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Why Is It Toothache Goes Away When You Make A Dentist Appointment?


how many have been rolling in pain with toothache up untill the day your due to go to the dentist.. then all of a sudden poof its gone ..


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  1. #1 by Anonymous on February 21, 2010 - 3:33 pm

    the reason for this is the fear of the dentist, this means that you dont want to go sooo mutch that your body stops the pain

  2. #2 by Picture Taker on February 21, 2010 - 10:30 pm

    I call this “Threat Therapy.” You finally threaten to do something and the toothache goes away.
    This goes hand in hand with what I call “The Magical Curative Power of the Threshold,” where merely stepping over my office threshold makes the tooth all better.
    This falls under the same law that makes a rattle in your car go away when you go to the mechanic.

  3. #3 by racer 51 on February 22, 2010 - 3:19 am

    one of life’s little ironies. kind of like when i make an appointment for a haircut b/c i just can’t stand it anymore. the day of the appt. i have a great hair day. go figure.

  4. #4 by nancy s on February 22, 2010 - 7:04 am

    Well, it happens all the time. I have the same trouble with sounds in my car. No sound when I take it in for a check up. lol. If your tooth really has a problem an xray will pick it up. Sometimes a tooth will be traumatized by clenching and grinding during stressful times in your life. It may hurt for a few days, the stress is lessened, you clench less, the pressure on the tooth is lessened and then the pain goes away. Believe me, if the tooth has a problem, the pain will come back.

  5. #5 by lees on February 22, 2010 - 2:01 pm

    fear kicks in and you go numb!!!!!!!

  6. #6 by tem on February 22, 2010 - 5:25 pm

    the same exact thing happened to me all month long

  7. #7 by Anonymous on February 22, 2010 - 7:14 pm

    I think its psychological. Kind of like when your head starts itching when someone you know says they have lice.

  8. #8 by tiger_fe on February 23, 2010 - 12:15 am

    your scared that much that the pain disappears lol

  9. #9 by super_pa on February 23, 2010 - 6:46 am

    It’s known as Murphy’s Law.

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