24f/So, this might be a tough one. When I was 19 weeks pregnant, I went to the dentist (before moving to another state) to have 3 composite fillings done on my top front teeth. He did amazing work with my root canal prior to this procedure especially with the fact I had to be awake during the root canal due to pregnancy- even though whenever he killed the nerve it was seriously painful I was crying for hours while waiting on my crown to be made and went home in intense pain.🥹
So on one of my top front composite fillings, I was headed to leave the office and took a peak at my new smile that wasn’t riddled with cavities anymore. I noticed a crack at the bottom of my tooth. I went back and asked if I could have it fixed while I was still numb and I laid down and he did what he does and I looked at it again and pointed out the crack and I don’t remember what he said, but whatever it was left me thinking it was just a normal part of having composite fillings done and I went home and had to leave the state the same day to move to my new home.
I was fine, now I’m 28 weeks pregnant, and everything was all good until recently I have had the most severe pulpitis(??) pain I have ever experienced in my life, like the pain has been so bad no medication touches it, and all I can have is Tylenol and orajel. 😭😭 I do warm saltwater rinses without doing too much, because if I use a straw or swish or anything it causes the tooth to throb with pain or without. Yesterday, I had the throbbing pain literally all day long. Nonstop, talk about borderline losing my mind because I could even think straight and I’m already pregnant and a mom of 3. 🥲 I am HORRIFIED to go to a new dentist here in this new state I moved to because I’m just kinda traumatized from pain even with lidocaine at this point. I know I need to go and get this problem resolved but I absolutely cannot do it until I have my baby at the end of July, because I’m telling you I will need to be asleep for any more work. I cannot physically or mentally handle any more dental pain.
I would feel bad to do anything about malpractice because he was seriously so patient and nice to me. But I don’t feel like I deserve to be in so much pain I have enough going on. What do/can I do? Suggestions, advice, what could I do for my pain for the time being, etc? Today, the tooth feels like it’s swollen. Like my top lip and nostril in the area of the tooth feels kinda swollen and numb and when it throbs there’s little to no pain. I’m scared to eat anything I don’t want to trigger it.
Pics are during the composite fillings and after, I just don’t know what this is or what to do 😭