After all that, I no longer have a tooth 13. The novocaine is wearing off. The dentist said it would take a week to heal. 2 days for "heal enough to eat," a week for "heal enough to take the stitches out" (and be able to drink hot tea, and fizzy stuff). 3 or 4 months for "heal enough for an implant." My hands are still shaking. I'm nowhere near capable of deciding about an implant, thank you very much. I want to know how long for toothache-triggered chronic head pain to go away. I guess I'll have to find that out experimentally.