Thanks!
I tried the warm saltwater earlier this morning, but it hasn't provided too much comfort. I still feel the sharp pain inching closer to my ear.
Ibuprofen seemed to have the greater effect on me yesterday. I can't take more than one pill though because I can't afford to get drowsy or dizzy while I'm out here.
Surprisingly, the pain intensifies when I'm sitting or lying down.
Ugh, it's the worst type of pain in my opinion. I cannot eat or sleep properly
Shame that the saltwater doesn't help, and very strange that it hurts more when you sit as opose to standing, as that doesn't involve a change in orientation of your head... not suprised about it intensifying when you lie down though.
if you've had pain since a recent dentist trip then its most likely something to do with the procedure they did. The temporary filling could have shifted/expanded/come out or your tooth might have moved in relation to it. This might sound weird but its another condition we've had to deal with out on the islands. Very strange but according to the dentists sometimes your teeth (especially wisdom teeth) move around a bit for no good reason in your gums, causing lots of pain that you can't really do anything about.
You might want to get this looked into sooner rather than later, my dad had a dentist trip that went wrong a few years ago that resulted in his gums/teeth getting infected and draining down into his jawbone and throat, he had to have an operation to open up the jaw and get it all out! Nasty.
Salt water only helps with soft tissue injury and speeds healing. It won't really help with a toothache because a tooth isn't regenerating soft tissue, and there's no real healing with a toothache until the nerve is dead.
I don't see why this suggestion is getting the sarcasm face, I'm just suggesting what I know has helped people in the past with this problem.
When we get helicoptered off to these islands we cannot come back, for 6 weeks (unless you are actually dying or have a broken leg), tooth pain isn't enough for them to send the chopper out so we have to make do with what treatments we can come up with. And salt washes do help some people.
This is because teeth have soft tissue on the inside, the pulp which contains the nerve.
Most tooth pain happens because of infections causing the pulp to swell, pressing on the nerve. Infection can only happen when something breaches the enamel, allowing access to the pulp. Washing your mouth out with salt water helps fight the infection by killing the bacteria in the tissue. Less infection = less swelling = less pain
