Pain relievers can make a bad tooth easier to live with, but they cannot tell you what is wrong with it. If you have been relying on them, phone our McPhillips Street clinic and say so.
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It usually starts small. You take something at bedtime, then before work, and soon the bottle is travelling with you because the ache returns whenever a dose wears off. Many Elmwood residents in that position would describe themselves as coping, even while chewing on one side and planning meals around a tooth.
Relief is welcome, but it can hide how a problem is progressing. A dentist’s job is to find out whether infection, decay, a fracture or something else is producing the pain. That assessment takes place at Winnipeg North Dental, on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg, and it starts when you call and describe what you have been doing to get by.
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A quieter tooth may simply be a medicated tooth, so the question of its cause remains open.
Say what you have taken and when, since that is part of how your pain has behaved.
Aspirin or another medication held directly against the tooth or gum is not a remedy to use.
Persistent or worsening pain is one of the classic reasons to contact a dentist promptly, including when something has been keeping it within tolerable limits.
If any of these describe your week, a phone call is more useful than another day of waiting.
You are looking for an explanation as well as relief, and the visit is designed to work toward both.
Pain medicine should not talk you out of getting help for a red-flag symptom. Trouble breathing or swallowing, severe swelling of the face, bleeding that will not come under control, loss of consciousness or a serious facial injury all need 911 or emergency medical care.
No two teeth follow quite the same path, so consider this a rough outline. The dentist adapts each stage to what you report and what is found.
Request your visitShare how long this has gone on and how the medication is working. That helps the clinic understand how urgently you should be assessed.
At the visit, give the name of each product and when you last used it, along with your regular prescriptions and allergies.
Your dentist examines the sore area and may take X-rays, looking for what is producing the pain, not simply how much it hurts.
Discomfort is addressed where possible. When the underlying treatment cannot be finished that day, you can talk through your options and plan a follow-up.
When you are in pain, product names and dose times are easy to confuse. A photo of the label or a short written list saves everyone from guessing.
Unsure whether to take your usual pain reliever before you come in? Ask during your phone call, and keep the note current if you take another dose.
A treatment room and the reception counter at Winnipeg North Dental.
Work, family and uncertainty keep plenty of people going on pain relievers longer than they meant to. All that matters now is having an honest picture of what you have been dealing with.
If you feel better right now because of a recent dose, explain how things feel without it.
Past experiences with dental freezing are worth mentioning before any treatment begins, so you can ask about them.
Days of poor sleep can make anything harder to take in, so ask for explanations again if needed.
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Feeling better soon after being seen can tempt you to cancel the next step. Whether that step still matters is a question for the dentist, so ask before deciding.
Use any medication exactly as directed by the person who recommended or prescribed it for you.
If you are reaching for pain relievers more often again, that change is worth a call.
Any definitive treatment left to do is what addresses the source, so put it on your calendar.
A question about your recovery or about how symptoms are changing can go to the clinic at (204) 338-3003.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Elmwood is in Winnipeg, and care for people who live there takes place at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6. Look for the sign and glass doors pictured here.
Phone (204) 338-3003 when pain is severe or climbing, and save the online form for routine matters. Sending a form does not secure a time, since the clinic must confirm any request.
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Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about emergency dentistry in Elmwood.
Ask our teamYes, if you still need them to keep a tooth tolerable. The medication may be reducing what you feel while the cause remains in place, and only an examination can identify what that cause is.
Please do, including product names and rough timing. Being open about this helps the dentist understand your symptoms and how you have been managing, and nobody needs you to have tracked it perfectly.
Any medication depends on the assessment and on whether it is clinically indicated. Immediate discomfort can be addressed in several ways, and the larger aim is to find and deal with the source of your pain.
Medication may be one part of care when the dentist considers it appropriate, yet follow-up treatment of the tooth may also be needed. Ask what is recommended in your case and what each part is meant to do.
It tells you that the situation has changed, so phone without putting it off and describe the shift. If swelling or fever has joined in, say that right at the start of the call.
Ongoing or growing pain needs a conversation so the clinic can ask questions and judge urgency. Phoning (204) 338-3003 does that directly, whereas the form is meant for concerns that can wait for a reply.
Once the dentist has identified the problem, one of these treatments may come up. Reading ahead may make that conversation feel more familiar.
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One more dose is not a diagnosis
Phone if the tooth still hurts, if the medicine is doing less or if anything is swelling. Non-urgent concerns can be sent through the form below, and the clinic will reply about a time.
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