Hello I don't know if anyone here knows anything about pain treatment in dentistry. Basically I have one permanent tooth that is loose as well as another severely infected tooth with extreme pain and an abcessed gum. I have my dental appointment today and I was told they will just clean and access the situation and give me antibiotics. My main question is weather or not or what they will prescribe for pain. Does anyone belive that they would prescribe hydrocodone or codeine for this?
Tooth pain and narcotics?
Question posted by kimichi on 20 Dec 2012
Last updated on 12 September 2017
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4 Answers
denisaint
3 Jan 2015
I have 7.5 percocet for my back pain and 2mg xanax for anxiety, fioricet for migraines... they arent working, advil, tylenol, naproxen, motrin etc dont work. Ive had lidocaine before, that DOES work... for 15 min. Its Saturday n i have no idea what to do. ANY other suggestions? I know, this is a difficult one considering i basically have my own pharmacy... will penicillin work?
stevensaint
29 Jan 2015
Best thing to use for tooth pain is clove oil.it takes away the pain instantly.that's what dentists use.works really well.I got it from GNC.
DzooBaby
20 Dec 2012
You could always ask for a few pain pills "just in case since the office will not be open" and see what they say. Just voice your concerns about the pain. I would bet they will give you something. I dont think dentists are quite as freaked out as doctors when it comes to providing pain medicine. They know that it is only an acute problem and chronic pain management is not an issue for them to take care of. Dental pain is acute in nature and a short term problem.
kimichi
20 Dec 2012
Thank you so much for your help everyone the appt is in 3 hours, also I'm deathly afraid of needles. Yeeek
DzooBaby
20 Dec 2012
I always have to ask for Xanax prior to the dentist as I'm terrified of the dentist due to a sadist dentist I had as a child. My dentist is really sweet and she will prescribe them even for a cleaning because she has seen me crawl up the chair into a small ball at the headrest! lol
kimichi
20 Dec 2012
Lucky you!! I asked for nitrous one time for a cleaning because it was painful and they laughed at me.
Stewarln1
3 Nov 2016
Find a new dentist. I need to use nitrous for every cleaning..even if they just need to poke around. I have a panic disorder and also had a sadist dentist as a young child so I made darn sure to find a place that actually is caring for the people they provide dental services for. Nitrous oxide is completely appropriate, in my opinion, especially if you have anxiety, pain, or past horrible dentist experiences.
Mayflower51
12 Sep 2017
I had two extraction and root canal done in one day my dentist wouldn't give me pain meds I asked him about it he just blew off the second week he had to extract another tooth no pain meds when I called him he was rude on the phone and told me to go to the drug store to get medicine this was prior to the bad treatment he gave me while pulling my teeth uncaring and sloppy at his work I had to call my doctor to prescribe me pain meds
kaismama
20 Dec 2012
hydrocodone, oxycodone or Tylenol with codiene are the usual things I've seen for pain from a dentist. Actually your pain should decrease as soon as they open it up and let it drain.
kimichi
20 Dec 2012
Thanks honey the problem I'm facing is that after today the dentist office doesnt open again until January 2nd! So there probably won't be anything done today besides accessment leaving me with this pain for awhile :,(
kaismama
20 Dec 2012
Usually all they do at first is drain it and put you on antibiotics, since anything more risks spreading the infection. Don't you love when someone can just close the office for weeks for holidays. I seldom even got a holiday off, lolol
kaismama
20 Dec 2012
I think, since you have an actual abscess you will need more then just motrin. vicoprofin is a good choice if he orders it for you.
accidentw8n2hapn
20 Dec 2012
It depends on the dentist. But the best thing for tooth pain is an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory such as Motrin. There is an anti-inflammatory that is a narcotic called Vicoprofin which is Vicodin and Motrin together.
kimichi
20 Dec 2012
Thanks I guess it does all depend on the dentist I was just wondering if my pain would call for something stronger than Motrin.
Nick722
20 June 2017
Hes right bro... Whenever i hurt my self bad enough to go to the hospital or the dentist, I always ask for 7.5 mg VicoProfen... It is a miracle drug! Im bout to get my jaw broken and set because of my TMJ and they said theyll give me a monthly script until my surgery... needless to say, gonna be a great, pain free day.
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