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Still hurts but,at least I can tell which tooth the pain is coming from now so it is back to the dentist on Monday.

I woke up one morning just before we went away in December with a very sore jaw joint, near my ear. A weekend, of course. It even hurt to talk :-0 :-D

I dosed myself with pain killers, and used both warmth and cold, it had eased a bit by Monday, so I didn't bother with either doc or dentists. Left on Tuesday, the pain gradually became a dull ache and even sometimes no pain at all. Although I couldn't tell whether it was only the joint, the jaw bone or teeth ......... it definitely hurt to eat on that side!

Had my 6 monthly check-up yesterday, told the hygienist, and she went and told the dentist. Both had a poke around my upper left teeth ....... dentist even gave me the "cold test". That meant putting ever increasing amounts of some sort of freezing agent until I yelped with the pain ............ tests the sensitivity of the tooth.

Turns out it is nothing to do with my teeth, but "Arfur Itis" has moved into the jaw joint :-(

Pity ........ something could have been done if it had been teeth, nothing can be done with the jaw except learn to live with it, and use pain killers if/when the pain gets worse. :-( :-P

Hope you do not suffer much longer.

Lucky with NHS Dentist. There is a distinct lack of them around.

Are you anywhere near a hospital, that has a teaching section - dentistry?

Well done. It is hard to find an NHS dentist round here.

The pain in my tooth is just less often now and I can work out where it is coming from.

Had a molar out yesterday, myself.
Had abcess 2 weeks ago, antibiotics.

Cost on NHS, just over £56.

Hate toothache.

Liz

Maybe as the item is almost a year old he was making an old in the tooth joke???

Sorry Rollo what does that cartoon have to do with my toothache?

close encounter with the tooth tree maybe

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2017/apr/30/theresa-may-the-fruits-of-brexit-cartoon

Nothing worse than toothache, well not while you have it anyway. Hope it gets sorted soon Sharron.

Not as painful today.

Oh,I do hope I can keep that money in my account!

....have to admit, my teeth tend to wander around a bit, now :-(

:-D :-D :-D

But I am very proud of my door handles, Joy-Louise. I still have the bakelite ones that were there when the house was built. Not risking them on my tooth.

As for having the tooth out, well, I am like a broken mouthed old ewe as it is. I just don't want to loose any more because I will start to look like I should be on Jeremy Kyle, more so,then.

Have you tried a piece of string around the nasty tooth, tied to a door handle. That'll give you something different to whinge about, Sharron. ;-) :-D :-0

Ooo-errr.
I had an abcess - and just had the tooth out. :-(

If the anti-biotics don't work,it could be a root filling and the extraction of £500!

Sharron your lucky I had intermittent toothache went down to London where my dentist is she took some xrays and have to go back on Thursday to have the tooth out not looking forward to it I must say :-( :-(

I could take co-codamol. That would bring it to a grinding halt.

Eat some apples Sharron, they will slow things down.

Lizxx

Just think of it as your yearly 'clear out' :-D :-D :-D