Condition: Tooth Problems
Tooth problems can be a real pain! It is a good thing that Jesus bore your pains as well as your diseases. So regardless of whether the tooth in question is diseased or broken, your condition is covered by God’s medical policy! You have the right to receive healing for that tooth because Christ has paid the price for it to be healed.
Psalm 3:7:
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Psalm 58:6:
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
David was talking about the wicked, not the righteous. As a believer, you are the godly instead of the ungodly, so you should not be the one with the broken teeth. Nor should you be the one with jaw trouble or any “cheek bone” issues.
You might apply Psalm 34:20 here because technically a tooth is not a bone (though people back then might not have made that distinction) and it is possible that Jesus had broken teeth when He was struck. If you think He DIDN’T, you can claim the same “no broken bones” status that He had. If you think He DID, you can apply the fact that everything He endured was punishment for your sins, so He took broken teeth in your place so that your teeth don’t have to be broken.
I can tell you from personal experience that God is the Great Dentist as well as the Great Physician. My dentist told me that I needed oral surgery, and if I didn't get it, the pain would be intolerable within a week or two. The only option was to be drugged into la-la-land, miss a day or two of work and pay plenty of money. I decided to believe God’s Word, and the pain subsided. I finally decided to spend some money to see the oral surgeon, but with the idea of being told that I didn’t need the surgery after all. What’s interesting is that while I was driving an hour to the oral surgeon’s office, the tooth pain started flaring up really badly again, and of course thoughts came into my head about how stupid I would look to be “believing God” when it “didn’t work.” But I kept my mouth in agreement with the Bible and kept saying that I was healed no matter what I was feeling. I was hurting until just before I stepped into the oral surgeon’s office, at which point all the pain left. He told me I didn’t need the surgery and I never had it.
I personally know a man who got a tooth filled supernaturally in a church service. His dentist got upset because he was sure this man had gone to another dentist to get the tooth fixed! A personal friend prayed over a man who was missing teeth and God put new teeth in his mouth on the spot! Don’t limit God! The question is never what God can do – it’s what you can believe.
In practice, toothaches can be very challenging because of the constant reminders from your body that you are in pain. However, the Word is health to ALL your flesh. Your teeth aren’t part of your soul or part of your spirit, are they? No, they’re part of your body (flesh). So God’s Word, when you speak and believe it, is health to your teeth. If you will stick with the Word, it will work mightily in you and fix whatever your tooth problem is.
Please don’t feel under condemnation if you just go and have a tooth pulled. I do understand that the pain can be so great that you’ll do just about anything to get relief as soon as you can. However, there is another way that is less expensive and doesn’t leave you without the tooth, and I wouldn’t be doing my job as a preacher if I didn’t say so.