I'm 54. I don't smoke, never have. Three days ago, I started getting some, not very distressful, but annoying pain, it seemed in the 2nd and 1st molar on the bottom left (my left). There is no 3rd molar. Yesterday and today I seemed to be getting quite severe pain from either the 2nd and 1st premolar. Pain at times gave me a peicing (but not constant) ear ache and a headache.
On the 2nd and 1st molar and on the 2nd premolar, but not 1st premolar, there is some wear near the base of the teeth, probably due to over zealous brushing. So, of course, before the greater pain of yesterday and today, it looked like maybe the cause of the intitial pain was something to do with the wear, near the base of the teeth. Although the intial pain did not seem associated with any stimulous, such as brushing, hot, cold, sweet, sour. It just seemed to be there, on and off. There is a bit of receeding gum next to the 2nd molar and the odd dark spot (tartar?)
2nd molar is worn at top of tooth, enamel completly worn away, but otherwise seems healthy. Dentist has not capped it, does not seem worried about it. 6 months ago, 1st molar had a deep cavity drilled and filled with amalgum, rebuilt one side of tooth in that operation. 2nd molar cavity filled with the white stuff, decay was on one side. In both cases drills went near the nerve. That is why, when subject to cold and hot, I get some sharp pain in the 1st molar and 2nd premolar. But, I've been living with that for 6 months and is livable with.
I slept okay overnight, then today the pain came again seemingly, from what I could tell, from the 2nd and 1st premolars. I discovered that if I "applied" cool water to the bottom left, that takes the pain away for some minutes, then it bulids, so I need to sip some cool water again. I was doing this all day, then decided to go to the dentist.
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