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Re: Help with intermittent tootache and jaw pain???

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Re: Help with intermittent tootache and jaw pain???

Joel M. Eichen25 Sep 2005 12:01
You wrote,

I have this pain in the right tooth of upper
front for about a year. The pain used be intermittent but now it seems
like it's continous and getting worse and worse

MY REPLY

OK, first thing I always do is to look at the tooth. A very slight
discoloration can suggest a previous bump from 5 years previous.
Sometimes that bump causes the pulp to react. This  s called
"pulpitis." The suffix, "-ITIS" means infammation. Not infection,
iinflammation.

Either it heals or it doesn't. If it doesn't we dentists are
especially alert to slight changes in color compared to the
contralateral tooth. Contralateral means on the other side.

More in a bit ....

Joel

>> >Hi, I'm 28 years old male. I have this pain in the right tooth of upper
>> >front for about a year. The pain used be intermittent but now it seems
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>done with my teeth except cleanning every six months. And my dentist
>always told me I have healthy gums and teeth.

Mike24 Sep 2005 17:53
> >Hi, I'm 28 years old male. I have this pain in the right tooth of upper
> >front for about a year. The pain used be intermittent but now it seems
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>
> Joel

Thanks for your reply. No it was never filled. No treatment was ever
done with my teeth except cleanning every six months. And my dentist
always told me I have healthy gums and teeth.

Joel M. Eichen24 Sep 2005 15:20
>Hi, I'm 28 years old male. I have this pain in the right tooth of upper
>front for about a year. The pain used be intermittent but now it seems
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>Is there anything else that could be related to this pain and anything
>I can do to get rid of the pain?

Sure,

Can you give us a little history? Was the tooth recently filled for
example?

Joel

Mike24 Sep 2005 13:53
Hi, I'm 28 years old male. I have this pain in the right tooth of upper
front for about a year. The pain used be intermittent but now it seems
like it's continous and getting worse and worse. Not only that but now
I feel the pain in my jaws too. Last year my dentist told me to see a
root canal specilist. And since then I've been to 2-3 different
denists, root canal specialists and recently to a TMJ specialist. No
one seems to find anything wrong with the tooth except the person who
deals with TMJ pain told me the pain in the jaws seems like it's TMJ
but pain in the front tooth has nothing to do with it and he said maybe
I should see the oral sergeon and have the tooth extracted. If no one
sees anything wrong in the x-rays why tooth extration?
Is there anything else that could be related to this pain and anything
I can do to get rid of the pain?

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