Hey!
I wore braces for five years and once they were removed started to suffer unbearable pain in the left hand side of my face which would come and go. I kept going to dentists and doctors both NHS and private and they kept going 'you need fillings' and 'you're stressed'. I coped as best as I could for about two years (even doing my 3rd year finals whilst in tears because my face hurt so much: a sharp stinging/burning sensation that would build up until I would cry and yell in pain and then it would stop, and come back a few seconds/minutes/hours or days later) until whilst doing my MA it hurt so much I spent an entire weekend without sleep and had to stay in the dark, not eat or speak because it hurt so much. I staggered into Manchester A & E and was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (a nerve on the left hand side of my face had undergone trauma whilst wearing braces) and got the meds I needed. So if any of you have chronic tooth pain....don't forget there can be non-dental causes of it! Hope you got the dental help you needed.