i snapped a bit of my tooth off somehow ages ago ryt next to my fcillin, this exposed a hole in the side of my tooth, and every now anfd again i had to use a cocktail stick to get food out, well...whilst cocktailing i accidently popped my filling out cause of the whole behind it just b4 xmas just gone, had no pain what so ever sept for a gap in between my molars on left side at the bottom, but on monday 5 days ago, i strted getting alot of pain, i beared it out , but as it got worse i had to re become a member of the local dentist(i got chucked out last dentist because i got DVT and couldnt turn up to appts, as i was in hospital struggling for my life )recently in past 2 -3days my bottom jaw line has swollen up and is preventing me from sleep, im on a ryt coktail of p-killrs waiting for appt on monday this pain is immense really is, iv tried gettin mole grips to the tooth to rip it out but its too painful now