tooth pain

• September 5, 2016

  Did the emergency dentist blow off a possible infection in my tooth?

  I’m completely put off by the emergency dentist I just saw. I’m partially to blame for the situation I’m in because I’ve blown off getting a filling for about a year on one particular tooth. When I called, I told them about that tooth, but also explained to them that I thought the tooth next…

• March 5, 2015

  Should I wait out pain and swelling or insist my dentist see me today?

  I woke up this morning with pain and swelling on one side of my mouth. I called the dentist immediately, but they are telling me the earliest I can get in is tomorrow morning. At this point, the only thing I can do is keep popping over-the-counter pain meds and hope that it helps. I will…

• February 27, 2015

  Is tooth pain caused from grinding my teeth or something else?

  I’m a teeth grinder at night. I’ve been doing it for as long as I can remember, but up until now everything has been fine with my teeth (at my check-up and cleaning several months ago there were no issues).  But something has changed in the last month or so and I am noticing a…