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I went through similar trauma last year. First I had gotten an infection in the back of my mouth behind my wisdom tooth that made it swell to the point I couldn't open my mouth. I couldn't even fit my index finger between my teeth. That went away, but then 6 months later I started getting the most excruciating pain around one of my molars (same part of the mouth). After going through a night of zero pain and 100% agony I went to the dentist and he said I needed to get my wisdom tooth removed as it was impacting my other teeth, and the tooth next to it needed a filling. The wisdom tooth came out just fine like a normal pull, but it turns out my other tooth needed a root canal, not just a filling, and he said he had no time to prep for a root canal, so he pulled it. Did NOT expect that. His only words of consolation were "You have a small mouth anyway, you won't miss it."
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