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Teeth hurt for no reason?
I'm 15 and a girl. And I'm typing this on my tablet, so sorry for any mistakes.
I've known I need braces since I had a cavity a few years ago.
Sometimes I'll sit and rest my chin in my hand and if I sit lke that to long my teeth will hurt but other than a few things like that they realy didn't that much.
But about a month ago they started to hurt, bad. Every time I would eat and sometimes for no reason randomly. It would be in only one tooth, then an hour later be my bottom teeth on the other side of my mouth, amd was constantly switching teeth and sides of my mouth.
It was driving me crazy, and I went to the dentist but he couldn't n find anything wrong, and said that the only thing he could find that could be causing it is my 2nd Class Overbite and said he strongly recommended braces. So we set up the appointment to get them, (the 29th).
A few days later the pain stopped suddenly. But about a week ago the started again, but only the bottom left teeth. It's off and on. Sometimes a dull ache that doesn't bother me amd other times it's almost to much to handle.
I am going back to the dentist in a week so I'm not to worried, but I was wondering if any of you people could maybe help me figure out what is causing it or find something to help.
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You have received decent advice from the previous posters. However, I have something to add. Before putting money out there for braces that may not fix your problem get a second opinion.
See a different dentist and one who has background as a surgeon. Let him/her X-ray your teeth and check them out to figure out what it could be. You may need a specialist rather than a general dentist to figure this out. Again, it could be another problem not dental causing it. See a dentist and then raise it with a general doctor about pain that the dentist cannot locate.
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If dentist can't find any real reason for the pain, then there may be another cause that braces can not help. While braces are a good and can help with an overbite, there are other causes of pain in teeth that braces may not help. Read this one link for an example.
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I have a daughter who wore braces. She had some jaw pain at the time. Her jaw has gotten worse and she suffers pain now that also runs along the long nerves that end at some of her back teeth. They are long done and over with. It caused me to do internet hunts to see what if anything can be done now that she is an adult with problems that consistantly get worse.
A regular dentist or orthodontist doesnt deal with a mis-aligned jaw if thats the cause. If oral surgery is involved as part of the correction process, the person doing that part would be some licensed to do Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. According to what I've read, it may include removing impacted teeth, removing wisdom teeth so they can't cause problems in the future and lastly breaking the jaw to re align it, something not as bad as it sounds, so they say. My guess is you need to see a specialist if you haven't yet. Here's a blog by a dental office addressing this issue.
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My advice is to be sure your orthodontist is working closely with an oral surgeon who has reviewed your case and can advise if he needs to be part of the process of any corrective methods used to relieve you of pain that is due to misaligned teeth and jaw.
I don't know how strong your pain is to you but if its enough to disrupt your concentration on daily activities, ie school, work, even if braces is the cure, I would think that is a long process until the end result, so I am not sure your pain will disappear after having braces put on. If you have to wear them for years before you're done, it may be that long before you are pain free if braces can take away your pain.
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None of us on this site are doctors or dentists so it is not possible for any of us to make a diagnoses or even or even recommend a reason why this is happening to you. I would recommend that you follow your dentists advice and get the braces.
The braces will not only straighten out your overbite but in doing so the will better align your jaw. If your jaw is out of alignment the nerves which exit to your spinal cord, the pathway of all nerves to the brain, can be irritated and inflamed. When this happened they send pain signals when there is no reason for pain other than an inflamed nerve ending.
Properly aligning your jaw will also enhance your facial features by aligning your lower jaw with your facial bone structure. This will enhance your natural beauty as a women.
If the braces, after they are in place for a while do not relieve the pain. Then a visit with a neurologist may be in order A neurologist is a doctor who specializes in nerve problems. There are test this doctor can do to see if there is a problem with any of the nerves in you mouth and jaw.
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