Help... my jaw

[bubbadu]

So yesterday I noticed that behind one of my wisdom teeth was a wierd canker sore. I thought no big deal, until this morning. I now have a bruise on that same side, except much lower, under my jaw bone. It hurts to touch it, but the actual gland seems fine. WTF happened to me within the past 24 hours?

 

[mchammer]

😕

 

[MrDudeMan]

severe over-masturbation. you need to take it easy for a while.

 

[Nohr]

Tooth abcess?

 

[KLin]

Say hello to a root canal 😛.

 

[tfinch2]

Hold on let me page the ATOT dentist...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: bubbadu
So yesterday I noticed that behind one of my wisdom teeth was a wierd canker sore. I thought no big deal, until this morning. I now have a bruise on that same side, except much lower, under my jaw bone. It hurts to touch it, but the actual gland seems fine. WTF happened to me within the past 24 hours?

could you just go see a dentist already?

 

[Heisenberg]

Dentist. Now.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: Nohr
Tooth abcess?

Maybe. I just had a tooth that became severely abscessed (thought nothing of the pain at first, and then the whole roof of my mouth became swollen). Although, its odd that he has a sore behind the tooth.

Go see a general dentist, or an endodontist. When I had the problem, the endodontist drilled a whole in the tooth to provide emergency relief because he couldn't do the root canal immediately. After he forced the puss out, I had instant relief. I was in so much pain before he drilled the tooth, I couldn't sleep anymore (which is what prompted me to go see a dentist).

I generally have a high tolerance for pain, and was able to deal with it for around a month, but once the infection spread to the roof of my mouth, it became unbearable.

For anyone that doesn't know, a tooth abscess is when the nerve tissue of a tooth becomes infected. The body's normal defenses cannot fight the infection because of the location in the tooth, which is why you need to either have the tooth extracted, or a root canal.