MannyL
January 17, 2015, 9:03pm
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rsat3acr:
IvoryTowerDenizen , chewing can cause pain if the tooth has a spot that hits early in occlusion. Constant banging makes it hurt. Much like a small pebble in a shoe. Take a couple of steps with it and it isn’t a big deal but keep walking on it and it will sure make your foot hurt. If there is infection at the apex of the tooth it can push it up enough so that it hits too soon.
Can’t find Patrick’s-acetaminophen in my drug book. Of course I am just guessing but the ERs I’ve dealt with almost never give oxycodone v. hydrocodone.
Of course every dentist is different but I do a #10 endo in about 20 min and it is a bit over $500. Still you could call your dentist and ask him if you could stop by and have it anesthetized as an evaluation. Might charge for an office visit but shouldn’t be much. I’d think about it if it is still hurting Monday and you are still worried about tooth v. heart. Brushing, eating etc. causes the tooth to put pressure on the end of the cut nerve that is why it hurts. If the spontaneous pain is lessening that is a good sign.
Honestly I’m not concerned about it being the heart but by GF is. I am almost positive it’s was the tooth causing the issue. However I have an Echocargiogram and a Stress Test booked for the 26th.
I picked up at Costco some NSAID and non NSAID paid relievers to use if I still have pain. I thought pain while brushing after the root canal was normal and the comments here conform that.
Well FWIIW sometimes heart problems manifest an a diffuse jaw pain but I’ve never heard of it manifesting to a single tooth.
MannyL
January 22, 2015, 3:16am
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So in epilogue it was two medical issues. The first was tooth issues with the nerve.
The second issue which manifested itself as the headache first and why in my opinion the nitro helped was a severe reduction in caffeine intake.
While I never had sleep issues with caffeine I believe the cutback caused my blood vessels to contract.