I had a pain come on suddenly (overnight I
think) around my lower right wisdom tooth
the other day. It is like the gum is
very tender, and moving my tongue over it
or touching it is painful.
I am 28, and the wisdom tooth is old and
established - it even has a filling in
it!
However, when the tooth originally came
through, a flap of gum stayed covering the
rear-quarter of the tooth. This is
not, and has never been painful in any
way. The flap of gum is mobile in that
I can prise it up (this is not painful
either) but it has as far as I
recallalways been like this. The
dentist who filled this wisdom tooth some
time ago must have seen this and though it
ok.
The pain is on the tongue-side of the gum
to the side of the tooth.
It is not painful to open my
mouth/talk/eat etc (unless I chew on that
side and catch the gum). It is just
the surface of the gum that hurts.
The gum is not red or swollen and has no
obvious sign of external damage. I
thought I may have damaged the gum eating
etc., but can't see any obvious damage.
My teeth are in otherwise good order and I
have no problems/pain.
I am currently using bonjella gel on it as
this soothes the surface pain.
I am going on holiday tomorrow so can't
get to a dentist/doctor for 2 weeks, but I
have made an appointment for as soon as I
get back in case it still hurts.
Is this just one of these things that will
go away on it's own (i have a history of
tooth pain in various teeth that comes for
a couple of weeks and then goes but never
in a gum before).
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Wisdom Tooth Posted: 07-31-04 09:22am
Hi keith,sounds like that flap may have
something caught under it.This is vey
common when you have that tissue flap.I
don't know how they will treat it for you
where you are,but in the u.S. ,we would
either trim the excess tissue or remove
the wisdom tooth if this becomes a regular
problem.Go on holiday and see your dentist
when you get back,best of luck!Patty
