Hi this started about a month ago. I had a toothache went to the dentist ended up having four fillings. Two to start then the tooth behind started aching so did two more.
This is on the lower right jaw. The second tooth from the back would not freeze to have the filling done so they kept shooting it with freezing sorry I don't know the true name but it is like a bullet the dentist puts the freezing directly into the tooth. It took a few shots to get the filling done this type of freezing does not last long and so needs to be repeated often.
I had the filling about a wk and it would not stop hurting ear jaw everything hurt back I went and booked a root canal for the next day. Problem is the tooth would not freeze. This was a different dentist at the same office this one said she was doing the bullet method but it did not feel the same to me as there was no pop or jolt like there had been previously. She must have given me 10 or 12 shots it just would not freeze she may as well have been giving me shots of water. Some places were freezing minimally none of these places were where we wanted the freezing to be. Left side of my temple for instance back of my head felt weird but the tooth did not freeze. She tried to drill it several times I could not stand it and even her putting the filling back killed me. She sent me to a surgeon who removed the tooth under sedation. That went great it was five days ago. I was given pain killers which are almost gone but the pain is not gone and the gum on the inside of my mouth had a white spot on it since the tooth was taken out it is getting bigger. I called the surgeon only to learn he is on holidays for a wk they will not give me any more pain meds and there is nobody to look at my tooth. They suggested I go back to my dentist if it did not settle in a couple of days and to rinse it with salt water in the syringe starting yesterday tho it was a day earlier than the paper instructions stated. I started the syringing but went to the dentist anyway the same day. He says the white bit which is getting bigger with my syringing is bone??? he was very busy and did not elaborate on this in any way. I do get the impression he is tired of seeing me. Problem is the white bit is getting bigger and bigger I will be out of pain pills today. I am thinking if this keeps going like it is I am going to have a dry socket which I hear if painful but doubt it could get much more painful than it has been.
So what is the next step go to the hospital emergency is all I can think of doing.
If there is anyone out there with any insight into this issue please add your thoughts.
ps I had an accident 20+ years ago where I had multiple fractures of my jaw some simple some compounded this all healed well enough. Freezing for years with a different dentist was never an issue. Not sure if this has anything to do with this new problem or not just adding for long shot sake.

Hi btdt,

For those reading this and wondering what freezing is..... Freezing is just another term for "anesthetic".

The white spot at the site of the extraction may be a bony fragment which may or may not heal on it's own.... or it could be that the jawbone is actually exposed. If you are in alot of pain, not just achey or uncomfortable, then you need to be seen by another dentist to determine if you have a dry socket. If there is no one for you to go to, then your only other option is the hospital.

The normal time frame for pain after a single tooth extraction is about 2-3 days. If constant pain persists after that time or gets worse, then that is not normal and the site needs to be evaluated. It is important to heal properly or you could end up with an infection in the bone.

Please keep us posted on how you are doing.

Bryanna

I was all set to go to the hosp on the 6th day after the extraction the pain pills were gone no refills. I took two advil (ibuprophen) rubbed my face ear neck head everything with a deep cold rub and went off to bed again at 5am. I woke there was NO pain for about 6 hours this is the first real sleep I had all wk. I called the surgeon office the next day as the pain was back tho it seemed not as intense most of the time. I told her there seems to be an abscess on the originally exposed bit of bone. I think it is my jaw bone but of course am not sure. She told me to wash it with a toothbrush and salt water and to syringe it with salt water. The dentist had pooped that small infection pocket when I seen him Monday it took a couple day to come back. I did do as she said and to my amazement it did not hurt much. I am set to leave on a long wkend in the Canadian woods tho it is a family event that I really would hate to miss I am just not sure if I should attempt this. Once I get there it is not so easy to leave. The small infection pocket comes back much faster in just one day pain all day today not as severe but I also don't feel so well the last few days no appetite very fatigued. It hurt all day but this evening think maybe I am turning the corner it is just hard to tell as it gets a bit better then goes bad again.
The part of the jaw where this tooth is was once free floating as it was broke on either side of this site I know this side of my jaw did not heal well from an old fracture. I think this bit of jaw bone between these two fractures has turned in towards the inside of my mouth just a bit.
I am so curious as to why this tooth would not freeze was it maybe infected and did not show on xray? or some other reason? I had two root canals at this same dentist last year and neither of them froze completely I went thru it somehow crying most of the time. I told him this time if it happened again I was getting a new dentist. Tho this office it is a different dentist all the time as they are huge.
Four years ago I was quite ill from I think an antidepressant Effexor xr I quit taking it cold turkey and went thru very bad withdrawal. I have learned that these type of drugs affect you bones and some people on the internet think they affect your teeth too. I am curious if you have heard of this type of medication affecting teeth?
If this has nothing to do with it could you tell me what causes teeth not to freeze on a continual basis?
What can I do to be proactive in the future I am getting afraid to go to the dentist. My last extraction last year did not heal for three months. ???

Going to the dentist today.
The dental surgeons office has advised him to cut away a piece of the jaw bone that is exposed and has been since the day the tooth was removed. I was to the dentist on Monday all he said was that is bone. This office has different type of dentists I think some do root canals some don't the one I am seeing today did two root canals on me last year on teeth that would not completely freeze so we have a bad history.
Wish me luck.
There will be no vacation for me in the Canadian wilderness one must be fit to such things and I sadly am not. Been on a heating pad days now there is no hydro there for my heating pad or I might think about it. Happy long wkend to all.
I will be home with the heating pad

I am not feeling well stomach issues the runs aching tired.... but can't sleep.

It was a different dentist today one that does the root canals. He took a look did a poke blew in some air said it was much to sensitive to work on gave me 500mg of penicillin and sent me on my way. He told me not to touch it with my tongue I told him I have not touched once while awake with my tongue but did mention the tooth bushing the site. He looked at me like I had two heads said why told him I had been advised to do this by the surgeons office. Still looked at me the same way and said it made no sense to him. The area was infected and extremely irritated to bother it more was "not sensible" his words. So who do I listen to? It would of course be easy to do as he says but am I hindering or helping the healing? It sure is tricky when I get conflicting advise. Has anyone else had this? What did you do?
Anyone?

Hi btdt,

Well by now I hope you are feeling better. When the dentist tells you not to brush a surgical site, it is because the area is very inflammed and needs to calm down and/or he doesn't want the area disturbed just yet. However, it is still a good idea to rinse with warm salt water to help keep the area clean. Did he instruct you to do that? How are things going at this point?

Bryanna

I hated that I. Had too get my tooth excrated, I. Tryed on day three and got it out
Is it possible for me to have a lower tooth to hurt and had and upper exxctration