u/HavingSewMuchFun

So I'm on tray 10 with weekly changes and for the past few days I've been experiencing severe nerve pain up the side of my face since putting in this new tray. It's so bad that I'm not able to eat, drink or sleep without pain. I experienced the normal aches and pressure with the earlier trays but this feels really wrong.

I booked an emergency appointment today and feel totally dismissed by my Ortho. He said he's never had anyone experience severe pain before and that there's no way it could be nerve pain, because the nerves are so small that if they were damaged they would just break, not cause pain. Meanwhile I have pain in one side of my mouth radiating up to my eyes.

I've been told to wait 24 hours and put the aligner back in. Taking it out made me cry in pain and the thought of putting it back in is actually scary.

At this point I'm half considering stopping. I really want my teeth straightening and in some ways they're worse than when I started plus I know I'll lose money, but I'm in so so much pain and my Ortho seems to not take it seriously.

Has anyone had experience with this? Or advice you can give?

I'm on tray 10 and starting to get short spurts of nerve pain, around the canines on my left side, both top and bottom. It's worse when I drink something cold but very definitely nerve pain, not the gums or anything.

I haven't had this during any of my previous trays, should I be worried? When the pain kicks in it hurts pretty badly!