Hi, I'm New Here, With Toothaches - Dental Health Message Board

kimspikedhair2 · 07-01-2007, 04:51 PM

Well I have been in chronic pain dealing with toothaches since this past December! Every single month I have had atleast 2 toothaches. I have had 2 failed root canals by 2 different dentists (on 2 teeth). On June 13th I had my 6 remaining top teeth extracted because of toothaches and had a top denture made. Well now my 6 remaining bottom teeth are ALL giving me toothaches too UGH!! Why is this all happening to me??? I am soooooo depressed that I think that I’m having a mental breakdown. Every day since December, all I do is cry! I used to get 1 toothache a year, but now it’s 20 toothaches within 6 months, what’s going on??? My dentist did some kind of test on my teeth, and he says that the nerves in my teeth are all dead, how can that happen, when my teeth don’t look that bad?? I go and see my dentist next Tuesday, July 3rd so I am going to tell him that I want ALL of my remaining 6 teeth extracted, and than get a bottom denture made after my gums are fully healed. And than I will NEVER EVER have to go thru another toothache as long as I live, Thank God!! I have been on vicodin off and on now for about 6 months (prescription from my dentist) so now I will have another thing to worry about after I get my remaining teeth extracted (going thru horrible withdrawals) UGH!!! I never had any major cavities so I don’t understand why all of my teeth are giving me toothaches, do you think it’s because I have some major infection going on like in my jawbone that has been spreading from one tooth to the next since December?
I just can’t wait until the day that I wake up and be pain free and drug free.
Kim

dma11663 · 07-03-2007, 09:02 AM

I don't know the answer to your questions, but I wish you well. I am wondering how you are today? Write back if you can.

Lynda11011 · 07-03-2007, 04:16 PM

I feel bad for you...i can understand your frustration. I am currently dealing w similiar pain, wishing for the day I wake up and have no pain. What were the reasons that the dentist who pulled your teeth gave you? A test that was a cold test to check the nerves? I am really curious......was it an oral surgeon, endodontist or regular dentist? Lynda

kimspikedhair2 · 07-03-2007, 10:56 PM

Hi, My regular dentist, and also an oral surgeon, both checked my teeth, and they said that the nerves in my teeth all are dead, causing me these horrible toothaches, it's like one right after another since this past December.
Today I went to my regular dentist (to get my top denture adjusted and also to tell him that my remaining bottom toothache pain is getting worse) and he did another test on my 6 remaining bottom teeth, (this cold test, that burns/hurts your tooth like crazy if the tooth is good, but if the nerve is dead than you feel no pain).
Well I didn't feel any pain at all when he did this test, but when he tapped on my teeth, I almost hit the roof. (my toothache pain has been 24/7 since December). My dentist even asked me if I have some kind of medical condition, because he says that it's odd that all of my teeth (all 20) had toothaches all going on at once.
One of my co-workers told me that I should get my heart checked, but I have no insurance. :-(
And now I only have 6 teeth left in my whole entire mouth anyway, so I am going to get them all extracted here soon.
My dentist said that he was going to call up my oral surgeon today(the one who pulled out some of my top teeth 3 weeks ago, and put an immediate top denture on) and give him the Referall. So I am hoping within the next couple of weeks that I can get them extracted, and be done with toothaches forever.
This has really affected my life since December, I don't even want to wake up in the morning, I just want to sleep all day because of the pain.
Even pain med's don't take all of the pain away, and I have been putting orajel on my gums/teeth also and that stops the pain for a couple of minutes, but than the pain comes back full force. :-(
My family is getting tired of me for crying and complaining about my toothaches everyday since December, but if they had chronic toothache pain than they would understand what I am going thru.
My dentist today told me that he wanted me to keep my 2 eye teeth and just extract the rest, he said because having a full bottom denture wouldn't stay on right, and I would have too many problems with it, etc.... well I told him that I don't care, that I would rather be completly toothless than to be having a toothache. I told him that I suffered long enough, and I was literally in tears when I said this to him.
He even had the guts to tell me, to wait it out another week, and think about it, (about keeping the 2 eye teeth) and than let him know next Tuesday (when I see him next for another top denture adjustment)
But I practically yelled at him and told him that I am over 100% sure that I want the rest of my teeth (6 of them) extracted, so than he fineally gave up, and that's when he told me that he would call up my oral surgeon.
I just really wonder if he did!
I will call my oral surgeon's office on Thursday (being tomorrow is the 4th of July) to see.
Anyone else here just kept having toothaches after toothaches, one right after another, and there was no reason for it??
The only other times that I have ever had a toothache was, if I had a deep cavity or under a crown/bridge/cracked tooth got infected, not when my teeth don't look that bad.
Kim