More tooth pain

March 31, 2007

I posted a few months back of having 1/2 of my amalgams removed and

having pain for awhile after. It never went away, but it seemed

like it was a problem with my bite having been changed, so I have

just dealt with it and learned to eat on the other side of my

mouth. That was 3 months ago and just this week I had the others

replaced. It was on the other side of my mouth and I am having the

same sort of pain. Extreme pain when I eat and for about 10-15

minutes after. This is not conducive to eating b/c now both sides

of my mouth hurt so I have no safe place to chew! lol

My dentist is not mercury-free although he practices good removal

techniques. I don't want to go back for an adjustment of my bite

b/c every time I walk in the office, I'm exposed to more mercury.

There are no other options for dentists so what would you

recommend? Just wait it out and eat only soft foods? How long do I

wait until I decide it's not going to fix itself? Should I try

chelation and see if that helps? (I am planning to chelate but was

hoping to resolve this first)

The pain is a zinger type pain on one side; upper teeth. But since

this latest removal, the lower jaw also hurts when I eat. On my

other side, it's just a severe pain all along my upper jaw and one

lower tooth (that wasn't touched) hurts as well.

Thanks for any advice, thoughts, etc. I'm tired of this pain, but

really don't know how to proceed from here.

Wyndie

March 31, 2007

Wyndie,

I suspect you may have a high filling in one or more teeth. It happened to

me after I had my dental revision and I was convinced I had a cavity causing

me pain. The dentist said it's not an easy thing for them to detect with

composites. After putting in a filling, they have you grind away on that

special kind of paper to see if there are any areas of uneven pressure. But

that's not a foolproof technique. My dentist said it can be a very painful

thing to have a filling with a bit of excess material, because you have the

force of our very powerful jaws acting on this fulcrum point, and it will

change the bite somewhat and fatigue your jaw muscles.

The fix for this problem is very easy. The dentist just grinds away the

tidbit of excess filling, and then has you bite on that special paper, and

that whole process may be repeated a number of times. They don't want to

take too much filling off, but they don't want to leave you with the

problem, so the grinding is momentary each time. I couldn't believe how

quickly I got relief after 6 months of what I thought was just slow recovery

or a new cavity.

I think it's certainly worth going back to your dentist. Course it could be

something more serious, but even so, you shouldn't be experiencing pain like

that. See if you qualify for the easy fix.

Lynn

> I posted a few months back of having 1/2 of my amalgams removed and

> having pain for awhile after. It never went away, but it seemed

> like it was a problem with my bite having been changed, so I have

> just dealt with it and learned to eat on the other side of my

> mouth. That was 3 months ago and just this week I had the others

> replaced. It was on the other side of my mouth and I am having the

> same sort of pain. Extreme pain when I eat and for about 10-15

> minutes after. This is not conducive to eating b/c now both sides

> of my mouth hurt so I have no safe place to chew! lol

>

> My dentist is not mercury-free although he practices good removal

> techniques. I don't want to go back for an adjustment of my bite

> b/c every time I walk in the office, I'm exposed to more mercury.

> There are no other options for dentists so what would you

> recommend? Just wait it out and eat only soft foods? How long do I

> wait until I decide it's not going to fix itself? Should I try

> chelation and see if that helps? (I am planning to chelate but was

> hoping to resolve this first)

>

> The pain is a zinger type pain on one side; upper teeth. But since

> this latest removal, the lower jaw also hurts when I eat. On my

> other side, it's just a severe pain all along my upper jaw and one

> lower tooth (that wasn't touched) hurts as well.

>

> Thanks for any advice, thoughts, etc. I'm tired of this pain, but

> really don't know how to proceed from here.

>

> Wyndie

>

April 1, 2007