Ok, let's start from the beginning. When I had my temporary in for about 3-4 weeks, I had pain about 30 minutes to an hour after I ate even though I didn't even eat on that side of the mouth where the temporary was. Ok, so finally comes the day where I have my porcelein crown put in. After this, the same thing, I have had pain every time I ate and it also started hurting the lower tooth that this upper porcelein crown grinds against. Then the pain gets better and I hope for it to go away. Now about 3 weeks to a month since I had it put in, a couple days ago in the middle of the night I start getting excruciating pain. Nothing helps, not even an ice bag. I wondered if the alcohol drinking the night before had anything to do with this. To help the pain, I started taking motrin. So then the same thing yesterday, I kept taking motrin to get rid of the pain. Now motrin doesnt seem to help anymore, not tylenol... NOTHING! I used ambesol but then I started hurting really bad just by touching my gums. I might have been too rough. So this has pretty much been continuing pain from 2-3 days ago. Not only that, but my lower tooth that this crown grinds again hurts a lot as well. In fact both of my lower and upper jaw on the right side of my mouth hurts as well. I also noticed that I have an impacted wisdom tooth that might be making matters worse. I tried leaving a message with my dentist who NEVER responded back. I have to change my appointment to make it sooner because I just can't bear the pain any longer. Do any of you know what kind of problem I have or if any other pain medication will help for the time being?

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When you bite down does it feel like your teeth are hiting even on both side or does it fee like the crown is hiting first? This may sound funny, but if the tooth is to high for your bite it can cause the tooth to hurt really bad. If you let it go to long it can cause you to damage the nerve and you could have to have a root canal. I would get this checked. It's also possibel i don't know why you needed the crown, but if you had a large cavity when your dentist cleaned it out everything looked ok, but the nerve was infected at that time and there was no was for the dentist to tell either by looking at the tooth or the xray. That is possible. I would diffently get your bite checked first.

Hi Puppy,

Oh I feel your pain....I am going through something very similar....I had a crown done on a bottom molar about 8 weeks ago (I had a very deep old filling and my tooth cracked). Like you the temp crown was almost unbearable for me, I couldn't bite down, and after I drank any alchohol, thumping pain would wake me up at night..I am surprised your dentist even put your perm crown in with the pain you are having. My dentist glued my permanent in, but used temporary cement. I am now about 3 weeks with the perm crown, I went to see him yesterday and he ground it down for me because it was too high and was bothering the tooth above it. He wants to wait and see if that helps but I think at this point I need to just get the root canal. And your pain sounds worse than mine, I can tolerate biting and chewing with my perm crown, but its still not perfect.
If you dentist is being uncooperative, FIRST, GET ANOTHER DENTIST RIGHT AWAY, then at least get a consultation with and endodontist (those are the guys who specialize in root problems)
Good Luck.

Thanks so much for your replies. I already have my porcelein crown in. But I realized my pain might be stemming from the two wisdom tooth coming in at the top and bottom. I am not absolutely sure though, but it seems to help when I put an ice pack over the area where my wisdom tooth is impacted. It's lodged up my gums, I really dont think it will be easy to get out. I see the dentist today and if I dont like what they have to say, I will be seeing someone else. I am so afraid though, because with this type of extraction where the wisdom tooth is all the way up your gums, I might have to be put to sleep to have it extracted. And that scares me. I'm afraid there might be complications etc and I'll never wake up or something. It doesnt help that I smoke either. And I know I'll have to stop at least a week or more before I get that type of surgery done.

I cant bite down at all on my right side. I know that there might be horrible pain if I even chew on that area once. So I'm just trying to avoid any type of movement on that side. It hurts when I even open my mouth up too wide etc. The night before last night, the pain was just so awful. It doesnt make it easy when pain medication didnt seem to help either. The pain was so unbearable, I was having delusions in the middle of the night. I don't know how it relates. But I used to get delusions when I was younger which isn't normal, so it scared me that I was having them again.
I'm always having some type of problem or other with my mouth. I had one wisdom tooth extracted a year ago and thought that would be all I needed to have done since that was all that was bothering me at the time. But geez, this time the pain is just so much worse.
I dont trust this dentist either. I dont know how much experience he has in oral surgery.

