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What problems can a bad tooth cause?
Asked Apr 14, 2008, 06:21 PM
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64 Answers If a bad tooth is left untouched by a dentist what could happen? What problems can it cause? I keep it clean and brush my teeth several times a day and use listeriene it doesn't really give me any trouble maybe 4 or 5 times I've not got abses or anything like that I hate dentist and I know I'm not on my own but I mean I freak out start shaking and heart pounds in my chest till I feel sick. I've made an appointment to get refered to the hospital to get it taken out was just wondering if it could be making me ill I've had several serious chest infections and cold after cold after cold and other things. Could a bad tooth cause anything else? Head aches migraines,neck ache |
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| A bad tooth can cause every single health problem you cited above in your post and some more. I know when I have a tooth problem I can have shooting pain down the side of my neck into my shoulder and into my back as obviously the nerve has been touched somewhere. I've had headaches from hell due to a bad tooth. I've had my neck swell up, sinus problems galore, chest infections and numerous colds. Basically your mouth is the gateway for all kinds of nasty germs to get into your body. Please don't be so resistant to having it taken out or going to the dentist. Bad teeth can also cause infections to go into your brain (yeah, no kidding) and lodge into your heart (yeah, no kidding). Your whole body will be relieved of this unnecessary exposure to infection once the tooth is removed. Please have it removed and you'll feel a lot better, trust me, I know from experience once the offending tooth is out you will feel like a new person. | ||||
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| A bad teeth can cause problems because it can send bacteria through your body. Even if your teeth are clean the rotting part of the tooth still can cause you problems. They say it can cause heart problems and and some fibromyalgia type symptoms I know when I was younger my bad teeth made me feel really weak. I never had shooting pains but it may be possible. | ||||
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| The above posts are absolutely accurate. You can run into more health issues than you'd ever think, even death if the tooth is allowed to get badly infected. The longer you leave it untreated the more difficult your visit to the dentist will be. It's much easier to deal with things when you aren't in pain. | ||||
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| So me feeling like c**p for ages could be down to a bad tooth hope so because nothing has turned up in bloods or urine test or anything And do you know what caused me to get a bad tooth? Getting my tongue pieced I kept biting the ball while I was sleeping and I must have bitten to hard one night and the middle fell out eating a drum stick lolly,then to make things even better I went to the dentist straight away when it had fallen out and she wouldn't fill it for me then I got pregnant and couldn't get put to sleep to get it taken out and I had the worst morning sickness 24 hours a day any food,parfume smoke,car fumes set me off so that didn't help either Thank you both I've got appointment on the 13th of may ages away then it'll be a few weeks after that before I get appointment to get it taken out at the hospital | ||||
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| Yes, if you have an infection in a tooth it will run through your whole body and can make you feel very run down. You may want them to give you a good cleaning while you are under the anasethetic to be sure there is no infection due to gum disease running through your body as well. | ||||
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| I had a bad abcess about 5 years ago and I never gotten it taken care of and when I had my little girl I got 4 more really bad teeth from not taking my vitamins now I never even dreamed of teeth making someone so I thought I was dying becouse I'm so weak I went to dentist yesterday and found out that I have infections on both sides of my mouth I was wondering why I was always having sinus problems becouse I use to be so healthy now I even have heart paltations this is all from my teeth I'm glad I know I due to have 7 removed that's with wisdom and from now on I WILL TAKE CARE OF MY TEETH I'm SCARED to death to have this done but id rather not be sick all the time its going to cost a pretty penny but its worth it at the rate I fell right now my antibiotic is not even helping my weakness but I know on the 20th it will go away SO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF HUNNY ITS WORTH IT | ||||
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| I have bad teeth too. Very bad. Like 95% of my teeth are either rotted or just plain messed up. I'm scared to go to the dentist because I know I will have to have surgery of some kind. And here lately it's gotten worse. My cheek near my bottom gumline has swollen in just one day and it's hard to breathe due to a chest cold out of nowhere. I keep putting it off and putting it off (have all my life) and I want to get something done but I don't know where to start  | ||||
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| I have bad teeth too. Very bad. Like 95% of my teeth are either rotted or just plain messed up. I'm scared to go to the dentist because I know I will have to have surgery of some kind. And here lately it's gotten worse. My cheek near my bottom gumline has swollen in just one day and it's hard to breathe due to a chest cold out of nowhere. I keep putting it off and putting it off (have all my life) and I want to get something done but I don't know where to start | ||||
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