Nose connected to toothache?

DarkShadow · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:00

Last week during boxing I was sparring with an amateur boxer and we had a good fight . . it was speed vs power. Anyhow we finished sparrin and he walked straight into me and shouldered my nose. It was the tip of my nose and it felt like my nose had broken. He started apologising and said it was an accident.

I didn't bleed and my nose was straight, however it was inflamed and bruised. Straight after I had blindingly painful toothache, the kind that makes you want to bite into something as hard as wood/metal. I didn't wear my gum shield, which was rather stupid. I was prepared to go A&E but after the last few visits it put off after the 5+ hour waiting time, which was time that I just didn't have as I had work.

The pain was present but not as painful as it was a few days back.

Today, I was sparring with the gym owner and he gave me solid hook that went into my should and straight into my cheek, near the jaw. Now the pain has become back and my nose has become even more sensitive. The toothache is really painful. I told him that it's hurting because of last weeks accident. He said "That was no ******* accident!". I'm pretty miffed and looking forward to tomorrow sparring if he shows up.

Now my nose is feeling very sensitive, when I make a facial expression it hurts and I've got a blinding toothache.

My question is, how are the two connected? If I touch my nose my top 4 teeth starting to really hurt.

I'm not asking for any medical advice. I have booked in to see my gp on Thursday. I shall be seeing my dentist to ensure everything is ok.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:03

For a start, stop being a pillock and give it a rest until it fixes. It's not going to get better if you keep getting hit.

Dutch Guy · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:03

Looks like it is connected, much the same as a toothache can give you headaches.

Nexy · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:13

Forget A&E or your doctor, go see a dentist. The specialise in heads.

Dave M · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:23

The nerves go in deep - when I've had injections for upper teeth it felt like the needle was in my eye socket

Participant · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:26

^ Yeah the nerves are all closely linked, it's called transmitted pain or something like that.

Anyway @ OP - you

a) didn't wear a gum shield which may or may not have contributed
b) fought again before you were healed

As suggested stop doing both of the above before looking for a cure. I reckon the nose is broken or heavily inflamed and has trapped a nerve going down to your mouth.

wordy · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:27

markyp23 said:
Give it a rest until it fixes.

Good advice

It's only a hobby at the end of the day, not point in making it any worse for the sake of it.

just get the tool back when your healthy

topshot · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:33

sounds like when i had my front 2 teeth knocked out playing rugby, top of my jaw and my nose up to my fore head hurt like hell but couple of weeks rest and it got better.

might be worth checking out at dentist though especially as you took another blow to the jaw that triggered it off again.

SB118 · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:33

Telescopi said:
... when I've had injections for upper teeth it felt like the needle was in my eye socket

Thanks for that

SoliD · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:53

Lets put it this way my friend had a root canal on his front two teeth, they were both 2.5cm which basically put them in his nose.

So more than likely it is all connected.

encephalopathy · 13 Aug 2007 at 16:32

the infraorbital nerve can get damaged/bruised by a direct blow to the cheek or by a fracture of the infraorbital margin of the orbit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gray784.png (its the nerve coming out in the pink coloured maxillary area)

this would give pain /numbness over the cheek and the upper gum on the corresponding side.

roots of upper teeth can also grow into the maxillary sinus and cause problems subsequently when they are removed.(different problem to yours)

ideally you should see you dentist first. your gp more than likely will not know much about teeth/ dental nerve blocks etc. the other port of call would be a maxillofacial referral by gp/dentist.

colinuk · 13 Aug 2007 at 16:35

well the nerve cluster from the teeth run just below the nose, hence if you get a injection at the dentist in *** front teeth your nose goes numb. I think you may have chiped a bone there and caught the nerve ended in the jaw area.

Get a dentist to check it out, he may send you to A&E for an xray.

Participant · 13 Aug 2007 at 17:31

Does all this broken nose / nerve / teeth chat make anyone else feel funny?! It's just a particularly painful / gross area.

churned · 13 Aug 2007 at 17:38

You fought again before even getting it checked out?

slambo69 · 13 Aug 2007 at 17:50

Cure YOUR TOOTHACHE WITHOUT OPENING YOUR MOUTH!

Just rub ice on the back of your hand, on the V-shaped webbed area between your thumb and index finger. A Canadian study found that this technique reduces toothache pain by as much as 50% compared with using no ice. The nerve pathways at the base of that V stimulate an area of the brain that blocks pain signals from the face and hands.