Suggest treatment for pain in lower molar tooth radiating to rest of mouth
Patient: I am having severe pain on the left side of my mouth. The pain starts in my lower molar (second tooth from back), and then spreads to the tooth above it, and then will continue to spread throughout the rest of my teeth and gums on the left side of my mouth and up my jaw to my temple. Both molars where the pain starts have previously had cavities, and the lower tooth has a crown. The pain is excruciating, and the only way I have been able to stop it is to keep cold water or tea in my mouth, once the liquid starts to reach body temperature the pain will start again. I am taking 4 advil at a time now and it does absolutely nothing. I went into my dentist today and she took an x-ray and said she did not see anything wrong with the teeth. This has been going on for three days now and only seems to be getting worse, what should I do? Doctor: You can use a numbing agent like Oragel,Lidocaine ororegano oil, this is a temporary solution for the pain.You said you cavities it might be recurrent caries, depending on the caries, your molars may need Root Canal Treatment,also you can Use listraine "Make sure it has methyl salicylate in it", keep it in your mouth for about 1 minute it should ease the pain immediately, you should change you dentist to more experienced one, if you have the X-rays it will help me a lot to diagnose your case.