Puppy, Don't even worry about having teeth out while you are asleep, you WANT it that way! I had all 4 impacted wisdom teeth pulled when I was 16 (many years ago)- in the hospital under general anesthesia. I'll tell you what, I had a lot less post-op pain then than I do with this damn crown. Of course they give you good drugs.... But Ithink its gotta be better asleep, you don't hear see or feel a thing. I was 16 and my dentist had offered to knock me out in his office and do it, but I flipped out and my mom took me to another dentist who would knock me out in the hospital. I don't know, I felt better thinking if something DID happen when I was under, I was in the hosptial, not in a dentist's office....
At any rate I smoke too, had my gallbladder out last year, you definitely can smoke up to I think it was 24 hours prior to the operation. The nurses/doctors didn't freak out on me because I smoke and I had to go under general anesthesia. One thing I couldn't do the week before was take aspirin, since it thins the blood.
At any rate it sounds to me, and I am by far no expert, you must need a root canal, the pain you say you have sounds just like everyone else I have talked to who had them done. Talk to an endodontist really, maybe they can give you Percocet or Vicodin until you get it taken care of.

Thanks so much for your post. It makes me feel better. That's pretty neat that you were able to have it done in the hospital!
I'm pretty sure now its the wisdom tooth though. It's like right on top of my last tooth which is pretty tender now. Anyways, this wisdom tooth seems to be pushing all of my teeth. Because all of my teeth and gums are tender now on the upper right side of my mouth especially the last one that has the wisdom tooth bulging almost right on top of it. There is no room for this tooth to come out and it's just awful. I'm not even going to be able to bite down at all and now have an appointment with an oral surgeon on the 19th. I now take two motrins at a time which seems to do the trick for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to hold out until then or just find another oral surgeon in the meantime.
I really dont want to have this done because I remember a year ago I didnt get much novacaine and it hurt pretty bad. I might have to be put under which is nerve wrecking.
Thanks so much for your post.

I feel your pain. I have a small mouth and had a lot of problems with wisdom teeth in my day. If you are in that much pain, I wouldn't wait that long to see a dentist.
Take care

Hi everyone. I just wanted to update you on my little story. Today I decided to find a good oral surgeon who would be able to take me in today. Well, I made many calls and one place referred me to a person who was an oral surgeon in the military etc. And he's been practicing for 36 years so I decided to go to him. Because the wisdom tooth was high next to the sinus, he said I would need IV sedation. Boy was I scared. I was afraid I would never wake up or something. I even started crying on the way to the surgery room. The nurses were very friendly though and made me feel at ease and told me realistically what to expect which was more comforting than my emotions running negatively wild. So I remember them putting in the IV and then soon after I was knocked out. So when I woke up I couldn't believe everything was over. I was laughing and in a strange state of mind. It felt good though. It was definitely the best experience I've ever had in a dentist or oral surgeon's office.
Everything seems good now so far. And the doc told me to not smoke for 2-3 days to help heal. Right now my mouth feels SOOOOOO much better. No more agonizing pressure from my wisdom tooth onto all of my other teeth and no more horrible pain. I pushed my last tooth and the tenderness is 90% gone. I can bite down again! So now when I feel sore from the surgical area, I just take one of the pills the doc prescribed. I am so happy I was able to find someone and get this done today!!! WOW!!! I am just so relieved!!

Thanks everyone for taking your time to read and/or respond!

Hi. I've had a tooth problem for a few months now and still can't figure it out. I thought maybe I had bitten down on something and hurt it, but i think that would have healed by now. Went to the dentist and I dont have any cavities, nor did he find anything else. It hurts when I bite down on practically anything (including anything harder than bread, basically) so I have been avoiding eating on the left side of my mouth. The only thing I can think of is the fact that I do have wisdom teeth coming in on the top of my mouth, but they are still sideways and are a long ways from growing in. Any ideas?