My wife is having severe pain in the lower
left side of her mouth (29, non-smoker).
The pain comes in waves (sometimes
throbbing, sometimes sharp) and resonates
to the back of her head. At its worse, the
pain is unbearable. She cannot pinpoint
exactly which tooth the pain is coming
from. Her dentist performed several test
(hot/cold sensitivity, pressure, x-rays)
and cannot find any problems (we were
there today). She gets very little relief
from over the counter meds (Ultram seems
to be helping). She finds temporary but
immediate relief when she swishes with
PerioMed or chlorohexidine gluconate
rinse. The relief is instantaneous but
only lasts 1-2 minutes. Her dentist is at
a loss and suggested that we see her oral
surgeon (see below) or a neurologist.
I should also mention that she had her 4
wisdom teeth removed about 7 weeks ago and
suffered 2 dry sockets. We saw oral
surgeon today as well- he took more x rays
and did not see a problem either. He
opened the site of her dry socket to see
if there was any infection or bone spurs-
and found nothing.
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Posted: 05-10-08 16:37pm
Hi lajevardi,
I'm sorry to hear that your wife is having
such terrible pain. You said your dentist
did several tests, and if there was no
reaction to those I would guess (and it is
only a guess; I am by no means a
professional) that it's not a tooth
causing the problem.
You mentioned that she had her sidom teeth
removed awhile ago. When I had mine
removed, earlier this year, one of the
concerns that I was told about had to do
with the nerve in the jaw bone. I was told
that removing the teeth on the bottom can
bump the nerve, possibly causing pain
and/or numbness.
Is there a possibility that one of the
nerves on that side was damaged, and
that's what's causing the pain? This would
make sense with her not being able to
pinpoint a tooth location and the pain
radiating back into the head. I don't know
how mouthwashes would help with this
(unless the nerve is exposed somewhere and
the mouthwash has some kind of topical
numbing agent that I'm not aware of, so it
numbs for a few seconds, relieving the
pain).
Obviously, this is all just a guess, but
it might be something to look into.
The only other thing I could suggest would
be the possibility of a tooth 'dying'
indicating the need for a root canal, but
you said that she'd already had the
hot/cold sensitivity test, which is the
main one for testing for that.
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