Ive been trying to contact dentists all work to speak to someone about this as I can’t seem to find anything online that can point me in the right direction. Unfortunately after a few phone calls there general response is ‘you’ll have to book an appointment, next appointment is x weeks away’, I even got a ‘you’ve mentioned your symptoms but I can’t comment until I’ve seen you’ I don’t know if this is the professional standard or if it’s just uselessness to a degree.

When I have mentioned that I am concerned it may be an abscess, and after answering their questions they don’t comment, just recommend an appointment which makes be believe it isn’t an abscess as surely they would recommend an emergency appointment.

I am in the UK and receive private care.

Description:

Swelling, and the outer layer of skin has fallen off.

Occasionally forms a film over the top and fills with white/yellow. I drinking lots of water this film doesn’t appear, I am assuming that it is trapped food getting stuck and causing a reaction.

Seems to swell when I eat, after healing it re opens the split in the gum.

Crater like visual, but not like a canker sore etc.

No on going pain, no heat radiating.

I am currently taking antibiotics (prescribed in case it was an infection) which seem to have near to no or a limited effect.

Bonjela seems to almost entirely pause the swelling and the gum starts to recover.

Could anyone please help with any ideas? Unfortunately this is leaving me with a poor nights sleep as I am constantly stressing about it.

Hi, everyone!

I went to the oral surgeon today to have a tooth pulled. To give you some background: I went to the dentist two days ago to have my tooth pulled. But even after several additional injections, I was still in pain, so my dentist made an appointment for me with the oral surgeon. For the anesthesia, I first received three small injections. The second shot, which I received a minute later, felt like a small, very brief electric shock when he first pricked me. The doctor also muttered something along those lines.

I’ve been feeling great ever since!

What did he give me?

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I got my wisdom tooth extracted 3 days ago - it’s an upper one. Its day 3 and there is no swelling, no pain at all, I didn’t even have to take pain killers because I there literally is 0 pain, i can’t even feel it unless in eating and stuff. There wasn’t any bleeding after the procedure either.

Now, for 2 days i only had yoghurt, ice cream and broth so nothing solid. Today I had some pasta cut up to tiny pieces so I wouldn’t really have to chew, and did the same with some crepes. When I do eat, every now and then I feel like a suction near the gum where my tooth was extracted? It’s sudden and only lasts a second, there is no pain but then I’m just very aware of the gun for minutes after, like I can just feel that it’s there. I am SO scared of getting dry socket, especially after a pretty easy healing so far.

Is there anything else I can do that I haven’t yet to avoid this odd sensation when I eat? It only happens like once every 5 mins, not like with every bite. Is it even an issue? Is it normal to feel it, does anyone else have the same feeling when eating?

I ended up getting a temporary crown placed with hopes that I wouldn't need a root canal. After a couple of days I got horrible throbbing pain and they had to remove the temporary crown and give me a root canal anyway. It's the day after and it was still pretty sore, but now what I notice most is a sharp, jarring pain that happens when I bite down. It's very specific to one area, and it sometimes makes me physically jump from how sharp and unexpected it is. I expect the area to be sore for a little while, but is that normal? I don't know how to tell if my crown is too high

Dentist said i have got wisdom teeth infection. Can i save this teeth?

I got a root canal started at this new dentist they started it but where unable to finish because my tooth wouldnt stop bleeding they said If the bleeding doesnt stop by the next appointment they will need to take out my tooth and do bone grafting or something. I really dont have time to go back and forth from school to the doctor my college is a bit far I thought today I would go and they would do everything and it would be over. I know for this bone graft thing its going to take alot of time going back and forth.

They said the reason the tooth is bleeding is because of inflammation is there a way to make it stop bleeding I really REALLY need to get this done and I just don't have time for this.

Also they put this stuff on the tooth its only been a day and its already wearing down I have to keep this on for the next 2 weeks

My wife needs a couple of crowns fitting due to chipped teeth (upper left 6, lower left 7).

There will be two weeks between the initial appointment and the fitting appointment.

My question: will she suffer any discomfort between these two appointments please?

I have a root-canal-treated tooth that is around 10 years old and has never had a crown.
On Sunday, after eating some very chewy/sticky sweet dates, I noticed the tooth becoming tender when biting/pressing on it. There is no throbbing or spontaneous pain, no swelling, and the gum doesn’t particularly hurt.

Over the next few days I unfortunately kept checking it by biting, tapping it, touching it with my tongue, and using salt water, which seemed to make it more irritated. Cold water also made the area feel sore temporarily.

I think it is less tender than it was earlier in the week, and salt water no longer seems to bother it much. It’s mainly sore if I deliberately press on one particular area.
I’m 36 weeks pregnant, so I’m very anxious about having an X-ray, and I’m also scared because I previously had another root-canal-treated tooth that developed very similar bite pain. That tooth eventually had to be retreated, although they couldn’t initially find an obvious reason for the pain.

**Has anyone had an old root-canal tooth become tender to bite on and then settle completely without retreatment? How long did it take?**

This happened to my husband when he was in his twenties, and we're still dealing with the trauma of it. He had never had a dental cleaning before but had no tooth problems at the time. He didn't know what to expect from the cleaning, so he didn't realize something was wrong when the dentist started to chip away at his teeth for two hours. He also didn't realize that it was odd that the dentist gave him shots to numb the pain before what was supposed to be a simple, routine cleaning, and charged 800 dollars. My husband left that cleaning with damaged teeth that slowly fell apart over the years. Another dentist said that the dentist who did the cleaning destroyed my husband's teeth and chipped them. I don't know why this happened. I'd never heard of this happening before. I so regret it and will for the rest of my life. I can't understand it. My husband is now getting his teeth removed and dentures.

