Dear Sir/Madam,
Two days ago I started feeling pain on the right side of my gums. At that time my lymph nodes also became slightly swollen. The following evening the entire right side of my gums started hurting again (from the wisdom tooth to around teeth 4 and 3). During the day the pain is not always present. It also varies from very intense to milder. It is very strong in the evening. The whole right side of my gums, my ear and my head hurt. The pain is so severe that I cannot sleep at all, even if I take a painkiller (Nalgesin). It may be relevant that for several years a lower right wisdom tooth has been erupting. Now it has started to erupt more intensively. But I do not understand why one wisdom tooth would make the whole right side of my gums and face (upper and lower) hurt, although I have noticed that the pain is more intense where I have fillings (upper and lower first molars and lower second premolar and second molar). Sometimes the pain is more pronounced in the lower jaw, at other times in the upper jaw. Could this be a completely normal phenomenon when a wisdom tooth is erupting? I should mention that the other three wisdom teeth erupted completely normally. This one also seems to be coming in in a normal position and appears to have enough space. Of course I intend to visit a dentist if the pain does not stop over the next few days. I have never felt this kind of pain before, although I have had toothache in the past. Here I have the feeling that it is not ordinary tooth pain but rather pain in the gums. Could the cause of these pains be only the wisdom tooth, or could the problems originate elsewhere?
Thank you very much for your answer.