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[pinkcloud]

Hi all

so there i was coldsore, freezing cold and tooth ache. Abssess dianosed and need to extract tooth.

Thats number 3 in 6 months.

Now x-ray and tooth i have here shows half of it had been eaten away..and damaged the nerve realllllllllllllllllyyyy bad. Due to ll me meds i didnt notice it too much..and no extra medds available to help...clove oil and bonjela teething gel and panadol and codeine were the best.

Half an hour, 5 injections, trying all forcep things size led to it being cut out..still i felt sheering nerve pain as he did it - scary thing is compared to sci nerve stuff...nothing to moan about.

I got prescription for Duraphat toothpaste, high floride he says i need to try to save these remaining teeth. All these meds, extra dry mouth...saliva to kill bacteria it dos not make.

Any tips for me let me know..although with TMJ i cant chew anyway, only bite are front teeth (1 i have chipped by biting) i just want false ones now....i'm gutted

[Smileyblue]

Ouch! Sorry, I haven't got any real advice, but it sounds like you've been through the wringer!

My father has false teeth, and let me tell you, they come with their own set of aches and pains! I would really try to hang on to your own for as long as possible..

Best of luck..

[pinkcloud]

thanks smiley

its ok in public when i got dressed and done me hair..not as rough looking

in home on bed-bound days in me pjs and unable to shower i look like a drug addict having lost all me teeth..mind you if they all came out i'd stil have to wait for dentures to be made...there is no way i would go out with no teeth....i dropped many of me vein ways..that is just too much...

i feel for our friends in new zealand and other countries without english healthare...they are just left to deal with teeth until they rot themself out and they cope..me i'm just a pamered brit and some real life stories like ya grandpa's just bought me some reality thank you

[Snakeye]

I feel for ya..I've had recent teeth issues as well...Ya, try to save the ones ya got left....

[mellowgator]

apparently your pain meds are drying out your mouth and rotting your teeth.

you need to get an electric tooth brush and brush each time you eat during the day. you should also rinse your mouth with water if you drink anything with sugar and can't brush. you should also use a flouride rinse to help protect your teeth as well.

have you changed your meds in the last 6 months? if for instance you just started on morphine 6 months ago and since then you've started losing teeth perhaps you can get your med via pump or patch to avoid this sympton.

good luck. i would fix this and soon before you are out of teeth to save.


mellowgator

[pinkcloud]

cheers snake eye, i hoping ya get ya teeth issues sorted

mellow, thanks I do have the ability to cope with good teeth hygiene, yet its good you put it up for others who dont, its not as if its as known a fact as could be.

i will go deeper into your morphine comment though......Its not just morphine based drugs that cause a dry mouth, infact i'm not on morphine as such, its in the familty of morphine and its in the form of a patch so i dont feel 'off me face'...do you know of nerve pain meds in patch form Be a grand idea that as its these meds that actually dry the mouth.

Its not i started taking meds 6 months ago and the teeth rotted from day one....it took nearly a year for this to work its decaying ways,,,i not aware of any drug that would rot teeth that quickly.... not even illegal meds full of dirty drug dealers dead skin cells and rat poison......

As i wrote in me post....and i do mean what i write..i have a bad case of tmj (lock jaw to you in brief)..so with that and me back teeth gone....chewy stuff is gone..i just left with crap teeth and i would prefer dentures at least they look nice....nerve pain after extractions awful, so whats a bit more? Better than constant infections that send me body into awful autonomic trouble.

And me dentist has already told me the story..the teeth are ######. and no..he didnt tell me to stop smoking.. I take full responsibility smoking adds to the problem., plus i just unfortunate i have inherited teeth troubles and just like tmj was due to overuse of jaw/mouth in many areas...I had fun..lived life in fast forward..these choices are what i made...i pay for them.

As with lots of things trying to do what i could in life now, as i did in the past....when its painful and non-helpful and near impossible aint for me...better i live me life for today..as proved..it dont be good to be over cautious....it would only pee me off more in the end when body parts go wrong anyway..but i'm immature and live wire in that way...being poor i had to make me own enterainment reaching all the areas in life money cant

Edited by pinkcloud, 12 August 2011 - 10:39 PM.