I have incredible tooth pain rn and I’m not employed and don’t have dental insurance. To my knowledge a hospital won’t do anything unless it’s an emergency. But it’s not like I can do much of anything besides attempt to sleep through it and treat it with oral benzocaine and oragel. It’s been like this on and off for the last 4 years. I’m so distraught that I’m considering waking into traffic. I hate this and just want to stop existing. Is there anything y’all can recommend? I’m in Pinellas county Florida if that helps. Currently donating plasma and the sodium citrate is seemingly making the pain worse.
In my cursed experience, this pain typically subsides after a few days - however you want to look out for any signs of infection. Typically what happens is a feedback loop between irritation causing swelling causing teeth to move around causing more irritation causing more swelling. Even though over-the-counter pain meds do very little for the pain, you should take ibuprofen to help reduce the swelling (I AM NOT A DOCTOR).
If it is infected, you will need a prescription for antibiotics. Infections can potentially be very dangerous. Without solving the root cause, infection can return down the road, requiring more exotic antibiotics to treat.
I just hat a bunch of teeth yanked after being in the same situation for many years. Death to America.