[Dollface]

I bit down really hard on a metal fork about 5 or 6 hours ago, I literally cried when I did it, I was in so much pain I couldn't speak or finish my dinner. After about 10 minutes the pain pretty much went away, it was just like a light throbbing. But now, all of a sudden my teeth are killing me. I can't drink cold water or even breathe in with my mouth open because the cold air hits my teeth and the pain makes me scream. Has anyone ever had anything like this? Should I be worried? I'm scared that my teeth are going to die or fall out or something. The pain is seriously intense.

[Dollface]

PLEASEEEEE i beg

[Marsh.]

Get over it.

[Kate!]

Phone nhs direct and get the number for an emergency dentist?

[Marsh.]

No but seriously, get out and buy some painkillers for it tonight and call the emergency dentist first thing in the morning.

[Drew.]

Teeth are generally really sensitive, take some painkillers or something and see if the pain goes away over the next few days

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Get over it.

YOU ARE SO CRUEL i am dying HERE

[Dollface]

already took painkillers a couple of hours ago it hasn't helped at all

[LukeB]

I think you should go Dentist! I will pray for you

[Denver]

Buy plastic forks?

[Dollface]

i'll give it 3 days, if it's still painful i'll go dentist, but i'm hoping there's a dentist on here that can give me some advice, like i wanna know if there's a possibility of it falling out or dying

[Drew.]

http://ask.metafilter.com/156529/Wha...in-in-my-tooth

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by Drew.

http://ask.metafilter.com/156529/Wha...in-in-my-tooth

"the most likely thing is that you have compressed the tooth in its ligament space, possibly amputating the blood supply to the teeth. Intense cold sensitivity would be a red flag (see a dentist), but these injuries often take years to manifest as something severe (dead tooth leading to root canal). happens a lot with kids and bicycle handlebars/monkey bars."

oh my god I HAVE COLD SENSITIVITY
so basically i need a root canal hahahakillsmyself

[Drew.]

a nice trip down the dentist in the morning for you

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Drew.

a nice trip down the dentist in the morning for you

If she's luckily enough to get an appointment (depending on her dentist actually) I have to wait a week or so

[Marsh.]

I remember when I had severe tooth ache all through the night years ago and when I woke up the following morning the entire right side of my face had blown up like elephant man.

I've never gone through anything as painful in my life.

[Jason.]

Clove Oil usually does the trick for toothaches.

[zakman440]

Orajel is a miracle for toothache - if you can get some it will help take the pain away (though it's worth seeing the dentist as well).

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I remember when I had severe tooth ache all through the night years ago and when I woke up the following morning the entire right side of my face had blown up like elephant man.

I've never gone through anything as painful in my life.

oh god, now i'm expecting to wake up looking like a balloon animal

yeah tooth ache is the worst pain i've ever experienced, when my wisdoms started coming through i couldn't eat for days turned out i had an infection in the gum

[Kate!]

Take ibuprofen if you have any

[lostalex]

it probably cracked the tooth down the middle, like a hairline fracture, and it might be pinching a nerve in your gums. definitely make a dental appointment asap.

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by LukeB

If she's luckily enough to get an appointment (depending on her dentist actually) I have to wait a week or so

my dentist is really good, i got an appointment straight away when my wisdoms were killing me, so

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Dollface

oh god, now i'm expecting to wake up looking like a balloon animal

yeah tooth ache is the worst pain i've ever experienced, when my wisdoms started coming through i couldn't eat for days turned out i had an infection in the gum

Thankfully all of my wisdom's came through with no problems.

Omg at balloon animal.

Everyone was looking at me like I was holding a bowling ball in my right cheek.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

it probably cracked the tooth down the middle, like a hairline fracture, and it might be pinching a nerve in your gums. definitely make a dental appointment asap.

Something similar happened to me this time last year. The pain was like nothing else. It was an upper tooth and the pain was so bad it would give me headaches and eye aches

[Dollface]

Thanks everyone for your advice I REALLY appreciate it, i always freak out when i get tooth pain because i hate going dentist, so i'm literally like crawling the walls right now, but y'all have calmed me down a bit so thank you