Comments on: mouth – part II

By: Momo

Momo — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:28:07 +0000

Hope you get to feeling better soon, and I hope they can figure out what is causing the pain.

By: Texas Seestor

Texas Seestor — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:32:21 +0000

Doh! How could I forget this…I recently had a dentist appointment and complained about tooth pain. No cracks, no cavities and I already use a mouth guard at night (that might be one idea for the clenching idea).

My dentist thought it was tooth sensitivity. I had to use Sensodyne every morning for 2 weeks and a new toothpaste by Sensodyne called Proenamel every evening for 2 weeks. I also had to quick using my good ol’ tartar control toothpaste which I was told can lead to sentivitiy issues. I am now using plain old Crest toothpaste…no tartar control, no whiteners, etc.

She also thought it could be tooth ligament strain (who knew?) and I took prescription Ibuprofen for several days.

By: Squirl

Squirl — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:10:26 +0000

I’m glad the naproxen helped. Everyone else had such good suggestions and I couldn’t think of anything else. Maybe it’ll clear up and not bother you any more. Either way, I hope you can enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:02:52 +0000

No allergies or sinus problems lately (surprisingly enough), but thanks for the thoughts, jenski. He did mention the sensitive teeth toothpastes as one idea. Maybe I’ll get some and see if it makes a difference. Do you have a brand that you like?

I’m actually wondering now if it was an inflammation of something (muscles, gums?), because I took some naproxen (Alleve) yesterday and everything felt much better for chewing.

By: jenski

jenski — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:54:27 +0000

I had *really* sensitive teeth for a while and ended up switching back to a gel toothpaste. It helped tremendously. Apparently the paste I used had slowly made my teeth more and more sensitive. I don’t know if that could cause the pain you are describing.

I have also heard and experienced pain from having sinus pressure buildup. Apparently the roots of your teeth can aggravate your sinuses. Any allergy flare-ups or serious colds recently?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:58:15 +0000

Oh, and my general practitioner pressed all around on the muscles of my jaw and face. None of them were sore….

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:57:21 +0000

No, he didn’t mention it, specifically. He did tell me that it could be a soreness in the ligaments and tendons of my jaw. I’m not sure if that is considered TMJ? I haven’t had any popping/clicking or locking of my jaw. I’m not sure if that is a ‘requirement’ of TMJ….

Ideas? I looked at Wikipedia, it wasn’t all that helpful.

By: Ern

Ern — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:37:38 +0000

The symptoms you described sounded like TMJ. Did the dentist mention this possibility?