i posted the question because i was beginning to get a toothache, seems to have gone away tho
a really bad toothache is the worst prolonged paid i have experienced - it lasted about 3 days before i realized it wasn't going to go away on its own. I've had headaches almost as bad where i've vomited and it last a full day but i can remember 2 or 3 toothaches that were worthy of committing suicide over.
that's why i get sick when I hear somebody has intractable pain from cancer or people who are bedridden with back pain. I can't imagine being in pain that even drugs can't help.