Hi, Billi here.

An update:

I got another opinion and I needed patchwork on some "abrasions". Don't know if they were from the old dentist; the assistant was very very rough on me as he packed those fillings. He all but jerked my tooth around and that's the one that hurts.

Then my new dentist sent me to an endodontist, who recommended root canal or extraction of that tooth.

I don't want to do either.

I still don't know if it's the gum. When I floss, the gum is sensitive. But it is so closed to that tooth that I don't know where it's coming from.

I can't go right now anyways cause I have bad cold---lasting a month now.

But I will follow up on it.

So depressing.

ty for all your feedback.

Billi