Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[pamabz]

For a few weeks now my teeth have been playing up and I'm wondering if anyone has the same problem.  Specifically I am getting small electric shocks in any one of them eg it can be a bottom left tooth then next thing a top right tooth, then a top left tooth then a bottom right tooth, etc... It's not all the time, just periodically throughout the day but annoying and a bit concerning.

I just wondered if anyone had experienced this and if so, any suggestions to try and calm this down?

Thanks everyone x

[Dierdre]

Not sure if hormonal but as we get older our gums recede, you've heard the saying long in the tooth. I'd try some sensitive toothpaste and floss more to keep the plaque away.

[CLKD]

Yep.

The important thing is, as with brisk walking, to keep the gums active.  The bone in the jaw requires something to work against, so gum health is important.  I opted for implants when I needed 3 teeth removing because a plate doesn't give the same impact as the implants are doing.

When did you have a dental check ?  As suggesting 'floss' ;-) I find the 'Tip-pe' sticks really good as my teeth are too crocked to floss.  My dentist suggested coating any tender areas with 'sensydine' [sp] paste and not rinsing.  YUK!

[Lyncola]

Hi pamabz,

Just a thought
Do you get pain in your face as well and headaches?

I’ve started with a similar problem with my teeth that made me go to my dentist, and they said I had a crack in my tooth and filled it. But I still had the same pain upper teeth but the pain could be on the left side or right. After going back again and been told there’s nothing wrong, could it be sinus?

At that point sinus starting up but my pain was random left, right, along my jaw, behind my eye etc. it would come and go and always in a different place. A ENT specialist has told me I have facial pain syndrome. My doctor has never heard of it, so it’s not very common.

If no pain anywhere else, make appointment with your dentist.

[pamabz]

Thanks everyone for responding   

Dierdre / CKLD - I totally agree, we definitely need to look after our teeth, especially the older we get.  I'm a regular flosser/ Tip-pe'er and have used Sensodyne for years, along with Oranurse when my BMS is at its worst.  Yes, I'm afraid I've had burning mouth syndrome for 3 years now and counting. It's bearable most days but I could see it far enough sometimes...

Lyncola - I could, and have, actually written your post so I can totally sympathise with you (see my previous posts).  My story is long  I've had face pain, horrendous headaches, jaw pain, temple pain, bms, earache, the list goes on, again for nearly 3 years.  At the outset I was diagnosed with TN on the left side of my face however I'm the same as you, I was getting the symptoms all over my face and all over my head so I've always been a bit unsure about that diagnosis.  However, I was prescribed nerve medication for my face/head issues and HRT for my body issues.

Last year I decided enough was enough and when lockdown lifted I started going to Acupuncture, it was the only thing I hadn't tried.  Six months on and I've managed to get off the HRT and when I did, the headaches, temple pain, earache and jaw pain literally improved by around 90%, I couldn't believe it! I went through a pretty rubbish withdrawal and of course traded that symptoms for other menopause symptoms but I persevered and so glad I did.

I've also managed to reduce one of the nerve meds by half however on my last reduction the tooth issue started and hasn't settled at all the past few weeks but in the back of my head I always question the TN diagnosis and can't help thinking its my hormones hence my post, to see if anyone else had the same symptoms and could relate.  I agree, it's definitely one of the more uncommon symptoms to have but I'm almost convinced it's caused by hormones so thank you for sharing your story with me.

Hopefully both our journeys with the facial pain comes to an end soon, wishing you well.

Xx   

[sheila99]

Not sure if hormonal but as we get older our gums recede, you've heard the saying long in the tooth.

Ummm... that's if you're a horse 🐎 as they have teeth that carry on growing and protrude forwards as they get old

[CLKD]

TN is a sharp, stabbing, intense pain: suddenly, cannot be anticipated.  Have a lookC at the TN website.  I had this in the 1990s, it would be so severe I would hit the floor with shock.

It lasted intermittently for about 2 years then went.  I had similar symptoms following the insertion of a implant - must have aggravated the nerve.  Took about 6 weeks to settle and was no where as intense as the above.

Sinus pain should resolve with a course of anti-biotics to clear any infection.

[Lyncola]

My story continues had my ENT appointment this morning. And he has concluded that the Amitriptyline medication isn’t working and will refer me back to my doctor. With instructions on other medication to try.

It’s definitely not sinus related, as he said if it was a infection it would be constant pain in one place. Which I have had years ago, so I agree it’s not sinus related.

