I had sore points along my gumline from brushing too hard, went to the dentist and he told me how to treat it. I recently had a root canal and know that symptoms of a dying nerve include pain when biting down. Over the weekend I kept chomping on my very back tooth, which had a particularly sore gumline, trying to make sure it didn't hurt when I bit down. It became tender and then painful. Went to the dentist Mon. He said that I probably bruised a ligament chomping down on it so hard and so much. He gave me antibiotics just in case (tho he x-rayed and probed and said it was fine) and told me to take it easy on that tooth and a few things I can do. Well.. it started feeling a LITTLE better, now the pain is so bad I want to rip it out. I accidently bit down on it, and then had a bit of frozen yogurt. I dont know which made it hurt but its been 3 hours and its throbbing. Does this sound like another dying nerve, or can a bruised ligment hurt THIS much? Scale 1-10 this is an 11 pain.
Thnx.
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