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What Causes Tooth Pain And Cheek Jaw Soreness?
I am having some upper tooth pain, sore cheeks jaw.
Been going on a couple of weeks.
It happens when I wake up, then kind of goes away in the afternoon. Then at night it comes back a little while before I go to bed.
I do have some allergiesi think. I have some phlem in my throat i can haucker out occasionaly. I am not on any meds currently.
what could this be, allergies?, sinus infection?, something else?
Been going on a couple of weeks.
It happens when I wake up, then kind of goes away in the afternoon. Then at night it comes back a little while before I go to bed.
I do have some allergiesi think. I have some phlem in my throat i can haucker out occasionaly. I am not on any meds currently.
what could this be, allergies?, sinus infection?, something else?
Wed, 8 Oct 2014
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Pain in the tooth ,sore jaws ,pain on postural variation suggests irreversible pulpitis.
If I were the treating dentist ,I would advice the radiograph and continue with the root canal treatment. Ibuproen for pain and antibiotics if needed according to the treating dentist is to be taken.
If there is no issue in the tooth,chronic sinusitis will also present with similar symptoms.An ENT consultation can rule out the problem and can be treated.
Hope this was useful.
Thanks and regards.
Read your query.
Pain in the tooth ,sore jaws ,pain on postural variation suggests irreversible pulpitis.
If I were the treating dentist ,I would advice the radiograph and continue with the root canal treatment. Ibuproen for pain and antibiotics if needed according to the treating dentist is to be taken.
If there is no issue in the tooth,chronic sinusitis will also present with similar symptoms.An ENT consultation can rule out the problem and can be treated.
Hope this was useful.
Thanks and regards.
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain in the tooth and the soreness in the cheek and jaw can be secondary to teeth or gum infection. Consult a oral physician and get it evaluated. If I am your treating doctor, I would have suggested you to take radiographs like RVG or IOPAR to rule out gum and teeth infection.
If it is a gum or teeth infection i would have prescribed a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic). Then i would have suggested to go for scaling and root planing for gum infection. RCT or extraction if it is a tooth infection.
You might also have pharyngitis, take the above said antibiotics and consult a ENT surgeon if it does not subside after taking these medicines. Do saline gargling.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
The pain in the tooth and the soreness in the cheek and jaw can be secondary to teeth or gum infection. Consult a oral physician and get it evaluated. If I am your treating doctor, I would have suggested you to take radiographs like RVG or IOPAR to rule out gum and teeth infection.
If it is a gum or teeth infection i would have prescribed a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic). Then i would have suggested to go for scaling and root planing for gum infection. RCT or extraction if it is a tooth infection.
You might also have pharyngitis, take the above said antibiotics and consult a ENT surgeon if it does not subside after taking these medicines. Do saline gargling.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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