What is my issue? Ligament? Please help

[Sandybob23]

I have been going through hell for almost 2 years. I had a horrible toothache that resulted in a root canal, which did not stop the biting pain that I was having since before the root canal. About a year later, he redid the root canal. This was about a month ago and I still have the biting pain. I’ve been researching this for years because I had pretty much the same thing happened about 10 years ago. I’m almost convinced that this is not a tooth problem anymore but it is something to do with the ligaments or the nerves under my tooth. I cannot get anyone to help me at least not in the dental profession, I found this online read below, should I discuss this with my general practitioner I have a feeling my Dentist will just shrug his shoulders like he usually does but there is something going on in my tooth. The symptoms are either a crack that can’t be seen or there is a problem with the ligament what do I do? I’ve never been so frustrated in my life with doctors .

“‘Depending upon what created your sprain or if the factors that are repeatedly affecting your PDL aren't removed or reduced, inflammation can hang around for a long time and cause your lingering toothache to get even worse. In this case, the pain can spread to your surrounding gum tissue and neighboring teeth.

In some cases, inflammation goes away, but your ligament(s) remain sensitized to the degree that you can't chew on a tooth or even touch it with your tongue without pain. In this scenario, it's common for x-rays to look normal and for the tooth to be structurally sound. The cause of the pain is the result of the nerve endings in the ligament remaining in an irritated or what we call a sensitized state. As a result, even normal function produces pain.

When this happens, your persistent ligament pain may require the use “….

 

[squavers]

I have been going through hell for almost 2 years. I had a horrible toothache that resulted in a root canal, which did not stop the biting pain that I was having since before the root canal. About a year later, he redid the root canal. This was about a month ago and I still have the biting pain. I’ve been researching this for years because I had pretty much the same thing happened about 10 years ago. I’m almost convinced that this is not a tooth problem anymore but it is something to do with the ligaments or the nerves under my tooth. I cannot get anyone to help me at least not in the dental profession, I found this online read below, should I discuss this with my general practitioner I have a feeling my Dentist will just shrug his shoulders like he usually does but there is something going on in my tooth. The symptoms are either a crack that can’t be seen or there is a problem with the ligament what do I do? I’ve never been so frustrated in my life with doctors .

“‘Depending upon what created your sprain or if the factors that are repeatedly affecting your PDL aren't removed or reduced, inflammation can hang around for a long time and cause your lingering toothache to get even worse. In this case, the pain can spread to your surrounding gum tissue and neighboring teeth.

In some cases, inflammation goes away, but your ligament(s) remain sensitized to the degree that you can't chew on a tooth or even touch it with your tongue without pain. In this scenario, it's common for x-rays to look normal and for the tooth to be structurally sound. The cause of the pain is the result of the nerve endings in the ligament remaining in an irritated or what we call a sensitized state. As a result, even normal function produces pain.

When this happens, your persistent ligament pain may require the use “….

Hi,

I'm having a similar problem with one of my front teeth, I had a root canal done which made no difference and I then saw a specialist who says the root canal is fine and it's highly likely that it's strained ligaments. But it's been ongoing since Feb of this year and doesn't seem to be getting any better. My dentist doesn't want to extract a tooth which has no obvious problem (infection or crack in root) but I can't live with this sore tooth forever.

Whereabouts did you read online that quote in your post about ligament damage? I'd like to read the full article to get further information on this.

Thanks.

 

[Sandybob23]

Hi sorry just saw this. I’ve been doing a lot of searching over the years and I found this latest information at: “ nytmj.com “
but if you search those certain words, you will find it in other places. My dentist gave me a referral to another periodontist because the last one that I saw a few months ago did not seem like he knew anything about this problem and every time I ask about the ligament no one seems to know who is supposed to be the one to help with this. I wonder if I should even contact my primary care doctor I mean this really should not be such a mystery if the information is out there, this doctor from this article is located in New York City and there’s no way that is going to happen. Let me know if you find out anything else.