I feel for you. Tooth aches are terrible. I have a tooth with an old filling in it right now that is cracked and it's been bothering me for several months. I have to go in to have work started on a crown in less than a week. I have insurance, but I know they won't cover much for a crown. I'm sure my out of pocket portion will amount to $500-$600. Oh well, at least I don't have to have another root canal.

vorphalack, I had a wisdom tooth break too. I think that was pretty close to the worst pain I have ever had. I had had some pretty bad experiences with a couple of dentists, so I was scared to go until it was really, really bad. I had to go to an oral surgeon to have all 4 wisdom teeth extracted too, but I was in so much pain just waiting for that day. My oral surgeon prescribed two different pain medications that both made me vomit, so then they had to prescribe a narcotic - and that's the only thing that took the pain away. Unfortunately, I couldn't function at all since the narcotic put me right to sleep. My oral surgeon ended up opening his office for me extra early one morning to perform emergency surgery because I couldn't make it until my regular appointment.