Any suggestions on an achy tooth?

[Tonya]

Thank you. Mike brought me home some temporary repair kit. It's got some putty stuff you pack in the tooth. I'm not sure if it works yet, I just put it in.

[Tonya]

It didn't work. When Mike applied it, he said not only did my filling fall out, but my tooth is cracked, so that is probably why.

On the upside, got the paperwork straightened out. They can fix it on Thursday. They are only using xylocaine (sp?) and tylenol though. So it'll be a painful fix.

Sorry to bore you all with my tooth woes. lol. You were such great sports! Thank you.

[Miss Meow]

Tonya, does the crack in your tooth go down to the gumline? If so, it might be an abcess forming. Ouch. I can feel your pain

[stacwase]

Originally posted by Tonya
I called my dentist and let them know I am pregnant. They said that they will not work on me without a doctor's clearance. I called my doctor, and she said she will not give a doctor's clearance without knowing what they are doing to me. So, I called my dentist back, and they said they will not look at me to decide what they are doing to me until they have a doctors clearance. So, I called my doctor back and told her that they won't look at me to let her know what they are doing until she clears me. And she said to call them back and tell them she won't clear me until she knows what they are going to do to me. Yay.

Oh my gosh! I just had to read this out loud to my stepdaughter. I know it's not funny - but the way you wrote it is just absolutely cracking me up.

I'm glad you finally got the dentist to agree to see you.

I've never had a toothache, so I don't know what you're going through - but do you think that some orthodontic wax would work? You could put it in there to cover the nerve until the dentist sees you, maybe?

[Tonya]

I'm just drinking room temp drinks through a straw and hardly eating. That seems to work...don't eat and don't drink, and I am fine. I can't tell if the crack is up to my gum line, I can't see it. I wanted Mike to just leave me alone because he was hurting me...I didn't care for him to elaborate. lol...

[Tonya]

Not like everyone wants to closely follow Tonya's tooth escapade...haha...But I just thought I'd let you know that the reason why that temporary filling stuff didn't work is because I'd put it on the wrong tooth. I felt kind of stupid. haha.

[catnapper]

Thank you for the laugh!!! Sounds like something I'd do!

One time I went to the dentist swearing my left upper jaw hurt.... the cavity was on the lower left! Oh well, all I knew was that it hurt - don't ask me to pinpoint the exact location of the pain!

[CatDad]

Well, I hope it works on the right tooth. Don't worry though, tooth pain can be hard to track down sometimes even though it is your own mouth. I know this from experience.

I am with catnapper, thanks for the laugh however.

I hope it works, tooth pain is some of the worst to deal with. IMHO.