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Thistle I feel for you. 

In Australia we have private insurance which costs a bomb, or upto a 2 yr wait for people on pensions for the dental clinics.

For the average person like me, we have to find the money for a dental visit. It's easy to find a dentist it's just not as easy finding the money to pay them.

Just recently my mouth started hurting and I put it down to my wisdom tooth pushing the other teeth forward. This continued for a week but by the end of the week I was in tears of pain and on really serious painkillers.

I found a dentist who got me in that day and found out yes the wisdom tooth was pushing the other teeth, and one tooth had crumbled under it's filling exposing all the nerve endings. He said you must be in considerable pain. Like no kidding. 

Anyway it cost me $220 to fix the problem and while it was an extraction of the damaged tooth I didn't feel a thing. Great dentist. 

I've still got a few potentional problems to get fixed which I'm saving for now.

Have you tried baby teething gel on your gums, that can often help numb the pain if it's not serious.