teething vamp teeth ...

To see a grey space surrounded by white teeth and white roots on an x-ray made my untrained eye strain hard as my heart began to sink. No wonder the dentist had his own mystified response. He pointed out the grey showing me the root in back nice and tall then pointed out the medium sized root then to the grey area where just a nub of a root was sitting oh so very close to the gum line. This nub of a root of course was from the tooth being banded when I had braces to fix my buck teeth. The reason for taking this x-ray was to find the cause of this mysterious pain that I have been having for a week and a half. Now with this new knowledge, I think I have been having this pain off and on for a while.

So what does pain feel like? You can touch the actual teeth without pain. It is more of an internal pain that shoots up. I couldn't isolate it very well because it seems to move around from top to bottom (crazy brain!). I have major receding gum lines due to the cement for the braces being left on my teeth and not cleaned off. Therefore the gums where irritate and pulled away. So I thought something was happening with these very sensitive teeth. To better explain the pain and what I am feeling it is like growing vampire teeth and to massage the pain away it is like wanting to teeth these vamp teeth on an iced baby teething ring. The reason I am calling them vamp teeth is because now after all the poking and prodding of my teeth, I am feeling the pain on both sides. I should have had an x-ray on the other side to see how that tooth is holding up.

What to do now? I have prescription toothpaste to buildup the teeth if possible plus desensitize the pain. Other than that I need to wait for it to die. The dental hygienist warned me that if the pain becomes unbearable to call the dentist any time of day so he can call in a prescription. Meaning the tooth has become infected and it will be time for the extraction and an implant! So it must mean I have to deal with the pain...? Well, if the toothpaste does the job maybe the pain will go away....? Good news is that the dentist can do this in his office and I won't have to pay the high fees of an oral surgeon.