2006-10-20 13:38:14 · 17 answers · asked by jhol3368 3 in Health ➔ Dental
The nerve trunks that supply the upper teeth and lower teeth are branches of the same nerve. Thus the pain in an upper tooth can get referred to the areas supplied by the nerve, that is, in the lower jaw, temporomandibular joint, ear,maxillary sinus (because of its proximity) eye, and even lead to headache.
2006-10-20 18:40:36 · answer #1 · answered by Gauri K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Teeth are strange things I have no upper teeth of my own but I still get a toothache this is called phantom tooth pain no different to an amputee and also your nerves in your teeth are strange things you can have a rotten bottom tooth and it can give you a tooth ache in the upper of your mouth the opposite to the tooth it sounds like you have a touchy nerve somewhere give the flossing a miss see if that is stirring it up try anyway hope the dentist can sort it for you try some bonjella from the chemist baby teething gel that numbs pain rub it around that area on your gum too see if that helps Hugs Granny M x
2016-03-18 22:19:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See your dentist
Most likely, it's "referred pain"
If you do in fact have decay in an upper wisdom tooth...and it's causing that much pain...you better have that checked and probably extracted
have you developed swelling yet?
If you ever form an abscess and don't do anything about it....
not to scare you, but...it could actually wind up in your brain and in the worst case scenario....cause death (I know this recently happened to a teenage boy in my town)
just want to protect you
2006-10-20 15:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably don't have pain in your lower teeth, it just feels like that. Whenever you have toothache, and in whatever tooth, it always feels like the one above or below is hurting too, and if you let it get too bad, the pain will go up the side of your face and give you earache aswell (called neuralgia i think).
So don't put it off, get to the dentist now.
2006-10-20 13:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, i'm not qualified in tooth decay.... I flunked the college course two days into it but i remember on the first day they mentioned that there was two parts to the mouth, the upper and the lower jaw and they were somehow connected.
I'm off to answer another question, i need something I can get my teeth into....erm......TAXI ! ! !
2006-10-20 13:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by kevinmonaghan1977 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. This is known as referred pain due to the proximity of the nerves.
2006-10-20 14:13:57 · answer #6 · answered by frednuff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's called referred pain.
2006-10-20 13:48:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tooth decay in a wisdom tooth can cause pain in ur whole mouth..ur neck...ur head...ur ears..go pull it out as soon as possible
2006-10-20 13:45:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is called "refered Pain".
But, don't take any chances. Have your dentist take a look and make sure there is nothing else going on.
2006-10-20 16:13:24 · answer #9 · answered by Ron's wife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is often hard to tell where pain is really coming from, so yes. I see this more than you'd believe.
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2006-10-20 14:30:46 · answer #10 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