I think it could be hormonal related too. I can get a good couple of months where I get rib pain. Can be on the last side or right, or middle sharp stabbing pains that comes and goes. Then it will disappear for months. Had test done and no one can tell me why?

I’m looking forward to having one day with out pain, if it’s not facial pain it could be back pain, virginal atrophy, fissure or piles, rib pain, foot pain etc. two and half years with something painful everyday.

Good luck to you to pamabz
 

[mandss]

I am also suffering from random tooth pain, I told my dentist it was like someone was playing the piano on my teeth, and you never knew which tooth was going to hurt next!
Always seems worse when I am stressed, so I believe it it linked to TMJ, and bruxism. I wear a mouth guard at night as I had previously damaged so many teeth, clenching at night. I carry all my tension in my jaw, I can feel it. Has got worse since I came off HRT 12 weeks ago, as my anxiety levels have increased.
It just one thing after another, its any wonder that any woman actually survives the menopause!!!!!!!!

[Lyncola]

Me again, finally got to see the neurologist  He’s put me back on Amitriptyline 10mg, he agreed with me 20mg wasn’t much, so I have to start all over again.
So I had my wisdom two top teeth pulled out over four weeks ago. And guess what I’m still in bloody pain on the left side? The doctor that pulled them out has been useless after my three week check up, told me if I think about the pain I will have pain .
At times the pain can be as bad as when it was first pulled out? On Monday my doctor (bless her) has put me on antibiotics because of sinus bleeding when my tooth was pulled out, hopefully this might help. I’m also seeing my dentist tomorrow to let her have a look to see if my gums look normal.

I wish I never had my teeth pulled out, I’ve got enough to deal with without extra pain

[Lyncola]

Pamabz how have you been? Did you ever get rid of your tooth pain?

[Lyncola]

Just look at my last post months ago the medication the ENT recommended made my IBS worse. Do my doctor referred my to neurologist. Had my meeting with him he come up with a couple of reasons for my face pain and headaches. He put me on a low dose of a medication for two weeks didn’t work. So I’m back on Amitriptyline until I see him mid October. I’ve got a MRI on Monday.

Now if I could just get rid of this tooth pain. A couple of things it doesn’t hurt to eat or sleep with my tooth. At times the pain can get to a level 10 and just throbs like I’ve just had it pulled out. Overtime in the day it can be medium pain. Right now watching TV I would say a level one or two. When the pain is bad it can last hours. I just hope my dentist or doctor can help me and I won’t have this horrible pain for the rest of my life.

Anyone had long term tooth pain?

[applejack]

I had a tooth out upper left in March and I had severe pain lasting up to half an hour on the lower jaw after that for a while - not stabbing, but permanent pain, which would then go.  This lasted about three weeks.  Xrays showed the lower teeth were fine so who knows what caused it.

Recently I've noticed my upper teeth, around where the extraction was, occasionally give me shots of pain.  I can't say it's electric shocks, or that it floors me, so hopefully that means I don't have TN as the pain of that is supposed to be very, very bad. It's not even as bad as hitting a sensitive tooth with ice cream, it's much less painful than that. It is very disconcerting though because I don't know what's causing it and TN is always in the back of my mind. The extraction was 5 months ago now, but every so often those top teeth give me pain, 3 or 4 times every ten minutes or so, and then it stops.

At the same time, my HRT regime has stopped working so perhaps these things are indeed related, although it does seem too much of a coincidence that I had a tooth out around the time it started.

I've also had to start wearing a gum shield at night which stopped the pain in the lower teeth, so obviously I'd started grinding in my old age.

No idea why the top teeth around the extraction would still be stabbing 5 months later tho....

I also get phantom rib pain for no goddamned reason

[CLKD]

You would know if it was trigenimal neuralgia, there really is no argument with that 1  .  It would hit my face and I would drop to the ground. 

There are a lot of nerve endings to that area may well be sensitive .  Apparently 'sensodyne' toothpaste, a small amount on the painful area should help.  Several times a day.  Pain in the lower jaw as you describe may well B due to the mouth being pulled about?

[applejack]

I was hoping you'd reply, CLKD, since you said you'd had it and it was bad pain.  That sounds absolutely dreadful.

Yeah to the sensodyne.  When I mentioned the pain to my dentist he said he'd had grumbling pain on and off for almost a year after he'd had a wisdom tooth out, so fingers crossed this is the same.  He also recommended sensodyne rubbed on the teeth as well so I can back you up on that one!