Hi, for some of you who know me from previous posts and for those who don't I have a bite problem/clenching/tmj this is my biggest problem I am going to the dentist all the time because teeth hurt just because of my bite.
My dentist is now on vacation for a week and I am also supposed to go out of town w/my hubby to Boston next week. Please anyone with the same tooth problems or to those of you who have had the pain please I need to know how to keep my teeth from hurting. Do I keep my mouth open, take meds, what I can't go a week like this please help!!!!!!
Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?
[This message has been edited by jp123 (edited 07-31-2003).]
You may want to try ice on your jaw. Ice is good for pain. If tight, spasming muscles are the case you may want to try moist heat (wet washcloth in the microwave). You may try cycles of heat, ice, heat, ice for 15 min each, but always end in ice. Tylonol is also supposed to be helpful with tooth pain.
I don't know if your teeth pain is the same as mine (mine feels more like the gums) - but I finally went on neurontin. I'm up to 900 mg - it has helped tremendously, even though it can make you a bit dizzy and sleepy at first. My TMJ dentist, who is also an orofacial pain specialist, is managing my neurontin, but other doctors use it for all kinds of pain. Nothing else worked for me. But my pain may not be the same.
Thankyou everyone last night was so tough I even thought about suicide. I don't have 1600 for the treatment, and I cant live in so much pain. Quinn, the neurontin what is it for? Did you have pain in your teeth all over?
[This message has been edited by jp123 (edited 08-02-2003).]
Help me with my tooth pain please!!!!!!!! 
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