painful teeth

[Connemmara]

Can anybody please tell me why are my teeth so sensitive. and I have spent 1,000s of pounds on them. I now (I think) have a whole in one of my back teeth but the pain is so bad I dont which one. This is Sat but when I go on Mon they will make me wait nearly 4 hours which I could not do this time to get an emergency appointment.

I really am at the end of my tether that I feel I should get all of them out and dentures put in but I know they come with their sorrows too. I am so low today. They also bleed profusely from time to time. I feel dentists dont care they just want the money.

[coccinelle]

It sounds as if you have an abcess especially if you have bleeding gums which could mean gum disease. Abcesses are very painful so I sympathize with you. I ended up seeing a paradontist to get my teeth sorted and to hang onto them. Good luck!

[Connemmara]

thanks coccinelle what is the difference between paradontist and dentist - I do hope it is not a hygienist cos I went to one and I never forget the pain she put me through. By the way my teeth bleed every single day - sorry I said "whole" which should have been hole. I do think it is a cavity.

[Ethel]

I suffered excruciating toothache on and off for years which couldn't be pinpointed to a single tooth. It was absolute miserable agony. I was ready to have teeth pulled to stop it.

It turned out to be neuralgia, and when prescribed the correct treatment it was a miracle. It literally switched the pain off.

Could this be the situation with you?

[Connemmara]

i have looked up paridontist and dentist to get the difference - paradontist looks after the gums but will he/she ie paradontist and dentist be together in this or will rank or money pull. Will I have to change completely to a paradontist - God I am in that pain I dont know what I am talking about

[Connemmara]

Hi Ethel would love it to be neuralgia as I have been suffering for years too. Maybe will make an appointment to see my doctor for pain relief for neuralgia.

Having said that I do know there is a whopping big hole in the bottom back tooth. but i have three there and because of the pain dont which one it is

[Connemmara]

Ethel I also mentioned to say (whether there is any connection but I have been very headachy all week. Usually 2 tablets takes this headache away but now I am thinking it is connected to the teeth. Just reading on google about paradontist and dentist and one young girl said once you get false teeth your face changes immediately - I do know that cos my mother and few friends have them and they were never the same - that is why I suffer just to have my own face. Sob sob

[Ethel]

See your dentist and your doctor.

Read this about neuralgia

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068947/

[coccinelle]

Once your dentist has taken an X-ray he'll know what's wrong. Once I was in contact with the paradontist I stopped with my dentist, in fact my dentist transferred me to him. A dentist looks after everything you can see in way of teeth whereas a paradontist looks after what's hidden below. By the way, have your teeth moved lately, like having a gap between two teeth when one wasn't there before? That's a sign you need to see a paradontist as there's something going on underneath.