Dental trauma ongoing

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do you have a Dental Hospital anywhere near you? It sounds like you need emergency treatment..

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It’s no fun🙄

It was the simple combination of paracetamol then ibuprofen at intervals that calmed it down Bea. I didn’t realise I could take ibuprofen with high blood pressure.
I wish you all the best for your treatment in the future,mits no fun👍

hollysteers feel your pain…🌻
Hope it settles down quickly.. what pain relief ru taking? I had an abscess problem start of lockdown and despite 2months worth of antibiotics- had to be seen @emergency clinic 2mths later and they couldn’t drain it completely so I said to take tooth out as felt I was going insane with pain ..
unfortunately this infection- which I named mouth Covid.. was so severe pain relief didn’t help 100% but I seriously think it affected all my upper molars on the side which I’m having problems with.. 4 teeth have been affected.. now am just waiting for 100% healing before I try and visit a new dentist to see/hear their opinion on why I’ve been left with a shard/chip of tooth from last extraction 2wks ago .. and will need a set of 4teeth denture or do without 😢

Yes dental pain is agonising affects your whole life

My sympathies. I’m waiting for a failed tooth/abscess procedure to be sorted in hospital. I was left in incredible pain after the failed procedure and lack of care. Despite going back in a terrible state, nothing happened and I ended up in A&E when the right pain relief was given to me.

I was in such a state, my DD travelled up from the south and was outraged at my lack of care.
I now have a new private dentist who will remove the remains of the tooth and (thankfully quiet at the mo) abscess if it flares up (at a cost), but as I am on the list already for the NHS hospital, I hope I don’t need to spend the money.

What a business!

Sleepygran

I had a back tooth removed and also a shard left in.I maybe shouldn’t have but I got some tweezers and got it out myself!

Tweezers.. hats off to you.. couldn’t possibly do this given the state of mouth/ jaw… you must be made of iron Lady

4allweknow thank you for your comment… am seeking a 2nd opinion if possible… there’s a huge shortage of NHS dentists in my area/? England.. when you say ‘not qualified’ have strong suspicions that this s maybe the case… as he couldn’t remove the root pulp and thinking will have to be referred back to hospital… apparently he is now having ‘time off’ altho previously I was told he’s on holiday for couple of weeks so couldn’t see him for 2wks..
am healing and managing pain better but do have a ?for you- if my notes say it was a brutal extraction..wouldn’t the dentist have a duty of care to check in with patient who’s had this experience?? Just wondering 🤔

I had a back tooth removed and also a shard left in.I maybe shouldn’t have but I got some tweezers and got it out myself!

If the shard is anything other than a piece of tooth left in the socket (I'd query how other than a part of root) your dentist may not qualified to remove it. Depending on what it is removal may be needed via the side of your gum, like prised out rather than pulled out. Visit to specialist dental surgeon may be needed. I was a registered dentsl surgery assistant to a surgeon and in orthodontics. Bruising is not unusual. You seem to have been in the wars. Hope you have a good result at your meeting and that pain subsides quickly.

..I didn't go..couldn't face it or any examination of mouth...i did call and say i'd just woken up late...this wasn't a lie..just the thought of walking in and seeing the owner and practice manager felt too much with the ongoing pain/trauma...am a wimp

This sounds awful - everyone dreads having dental work done and this must have been so traumatic for you. I do hope you can get some advice and that your mouth is feeling better soon. x

Hope you get sorted soon dental pain is awful gives you no rest from it

Bea65 - thinking of you

I had a similar experience with one tooth. The NHS dentist really struggled to remove the tooth. I had to return within an hour because of bleeding and ended up with a horrendous bruise from my mouth to my chin on that side. I had excellent treatment from older different dentists in the practice when I had to return with three follow up visits. I believe the dentist who originally extracted the tooth was inexperienced

Sadly, the message is in the fact you say NHS. I went private 30 years ago because I had to be dentally fit for a year in Australia. The private dentist could tell I had 30 years of supervised neglect.
I live and respect our NHS, but the dental side does not deliver sadly. I am certain I would have lost my teeth due to gum disease. But the new care and treatment is brilliant and has been.
Yes I know I am lucky to afford it but £20 a month is surely worth it.
Having major extraction at our age is debilitating - poor you I empathise entirely.

I am feeling a LOT of empathy Bea. I do hope you get some sort of help and satisfaction from your dental practice.
I've had trouble with my teeth all my life, probably consequent upon aggressive dentistry when I was a child. No fluoride in those days, of course. I've lost lots of teeth and have to wear a denture. Implants not only too expensive, but contra-indicated because of a shrinking jaw. I just hope my remaining teeth last me out.

Ooh Bea, you poor thing, that all sounds beyond awful. I don’t have a fear of dentists, but I feel sorry for any grans reading this who have! I really hope you’re out of pain very soon.

Many sympathies to you. I’ve been going through my own dental traumas for two months now since I had to have a molar extracted in December . I’m in the USA so it’s all private here, but my dental insurance comes nowhere near covering the work I’ve had to have done. Currently I have a temporary crown on a premolar waiting to go to an Endodontist to have a root canal before my dentist puts a new crown on. I also had a sharp bit after the extraction but two months later it has actually healed over so I hope yours resolves too.

Not sure if this helps, but tooth extraction can result in shards of bone, not tooth, resulting, either from the socket if damaged through the procedure, or the bone reacting and producing them. I know, I was left with several after multiple extraction last year. Most did cover over and recede, though still have one pretty large relic.
Good luck with your meeting - I had a number of issues arising from the poor outcome of my dental treatment last year, and a firmly worded email and subsequent phone conversations with the practice owner resulted in them going back to the drawing board and revisiting aspects which had been done badly and hopefully nearing resolution.
Just don't let them fob you off - treatment which results in long-term harm and pain is not acceptable.
Sending you wishes for a swift favourable outcome.

Good luck

Have had call .. my notes say “brutal extraction “. didn’t know this was a known issue.
Mtg with owner of practice Wed so hopefully am fit enough to go..

Appreciate all your support and comments 🙏