I'm baffled--can't figure out if I got injured working dish or have a tooth problem

[mbyron]

I, too, had an non-routine ("emergency") visit to the dentist this week, also because I thought #14 was causing me pain. It turned out in my case to be #12, and it also turned out not to be decay, fracture, infection, or any of the standard causes. I did not have swelling or such severe pain that I took anything for it.

My dentist noticed that my bite wasn't quite correct, and "adjusted" it by filing down some parts of my molars that should not have been making contact when I bite. His theory was that the pain was the result of what he called "bruising" of the tooth socket, which would not have shown up on x-ray or examination.

So far, it feels better, though not completely. I too have wondered whether a shot to the mask was the origin of the injury.

And I use the same mask as UMP25. Hmmm.