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Originally Posted by azfan
It's interesting what some have written about waiting. I woke up one morning in terrible pain. Next day was ok. Day after that same thing happend. I walked out to get some aspirin, and split my head open on the wall in the hall. Went to a dentist later, found out two teeth were infected, then took my cat to a vet and found he had two weeks to live. How was that for a morning!
But i was so scared of the operation i waited several more days. I was in such pain, i'd drink hot tea, and then drink something ice cold, anything to numb the pain. That's why when i had the root canals, they were a lot better than the pain, though i laid there praying through the whole thing. An endodontist did the root canals, a regular doctor the crowns. I had had a deep cavity in one of teeth years earlier, and the tooth never felt quite right. But not to the point that i thought something was wrong. So eventually it got infected, then infected the tooth next to it.
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When the pain was intermittent there was a chance of saving it. When a tooth hurts, get to a dentist ASAP! The problem with teeth is that they are slow let you know something is wrong. They have built in mechanisms that allow for some tooth decay (dentin "repairs" itself) but when it starts to hurt it is almost (and very often certainly) too late.
1. Sensitivity to hot/cold or sweet foods. (might be saved)
2. Pain comes and goes (might be saved)
3. Pain is short duration, like you take a sip of that cold beer and it hurts for a couple of seconds and goes away (might be saved)
4. Wakes you up at night (probably too late)
5. Pain is lingering, say more than 5-10 seconds (probably too late)
This is al just generalization, they really need to be tested on an individual basis to be certain.