Erin, I hope you get some relief soon. Antibiotics are great for this. I've had lots of painful dental stuff happen since my first round of Solu-Medrol (there's a connection there somewhere, according to neuro & dentist). Narcotic pain meds didn't touch the abcessed tooth pain. I had terrible headaches and jaw pains.

I recently had my first root canal, and it honestly wasn't that bad. It was much easier than I thought! I don't know if this is dental protocol, but my dentist numbed the area with some clove-scented stuff before injecting the novacaine. The pain was gone pretty quickly when the root canal was done. It was definitely worth it, compared to all the pain I was in beforehand.

Nothing is worse than dental pain to me. I hope you are better soon!