dental agony.i'm scared

[encee]

i dont suppose anybody likes going to dentist but i went to a new one today first visit.my query is..I WAS GOING TO HAVE A TOOTH OUT when she started lighly tapping it so see if it hurt at all.I literally shot up the chair in agony.the pain was unbearable.obviously she stopped & said i had an infection.put me on ibuprofen to ease the pain & put me on a course of antibiotics.after i got home well after about 1h i nodded off then woke up with more pain then there was quite a bit of blood.i phoned dentist up and she said not too worry.well i am a born worrier.has anybody else experienced this.it would put my mind at rest if someone out there has been through a simalar saga.

[Scarlett]

I remember having tooth pain, and being given antibiotics from the dentist. And then the next time I examined the problem tooth it literally exploded! Blood and yuck. But I think that was the effect the antibiotics had on it- the gunge was gone and then healing took place. no probs.

[lady_p_gold]

I had an abcess and the infection spread all along my gums and I am normally a person who just 'gets on with it' ... I can honestly say it was the worst pain I had ever had, worse than childbirth and I even ended up calling NHS direct in the night and they said it is the most phone calls they get in the night from people who have dental pain. If it gets too bad you can get stronger painkillers from the doctor which I had to do .. and I never even usually take one paracetamol! But rest assured that when you have any treatment it will not hurt because they are so skilful at numbing you now. So nothing to worry about just a horrible thing to have

[Eastender]

Hi I once had this, went to have a tooth out, had about 5 injections and nothing would numb the tooth. It also turned out to have an abcess which the dentist did not notice. Apprantly nothing numbs the tooth if an abcess is present. So take the anti biotics and pain killers. After the abcess has gone away the dentist should be able to take the tooth out, no problem.

[bracknell]

I too am still scared of the dentist, but have had such good ones that they tell me what they are doing and what is happening which makes it easier. Just a tip for you, keep taking the antiboitics - most important. Rinse your mouth with tepid salt water solution every few hours - helps kill the infection. Also, instead of ibuprofe, take Solphodine Max - they are both pain killer and anti inflamatory. That is of course unless you are Asthmatic. Hang in there - just before last christmas I was in so much pain and swelling - I was on the point of going to A & E to get them to drain the abcess but I held out for my dentist who took one look at the tears running down my face, got hold of my hand took me into her room and told me this would hurt but would have relief - boy was she right, the pain was insignificant compared to the relief. It will get better soon. Hope all goes well and try and worry about something else.

[snapdarlich]

My Dad grew up in a time when if you had any tooth problems, the solution was to whip them all out... He only has several bottom ones left. He had to chew on a chain kind of thing to loosen them...

You wouldn't get away with it now. There was nothing wrong with his teeth. You'll be fine and think yourself lucky!

[encee]

thank you everybody for your answers.i feel a lot better after reading them.will put the outcome of all this after i have the tooth out on the 16th.after a week on antibiotics.i know there are a lot of people in more pain than i was but i suppose at the time you dont see that.but i never want to go thr that pain again.hopefully i wont feel anything when the tooth finally comes out on friday.keep you all posted and thanks to everyone for their replys.this is a brill site dont you think

[encee]

well its the night b4 extraction.had a bad time.really hurting at times.i do hope they can take it out tomorrow with no pain.all i can taste is apeppery taste has anyone else had this.bet i've got an abscess.still be positive chin up an all that.keep fingers crossed i dont want to have this over xmas.mind you gone right off sweets.