Q. i been having a great deal of pain from my teeth on the right side,i went to my dentist today and told him how much pain im in and that i have also got swelling on that side, and also i was put on antibiotics by an emergency dentist as he said i had an infection in one of my teeth.i’ve been on the tablets for 5 days and still in pain, so my dentist got rid of all the decay in the bad tooth and put this stuff in to temporary fill it, i have to go back in 3 weeks to have the tooth shaved down and he said to put a gold filling in, problem is im still in a great deal of pain, alot of swelling still, and he says he don’t think i have an abcess. im an extreamly nervous patient, and he isn’t very understanding, he almost reduced me to tears today cos he thought i was being awkward, when all i was trying to tell him was that last time i went to him when i got home i had a panic attack cos the novacaine took 6 hours to wear off. im in so much pain, im worried there is something else going on that he’s not seeing. i also suffer from TMJ which don’t help my visits to the dentist.,