Gum and Tooth pain

so i just want to get this out of the way. i am not perfect, and i have not been to a dentist in over a year. i try and brush every day, but if i dont chewing gum or mouth wash works for me.

when buying a new brush the other day, i bought some floss because it had been sometime since i had used that stuff, and i remembered it felt pretty good to use it. I used it and it was not very fun. it especially hurt where i had fillings done before. the next day while i was at work my jaw started throbbing in horrible pain. i thought it was a tooth ache, but it was an entire part of my mouth. now its 3 days latre and my jaw still hurts and its getting worse. what sucks is that i probably can not see my dentist until next week.

now that i gave you my story, here are my questions:

1. does this sound familiar at all? any guesses?
2. i have been using orajel like its candy and popping aspirin every 4 hours. anything else i can do to relieve the pain?

[Jerome Bogin, D.D.S.]

I would suggest that you rinse with very warm salt water as much as you can. Chewing gum and using mouth wash is no subsitute for visiting your dentist on  a regular basis. It sounds like your gums are extremely inflammed.

[tmv]

You can use  4 ibuprofens(200mg) every 6 hours. Then 2 tylenol 325 mg in between. You really need to see a dentist asap. Best wishes to you. Oh, check back and see what the dr has to say. I just answered this bc he hasn't responded yet. You may have just posted the question.