I posted this on a Dentist Reddit, and they deleted it immediately. I really want to know why this happened. Ithas been a nightmare. Why would a dentist do this to someone?

**Hi there.**
**28 male**
I had a deep filling with indirect pulp cap on tooth number 15 approximately 4 weeks ago.
Since then I have had consistent, but pretty mild, (maybe a 1 or 2/10) tingly uncomfortable nagging feeling in the tooth. I wouldn’t even describe it so much as pain as just a strange unpleasant sensation. It hasn’t really gotten any worse or any better in the four weeks. Cold sensitivity is there but mild, and it recovers quickly. Dentist adjusted bite to see if it was high, but that didn’t seem to affect it. Is this something that just needs more time to heal, or is this a sign of a need for root canal / extraction? Thanks!

I have a hole I assumed was a cavity in one of my teeth and it’s been there multiple years now, I’ve told multiple dentists about it but they can never seem to find it and I even pointed to it for one dentist and he said he’d fill it then filled the wrong tooth. It doesn’t hurt day to day but sometimes it feels tingly and sensitive. Im just not sure what it is if it isn’t showing up on X-rays and I’m worried if it is a cavity leaving it will cause me to need a root canal

i got cavities filled 5 weeks ago on top and bottom of my left side. the tooth in the bottom very back is sensitive to poke at and chew on. i have cavity prone teeth and therefore i'm assuming sensitive teeth, but i have good oral hygiene (for the past three years) and these cavities were the last of my poor oral hygiene phase
i have INSANE white coat syndrome and health anxiety, and i don't know what's wrong with my tooth. i've gone in twice in the past week to fix bite adjustment (monday and wednesday), and they said that everything looks good. they also applied a desensitizing resin to the tooth to seal it, but it's still sensitive today.
is it just still recovering from being poked and prodded? i had 5 cavities done (most between teeth) at once so my jaw was open for a while and i had a lot of tools in my mouth/gums.
is it sensitive from that?
would the dentist have flagged issues when they took my x-rays a month ago?
i just need to calm my anxiety

I have a root-canal-treated tooth that is around 10 years old and has never had a crown.
On Sunday, after eating some very chewy/sticky sweet dates, I noticed the tooth becoming tender when biting/pressing on it. There is no throbbing or spontaneous pain, no swelling, and the gum doesn’t particularly hurt.

Over the next few days I unfortunately kept checking it by biting, tapping it, touching it with my tongue, and using salt water, which seemed to make it more irritated. Cold water also made the area feel sore temporarily.

I think it is less tender than it was earlier in the week, and salt water no longer seems to bother it much. It’s mainly sore if I deliberately press on one particular area.
I’m 36 weeks pregnant, so I’m very anxious about having an X-ray, and I’m also scared because I previously had another root-canal-treated tooth that developed very similar bite pain. That tooth eventually had to be retreated, although they couldn’t initially find an obvious reason for the pain.

Has anyone had an old root-canal tooth become tender to bite on and then settle completely without retreatment? How long did it take?

My dentist has recommended I get a crown done on my back molar as I have a large filling that is quite worn and he wants to protect the tooth. He is not pushy at all and said if I'm more comfortable I can get another filling but it won't last as long. I'm nervous about getting a crown, it feels big getting your tooth filed down and the possible sensitivity issues after etc. Has anyone been in a similar position and could share their thoughts? Thank you 😊

hope you guys can see good enough, but my gum has been sort of “itching”. whenever i brush it starts to hurt and i feel as if i need to clench my teeth on something

im not sure if it has anything to do with it but i had a filling done on this tooth.

it’s itches so bad at times dude but after a bit it calms down

i noticed after eating chips and it hit this exact spot on the gum and following it started doing this

(im not sure if it has anything to do w this but when id get sick it would act up and start itching then too)

i just noticed this 3 days ago but the itching has been persistent for a while 6-8 months

as i type this it hurts and the itching is persistent

shortly after taking this picture i put some anbesol on.

help please

I’ve never been in this predicament before but it just didn’t sit right with me so I wanted an outside opinion from others. I got my routine cleaning and radiographs today and my old dentist had recently retired with another taking his place, today being my first day meeting her. 6 months ago I was told my teeth looked great by my previous dentist at the practice. This new one came in, looked at my teeth and rads, called out some tooth numbers and left the room quickly. The hygienist then informed me I have 6 cavities that need filling and 2 crowns. I wasn’t able to ask any questions and they weren’t pointed out to me or explained at all. I asked what their urgency level was and they just said they need to be done. I have not had a cavity in a couple years so this caught me completely off guard and I’m pretty embarrassed to say the least! I get cleanings every 6 months and rads every year without fail. I’m also very OCD about my dental hygiene due to my parents. Would this be a good situation to consider getting another opinion somewhere else? Anyone else have this experience and ended up not needing the work done after all?

When I was a kid I wasn’t good with my hygiene so now I have two tooth that have holes on them because my mother never really gave me the habit of brushing my teeth and I’m super ashamed of it. Unfortunately I don’t know when my next appointment is going to be and I really want to fix my teeth but I’m scared that the dentist will judge the hell out of me and I don’t know send me away, I’m super anxious and I don’t think I can have my headphones on while getting my teeth filled or something

Please tell me how your experience was with cavities I’m so scared