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Brian Jow

Apr 27, 2012, 4:59 AM

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Hi all,

I am having a lot of very terible dental pain. I have tried everything I can possibly think of to ease the pain and nothing is working. My entire mouth hurts really badly, not just one spot. I can't concentrate because of the pain and I need to concentrate. So I need a way to ease the pain quickly and easily. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
Brian

YucaLandia

Apr 27, 2012, 6:07 AM

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See a good dentist.

If there are no underlying infections, gum disease, etc, then consider that when our teeth in our bottom jaw are not aligned well with our upper teeth, then it quickly causes pain and also sensitivity to heat and cold. When an entire row of teeth (or all teeth) have pain, it can be caused by a misalignment of the jaw. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) does not have a single fixed position, and can move. see http://saveyourself.ca/...les/self-massage.php .

My dentist also had me prop-open my jaw slightly by placing a clean chop stick between my teeth - sitting just behind the cuspids for 5 - 10 minutes. Strangely, gently propping open your mouth with a pencil-diameter/chop-stick diameter piece of clean wood causes the jaw muscles to release some of their tension - and it also shifts the lower jaw position.

Best of luck,
steve
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GringoCArlos

Apr 27, 2012, 6:58 AM

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There is an acupressure point in the webbing between your thumb and first finger that can temporarily reduce pain. Google it - there are articles and probably YouTube videos that show how to do it. This has worked for me sometimes.

Another thing that you could be doing is grinding your teeth in your sleep, which can create a lot of problems. Try using a mouthguard at night, which cushions your teeth from grinding and the problem may go away.

YucaLandia

Apr 27, 2012, 12:13 PM

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Strange, part of my earlier post was lost while typing.

After seeing a good dentist to confirm that there is no underlying dental problem, like gum disease or bone infection, etc, then you might consider that there might be a problem with your temporomadibular joint (TMJ). Check out http://www.webmd.com/...mandibular-disorders for disorders of the TMJ => TMD.

My dentist had me doing trigger and release massage on my jaw muscles to help get my TMJ to stay back into a normal position, which relieves the tooth-on-tooth pressure than can be caused by tense jaw muscles pulling the TMJ into a peculiar position. Massage both sides of your jaw simultaneously with firm pressure applied with fingertips or your thumbs equally pushing on each side (in the manner described in the massage website listed above). The dentist combined pressure, with small circular motions, followed by firm downwards strokes simultaneously on each side of your jaw. (Applying equal pressure at the same time to both sides of the jaw keeps you from pushing the jaw sideways.) Start on the jaw muscles where they attach to your cheek bones, and work your way down. He said that short sessions of 2-5 minutes of massaging jaw muscles several times a day is often enough.

He also advised (after massage) to place a clean wooden chop stick across my bite - placed just behind the cuspids - lowering the jaw, spacing the teeth apart - relaxing it for 5 min to 10 min.

Hope you feel better. It took just 2 days of occasional self-massage and jaw relaxation to relieve my similar tooth pains.
steve
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(This post was edited by YucaLandia on Apr 27, 2012, 12:19 PM)

Sculptari

Apr 27, 2012, 1:48 PM

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So I need a way to ease the pain quickly and easily. Any ideas?

Simple - Tequila! Then you have to worry about a liver problem, and you are too drunk to drive to the dentist.

Aaron+

Apr 27, 2012, 2:40 PM

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Yucalandia is on target with his suggestions.

Strange, same things has been bothering me for about two weeks, only the pain was getting from tolerable to, as you describe it, fairly unbearable, could not concentrate on anything else. Saw a dentist this past Tuesday. No caries, no bone damage, no apparent infect, no significant exterior inflammation. Have you been particularly tense recently, he asked. Applying pressure on one´s teeth means than, usually, one tooth or set of upper and lower teeth are bearing the pressure. In my case, the apparent center of pain (at first hard to find, since it was shreaking pain throughout my face) was where I had had root canal work about six years ago. And my jaw is equally sensitive to hot as well as cold liquids.

Had I ever had a mouth guard he asked. I sheepishly admitted, yes, but had never really used it.

Now I am on pain medicine and an anti-inflammatory, and faithfully using the mouth/tooth guard, while chewing my cud on the unaffected other side of my jaw, and this morning was the first in about five nights that I slept through the night and well. Hope you will be able to report similar relief.

Am curious as to why you did not go directly to a dentist!

Axixic

Apr 27, 2012, 5:29 PM

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Sinus infection can cause dental pain, especially if it feels like the whole jaw or both jaws hurt. Try taking some antihistamines and see if that helps.

YucaLandia

Apr 28, 2012, 2:40 PM

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Brian,
Any updates?

