Hi, hopefully you can give me some advice with some dental issues I’m having. I had a veneer fitted on a top front tooth back in January, and the dentist who did it managed to damage the tooth to the extent that I needed a root canal treatment done – this was done at the end of March. Since then the pain has improved but is still present; the tooth can be tender to bite down on (but not always) and the front surface is often (but again not always) sensitive/tender to light pressure. Tapping on the tooth is much better than it was previously. I am also having some pain in the gum between the front tooth and the one to the right – my dentist can see nothing wrong with the gum but it is frequently slightly painful and can swell slightly first thing in the morning/on eating. I don’t know if this is likely to be from the tooth or from an internal infection. I appreciate this is a lot to describe and expect you to comment on, but any advice would be appreciated. Because there are no obvious issues my dentist does not seem in a hurry to try to fix anything, but these issues are now having an effect on my mental health.
Thanks

Hello Doctor, i am worrying about my gums they seem to be swolen in the mornings(inside my mouth Upper)but then go down after a while and can swell back up in the day but not all the time, i get a lump in the roof of my mouth when this occours my mouth also peels inside specially my cheeks, and currently i have soar gums but only around my top front 4 teeth and have noticed my gums beginning to receed very slightly, i have changed my tooth brush to a sensodyne soft one, i floss and use non alcaholic mouth wash, and i am now using corstadol mouth wash, any ideas whats going on, i have been back to my dentist and he said that there are no problems with any of my fillings or other teeth he has taken x-rays to check.Any ideal would be muchly appreciated thanks

10 days ago my gum above my front tooth was numbed to cut out an infection I have had the stitches out but it has left along lump under my nose and gum I think it is ful of anesthetic it is sore and hard what can I do it will not go

I have had a lump just under my nose but in the gum line since june 2010. My dentist thought it was an abscess when she exrayed it nd gave me antibiotics and drilled a whole through my crown so the absess could drain. It did g down but never went completely. Now it is back and even bigger. I am worried it might not be a absess. Should she now not refer me to hospital. ?

Dear Rob,

I had my teeth whitened recently (using an in-office method which I was told is similar to Zoom whitening but not quite the same as it uses LED lighting) and the experience was so painful I had to interrupt the treatment mid-way. Despite this, my gums turned very white and, although they are now pink again, they are extremely painful and there is a layer of pale skin on my gums which is peeling away and bleeding. What should I do? Please help, I am very worried. I bought Corosodyl to use but since it is coloured (and my discolour my teeth at this stage) I am rincing my mouth with salt and water. Is there anything else I should be doing? Will this cause my gums to recede?

Many thanks in advance,

just had full dental clearance and had dentures in after op hospital told me to take bottom set out if it was uncomfortable and now i cant get them back in in as they dnt seem to fit i am very concerned as im ment to be going back work in 5 days time

their is big swollen wound on the gum. underneath teeth is damaged what could it be

my wisdom tooth on the left hand side has been coming through for over 1 year now but this last week the gum around the wisdom tooth has become very swollen i cant actually open my mouth to eat and trying to get a toothbrush in my mouth is sooo painful. do you think i would go to my dentist ?

Dear Dr Kailesh
I have recently undergone an apiceptomy, however I am growing concerned because it has now been two weeks since the procedure and my gum where the apiceptomy was performed is very swollen and sore. Is this normal? if so how long is it before the swelling disappears.

My daughter is 5 and a half. I can tell that her molar on the right side is about to come out, the area is swollen. But the tooth in front of the are her gum is swollen and red. Does this have anything to do with the molar trying to come out