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Originally Posted by lendaddy
I'm entering a moment of remission.....what can I do to maintain it?? I will not eat I will not drink anything but warm water. What else?
And to get scientific, what happens to relieve the pressure in these moments? Or is that not actually happening? Is it literally pushing past the nerve in the base? How can I facilitate/speed that up during my next moment of hell?
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Your tooth is a hollow container filled with necrotic tissue of the dead nerves and blood vessels of the pulp. It actually can't even produce any pain and you could drill a hole right in it without feeling it. All the pain you experience is from the pressure at the ends of the roots pushing on the bone. It will keep doing this until you relieve the pressure by opening the tooth or until is res orbs the bone and the abscess finds an avenue to escape into the soft tissues. Usually you will find a swollen cheek or jaw. This occurs a few weeks after what you are experiencing. Time to close the office and have a glass of wine. Let me know how things go tomorrow.