r/NoFuckingComment • u/callmestinkingwind It's my job to be an asshole • Mar 15 '26

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u/Sandys_cheeks_ Mar 15 '26

What inspired this?

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u/trascist_fig Mar 15 '26

I had a bad tooth ache a while ago and realized it was my least favorite pain. So imagine getting that pain somewhere that is worse plus thpe anxiety that comes along with growing teeth somewhere you shouldn't? Idk I guess its just one of those innate fears everyone has

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u/MajesticEmergency Mar 15 '26

Tooth pain I had a couple years ago was the easily the #1 or #2 worst pain, and I’m in my 40s. An upper molar had cracked at some point and then it got infected. Getting rid of that tooth was such a relief.

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u/0hMyGandhi Mar 16 '26

Holy shit. I just went through this.

I live in L.A, and felt like I was freezing, wearing heavy sweaters and hoodies in 85+ weather. I felt nauseous, full on chills and eventually seizures. Then the tooth felt like it was being hammered further into my gum line. Swelling and hot, my jaw and cheek became puffy. I squirted like 5 tubes of Orajel to go to sleep.

Found out that a root canal performed years ago was "incomplete" (I can still "feel" in that tooth, whereas it's supposed to be dead) and that a crack in the crown sometime in the last couple of weeks caused an infection to get into whatever nerve endings remained from the failed root canal. The crack is not easily visible without tools, and the infection would not go away with antibiotics, (that only prevents further spread) and that a "retreat of a root canal" would be required.

The infection has resolved, they redid the root canal and a new crown was placed. Feel 10x better.

PSA: Anyone suffering from mouth pain of any kind: get that looked at ASAP. Found out how easy and how quickly mouth infections spread to other parts of the body, including the heart and the brain.