Stressful stretches can show up in your jaw. If you wake with tight muscles and a tooth now aches or feels fractured, tell our McPhillips Street clinic what you have been noticing.
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Plenty of people only discover their clenching habit when something starts to hurt. Perhaps a partner mentioned the grinding noise, or your jaw feels tired by morning. Then one tooth turns tender, or a corner breaks away. Crescentwood residents in that position should not assume it will sort itself out once life calms down.
A habit may or may not be behind your pain, and guessing does not settle the matter. At Winnipeg North Dental, on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg, the dentist reviews your symptoms and examines the area, using X-rays if they are appropriate. Decay, infection and fractures can all produce a similar complaint, so the real cause needs identifying.
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Even a suspicion that you clench or grind is useful to pass along.
Avoid chewing on the tooth that hurts while you wait to be assessed.
Pay attention to whether things feel worse on waking, when biting or all day.
Tired jaw muscles and a damaged tooth can overlap, and that makes this kind of pain hard to read at home. An exam separates what can be seen from what is merely suspected.
Any of these could explain a tooth that has become sore, whether or not you clench at night.
Short, concrete descriptions tend to help more than trying to name the problem yourself.
An aching jaw is common, but some symptoms are in a different category. Severe swelling of the face, difficulty swallowing or breathing, bleeding that will not stop, a serious facial injury or a loss of consciousness call for 911 or emergency medical care.
No two tender molars are quite the same, so the course of your visit will reflect your symptoms. In general terms, it runs along these lines.
Request your visitYou explain what started, how long ago and whether it is progressing. The clinic uses that to gauge how urgently the tooth should be seen.
Once you are there, mention your jaw tiredness, the morning soreness and anything your partner has overheard at night, alongside the tooth pain.
The dentist examines the sore area and takes any X-rays that seem warranted. Pain can travel, so the true source may surprise you.
Anything immediate, like discomfort or a sharp edge, can be dealt with first. Treatment that has to wait is explained and arranged as a follow-up.
Warm salt water and careful cleaning around the tooth may be soothing. A cool compress held to the outside of your face can help if there is swelling after a break.
Please do not rest aspirin or any other medicine against the gum or tooth. It is not a remedy for the pain and belongs nowhere near that tissue.
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Nobody needs the story of why this year has been hard in order to help with a tooth. Mention as much or as little as you like. Being honest about a sore jaw is enough to give the dentist a fuller picture.
If holding your mouth open is uncomfortable, say so and ask for short pauses.
An urgent issue and a longer-term habit do not have to be solved together.
Asking what is causing this and what happens next is a fine place to begin.
After the sore tooth
Once the urgent part has been handled, you might want to talk about whether clenching seems to be involved, and whether anything else is worth checking.
A stabilized tooth may still need a permanent restoration at another appointment.
Inquire whether the dentist saw any signs of wear and what that might mean for you.
Contact the office if pain intensifies or if you see new swelling or feel a fever.
For a question about your care instructions or a coming appointment, the number is (204) 338-3003.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Crescentwood is in Winnipeg. Care for its residents happens at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6. In this photo you can see the clinic’s front doors and tall windows beneath the lettered sign.
A broken tooth, swelling or strong pain should be raised by phone at (204) 338-3003. Requests through the form are for less pressing concerns, and they become appointments only after the clinic confirms them.
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Ask our teamHeavy forces can contribute to tooth damage, though a crack may have other causes as well. A dentist can examine the tooth and tell you what they find instead of leaving you to work it out alone.
Yes, particularly if it is persistent, getting worse or disturbing your sleep. Pain can come from a tooth without feeling as though it does. Describe it as well as you can, and leave the sorting to the examination.
Rinse gently, keep any piece you can find and chew on the other side. Then phone the clinic and describe the break along with any pain you have noticed.
Often it is a morning jaw ache or a comment from a partner that first raises the possibility. You can ask the dentist whether anything in your mouth suggests it, but the urgent problem gets priority.
Perhaps the habit will ease, but a tooth that is fractured or infected needs its own assessment. Calmer weeks do not repair damage that has already occurred, so it is safer to have it looked at.
You are free to raise it during the follow-up discussion. Whether anything like that suits you is for the dentist to judge after examining you and finding out what caused the pain.
A phone call is the most direct start when a tooth hurts or has broken. Dial (204) 338-3003, explain your symptoms and mention the jaw soreness, then follow the guidance you receive.
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Pain, swelling or a break is a reason to call right away. If the concern is more of a slow, nagging one, you may send the form below and the clinic will respond about a time.
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