Wisdom tooth pain?!
Question: My wisdom tooth is I think about to break through the surface but is causing me a lot of pain. So much pain that when anything comes in contact with it my mouth starts to tingle and I feel like I am going to almost pass out. My previous dentist said I had an extra tooth in the back and my wisdom tooth was underneath it, I think that is the main reason why it is so painful. But I just switched dentists and he said that there is room and it should be fine. I have told my parents but they think it is fine because the new dentist said so. Any suggestions as to what I should do I has already tried both Advil and Tylanol.
And my age is 16 so this is right about the time that they are starting to break through the surface.
Thanks so much to anyone who can help.
Answers: My wisdom tooth is I think about to break through the surface but is causing me a lot of pain. So much pain that when anything comes in contact with it my mouth starts to tingle and I feel like I am going to almost pass out. My previous dentist said I had an extra tooth in the back and my wisdom tooth was underneath it, I think that is the main reason why it is so painful. But I just switched dentists and he said that there is room and it should be fine. I have told my parents but they think it is fine because the new dentist said so. Any suggestions as to what I should do I has already tried both Advil and Tylanol.
And my age is 16 so this is right about the time that they are starting to break through the surface.
Thanks so much to anyone who can help.
I'm a 41 year old female and just had three wisdom teeth pulled yesterday! (I was born with two upper and only one lower). Like you, I had been told they had stopped growing, though over the years my dentist still suggested removal. At my 6 month cleaning last November, there was no sign of movement in my wisdom teeth. By December, the lower left molar started to erupt and I could see the tooth. I had no pain, it was coming in straight, and there was room in my mouth so the dentist decided to let nature take its course. I had slight pain as the tooth broke threw the gum, but nothing bad at all and was proud to be cutting a tooth (even joked about it :)
Last weekend, I had the worse pain of my life and I was out of town for the weekend. I was taking Extra Strength Tylenol (1000mg every 3 hrs) and Motrin for the swelling. Nothing worked. The lower left side of jaw was somewhat numb and I couldn't swallow due to the pain. It was excruciating. I went to the oral surgeon first thing Monday morning and he said the tooth was vertically impacted and infected. He put me on penicillin for the infection, Vicoden for the pain, and prescribed a dental rinse called Peridex which really worked to kill the bacteria. We scheduled extraction for Friday morning (yesterday) to give the infection time to heal. Tuesday and Wedsnesday I was still miserable as the penicillin takes a few days to battle the infection. I could barely get off the couch and survive without Vicoden and an ice pack! By Thursday I was more mobile and I was actually looking forward to the surgery as the pain was completely unnecessary if I had followed my dentist's advice years earlier.
Surgery was a piece of cake and completely uneventful. Of course, they go over all the risks - nerve damage, etc, etc, etc, but that's for their own statistical protection and your right as an informed consumer. I had a crown on the second molar that I was told may be damaged due to the fact it was overlapping the wisdom tooth, I already had dumbness in my jaw due to the infection so nerve damage was possible, my infected wisdom tooth was growing into the cheek and gum, etc etc etc.
In any event, I opted to get all three teeth out even though I had no issue with my upper teeth - I never ever want to go through the pain again (and I have a high tolerance for pain) and the cost was minimal to get all three done at once ($1950 for IV sedation and three extractions). I ended up paying $400 out of pocket.
The morning of surgery I was surprisingly calm. I opted for IV sedation and it was so easy I have to tell you it was 1000% times easier than a filling or root canal. I arrived about 9:30am, had a nice conversation with the nurse while she took my blood pressure in the chair, she gave me a blanket (this made me feel warm and safe, as I was nervous), she gave me a small mask with an oxygen/laughing gas mix to relax me while we chatted. When the doctor finished with his previous patient, he came in and started the IV. I remember chatting with him and thanking him for his consultation throughout the week when I was in misery... the next thing I remember was waking up wondering when it was going to begin - though the surgery was over and I was resting comfortably in the chair. The whole thing took about 90 minutes door-to-door, with the actual extraction taking about 15 minutes. The only thing I remember is feeling the stitching slide across my lip at one point as the doctor sutured my gums, but they must have administered more sedative as it's just a brief memory and no pain whatsoever. I came out of sedation very easily and felt fine yesterday - we spent the day relaxing and catching up on reality TV shows! I feel fantastic today, slight swelling and tenderness on my lower left side but I feel on top of the world and soooo thankful the pain is gone and knowing that I won't ever have to deal with that pain with my top teeth. The doctor even let me keep the top teeth (the bottom impacted tooth was in pieces due to the extraction) and I told him I hope the tooth fairy accounts for inflation as my the last time he visited was in 1980 and I got $10 at that time :)
In all seriousness, don't wait to get them removed.
My top teeth were a very easy extraction as the teeth were small and the roots hadn't started penetrating (the teeth look really cool - well formed top tooth with the roots all tightly together as they hadn't separated to grow into the jawbone yet). The bottom tooth is another story and I didn't get to keep it for obvious reasons. In three months time it went from no activity to fully impacted and infected. I have disolvable stitches in my cheek and gum but that was because I waited so long. I have no pain or swelling at all in my top teeth (the ones that were removed without symptom).
Sorry for the long note - but I spent an entire week reading blogs before my surgery and ended up scaring myself more than trusting my dental professionals. Sedation dentistry is amazing and it's the only way I'd go for wisdom tooth extraction. I still have nightmares from teeth being pulled as a child, so I was especially afraid of this extraction.
Of course there are a lot of personal factors to consider for your own case, but from my experience I thought it was all a scam to get money from the insurance company until I lived a week in hell with the impacted, infected tooth. The fact that it happened virtually overnight for me (two months elapsed time).
Good luck! Like I said, the surgery was completely easy and if you follow post-op instructions you should have no problem at all.
Was it hurting like that when you saw the dentist? If not call his office, otherwise get a second opinion
I had a a really bad time with my wisdom teeth, one of them was coming out sidewards and was pushing against the rest of my teeet, i had to have it out.
If it is really painful you need to go to your dentist again and explain the amount of discomfort your in. If its causing you a lot of pain it should be taken out.
Your dentist said it should be fine, it doesn't mean it will be fine.
You could try alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen every 2 hours. That helped me with my pain. The pain may stop once it has come all the way through
Goodluck, you have my sympathy
At least one half of wisdom teeth need to be removed. Usually there is not enough room for them and they push on the other molars. This is called an impacted wisdom tooth and needs to be cut out. This is done under conscience sedation so you won't have any pain or memory of the work. It can be done in an oral surgeons office. Get another opinion and x-rays.
Yeah, I know that can be very painful. If the pain doesn't go away by Monday, I would defnitely go back to your dentist and makes plans to have it removed. Sometimes they just grow in, break through the gumline (which is painful), but then once everything adjusts itself in your mouth, you're fine again. So, I would wait it out until Monday and see if it's as painful then. If so, then definitely go back to the dentist because you don't wanna continue living in pain. In the meantime, try orajel, take 2 advil every 5 - 6 hours to kill the pain, and rinse your mouth with very very warm water with iodized salt.
TRY ORAJEL. IT DOES HELP TEMPORARILY WITH THE PAIN. TRY MOUTHWASH ALSO.