Hope you are feeling better,
steve
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Grieger-Lods

May 8, 2012, 8:48 PM

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I had pain many years ago that sounds similar to yours. The dentist diagnosed my problem as TMJ. He taught me to retrain the way I held my mouth by pressing my lips together and saying, "Me, me, me, me, me" over and over until I could "feel" again the way I should hold my mouth and teeth. It worked for me but it took time. Now, whenever I find myself clenching my teeth, I say, "me, me, me, me, me" to readjust my mouth. I hope this helps.

Sculptari

May 9, 2012, 5:47 AM

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That's a good tip and all, but are you sure that everybody doesn't now think you are insane!?!?

Our bones are constantly shifting, but do so very slowly. A bad habit of posture can haunt you many years down the road.

hollysurly

May 16, 2012, 4:48 AM

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Here is a list of common household products you can use to take care of a toothache

Smirnoff is my favorite...

McCormick Vanilla Extract. Saturate a affection brawl with Vanilla Extract and abode it adjoin the abscessed spot. The booze in it will addled your pain.

Listerine. Swish this artefact about a absent filing, atrium or torn tooth. It will briefly abate the anguish because Listerine is an analgesic.

Lipton Tea Bags. Dampen a Lipton Tea Bag adjoin a atrium or abscessed bum to abate a toothache and bleeding gums. The tannic acerbic in the tea will aloof the atom and array any blood.

Fruit of the Earth Aloe Vera Gel. Bathe a admixture of one teaspoon of attenuated Fruit of the Earth Aloe Vera Gel into one cup of baptize in your mouth. Bathe it over the aching tooth to allay it.

Morton Salt. Mix one teaspoon of Morton Salt to a bottle of balmy baptize and bathe it in your mouth. This accepted antidote will allay and anesthetize the pain.

Popsicle. Sucking on a Popsicle and acute adjoin the gums will act as an ice pack. It will aloof the pain.

Smirnoff Vodka. Swish a attempt of this cooler about the afflicted tooth. The booze in it will aloof the pain.

Tabasco Pepper Sauce. To briefly abate a toothache, dab a bit of this booze on the gum application a besom of cotton.

Ziploc Freezer Bags. Abode baptize in a Ziploc Freezer Bag and benumb it. Afterwards, blanket it in a anhydrate and abode it over the afflicted area.

Aspirin. Crush a book of aspirin and abode anon on top of a anguish tooth to abate its pain.

Colgate Toothpaste. Although not a affliction reliever, it can be acclimated to re-glue a apart crown. Put a dab on the basal of the acme and columnist it aback in place. Then alarm your dentist immediately.

A adhesive fabricated from delicate Cloves and water.

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esperanza

May 16, 2012, 6:28 AM

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This post gets my vote for the Best Post during May award. "Alarm your dentist" indeed!

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RickS

May 16, 2012, 7:22 AM

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It would be helpful to me explain some of these words/phrases that I am not familiar with. Is this Down Under speak?

a affection brawl and abode it adjoin
adjoin a atrium or abscessed bum
will aloof the atom and array any blood
Bathe a admixture... into one cup of baptize
a bottle of balmy baptize
a besom of cotton
Abode baptize in a Ziploc (OK, I know what a ziploc is!)
Crush a book of aspirin and abode anon
Put a dab on the basal of the acme and columnist it aback in place.

Sculptari

May 16, 2012, 2:30 PM

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The only explanation I can think of is that in the way that water swirls down the drain in a different direction in the Southern Hemisphere - maybe it is the same with words? Swirly Girly should meet Wavy Gravy.

cbviajero

May 16, 2012, 4:01 PM

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Probably a tech writer for a chinese exporter,ever read any of their assembly instructions?

michoacan

May 16, 2012, 4:56 PM

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I had an abscessed tooth in the USA a couple of years ago. I tried dulling the pain with NSAIDS, tylenol, and finally enough Oxycodone to knock me for a loop (far greater than what I was Rx'd) All turned out to be 101% ineffective.

This was all going on while doctors and dentists in my HMO at the expense of my suffering day and night tried various woosy antibiotics. None would listen to my plea that only KEFLEX® an antibiotic used for deep infections seemed to work. Finally after two weeks, I obtained an Rx for Keflex. The pain started easing 12 hours after the 1st dose.

But this was for an infection. And was Rx'd by a doctor. A dentista had emphatically endorsed Keflex to me in Patzcuaro, Michoacan years before.

Please see a dentist before you do anything.

Judy in Ags

May 19, 2012, 4:56 PM

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Hey Rick,

I agree. All those phrases had my head really swimming!