HIFW I have spent most of the week in excruciating pain, my face swells up and I find out I have to have a front tooth pulled.
Posted Apr 6, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC
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Oh holy shit, I’m so sorry to hear that. Diluted clove oil might help with pain?
I hope it all goes okay for you.
Teeth are horrible and anxiety inducing as well as painful and expensive.
Thinking of you
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My sister actually sent one of her friends with a little bottle of essential oils for it, I think that is what is was. Definitely feeling better today.
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Hey, been there and it is so excruciating! Hope you can find someone to do the extraction for a good price, it's one of the simplest things they can do.
Your dentist probably told you this already but for anyone else listening, I wish I had known earlier: use a hot compress on your face instead of a cold one. It feels like icing it makes it better, but it actually just makes your blood vessels contract and keeps the infection bound up in your face. Warm compress to open up blood vessels can help reduce the swelling until you can get the tooth pulled.
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I ended up getting it extracted same day, my out of pocket was only $40. The oral surgeon said it was so bad that if I hadn't gotten it pulled yesterday I would have likely ended up in the hospital this weekend on IV antibiotics. Huge relief today, not much pain, although my face is still swollen I know it's going to get better.
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This tooth has already had a root canal and a crown. My dentist couldn't really say how it happened. I had to go to a specialist who confirmed that the tooth is cracked so the whole thing has to be pulled and I paid $350 for that information and now I have to worry about the cost of extraction and the new tooth.
Argh tooth pain and the anxiety of anything tooth related is close to the top of worse shit to deal with. I hope it all works out for you -hug-