ouch!!! I am sooooo sorry. There is nothing and I mean nothing worse than a toothache. tylenol doesnt help, ambesol doesnt help. all you can do is just pray.... please, just five minutes. pleaasseeeeeeeeee. I hope ya feel better. and I hope you have a pain free birthday.

Dee, call him back and tell him it is an emergency.  They will usually slip you in.  You probably need some antibiotics too.  See if they will phone in a prescription to your dentist.  It will probably help with the pain.  Hope you feel better soon. 

I hope you don't need an oral surgeon. I had a similar problem and the Dentist would not pull it because the broken tooth #14 had 3 roots and one going right through the sinus area. They gave me a shot and put me to sleep and I woke up without the tooth.  

Bad teeth can cause all types of problems. I can't stand the dentist either. I think they like to make pain.  

You might need to call the dentist back and let him know how long your tooth has been broken and that it is to the gum line.  Don't you remember that young boy that died of a brain infection because of a tooth.  That REALLY isn't the way I want to go.  I had an impacted wisdon tooth to deal with  a while back and I swear I think labor pains weren't as bad.     Make sure you leave that dentist office with something for pain.  They have gotten to be little wussies when it comes to prescriptions.  It's 2007, we should not have to put up with pain because of dental issues!!!!!!!!!

I also had to go to an oral surgeon a few weeks ago!!  Mine was a wisdom tooth that had broken months ago and ran right on a nerve.  Now my oral surgeon gave me 25 loratab.  The dentist only gave me 12 tylenol 3 thinking that it was going to be three weeks before I went to the surgeon    I will NOT go to the dentist unless I am in terrible pain so I do understand!!

On things about teeth, my BIL got a heart valve infection that almost killed him.  They told him that flossing his teeth caused the infection.  They told him that the germs that he flossed out settled in his heart valve and caused it.  They told him that he probably only had about a week to live when he went in!!  He had to have all of his teeth cut out before they would do the surgery.  

One weird thing about his new heart valve, it is plastic or something, and when he dies they will have to turn it off ~ it will just keep on beating!  I just thought that was strange!

you guys are killing me.... between yall and johnny kicking my butt in the arcade im starting to really feel like me avatar.

woohooo. im so glad ya got it taken care of of. now you can have a pain free happy birthday on friday.

Thanks!   The dentist gave me a huge wad of gauze and I already have a bottle of tequila here at home!  I think I'm set to go!

 
Thanks for the birthday wishes, too!

   I want Tequilla too!   

Dee, when I had my tooth pulled, I filled the pain meds and never used them.  There was no discomfort after at all. Although, there could have been, but compared to what it felt like before, there was no pain.  Seriously, I wouldn't anticipate too much discomfort.  My dentist said he gave them to me just in case, but that most people don't use them.

Hope you have a pain free recovery.  Glad you were able to get it taken care of.

Well, the novocaine wore off about 2:30 or 3pm today, I started to get a bit of a headache.  I took 2 Tylenol, got an ice pack and laid down.  The doctor called to see how I was and told me to just keep downing the Tylenol every 4 hours.  I have to say, the pain has been about the same as when the tooth was hurting, so I was able to deal with that for the last few days, I can deal with this.  Besides, this will start going away, I'm assuming tomorrow will just keep getting better.  This has been a much more pleasant experience than when I had my wisdoms removed.

I was thinking about getting a tattoo for my b-day, but I've been hesitant of the pain.  Now I know that since this tooth pain, I can handle a tattoo needle!
 

No, Loren, I still have my fangs!  My husband would say my bite is way worse than my bark, but that's a story for another day!   

Dee, I am sorry you are still having some discomfort.  I hope you feel better tomorrow. 

  num gum sounds like a name for one of wolfie's choco delights