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Tooth ligament and tongue pain.
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Thank you for your response!
I’ll try to answer as best as I can.
I have had the bite adjustments due to hitting too hard on that particular tooth getting adjusted.
I’ve worn a bite guard for many years. My dentist makes them for me. The pain I feel is actually dependent on which “tooth” hurts. My left side is worsened by chewing, taking, yawning. It feels sharp..it feels like the nerve is irritated along the side of my tongue.
When the right side hurts, I usually don’t have tongue pain. The 3 teeth that are usually bothering me are 29,30 and 31. I am a hard biter according to my dentist and that is said to cause some of the biting pain as well as malocclusion. My orthodontist wants to treat me with braces to straighten my bite. I was told it’s not 100% guarantee it will solve the pain I deal with, so now I’m having 2nd thoughts.
I hope I answered the questions for you. Please ask more as I am so happy to answer.
Thank you!
Kar
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The issues seemed to start after a root canal on tooth #18.
I noticed some discomfort on that side. Eventually, tooth #29 started giving me issues after having a filling replaced. After about 6 months, it finally settled down, but still gave me issues below the tooth. This went on for years and finally when my dentist adjusted the tooth behind it, I finally had relief. I did not have pain for over a year on that side, but then tooth #13 started bothering me along with almost constant side tongue pain..sharp. Made worse by talking.
Had that tooth adjusted, then #29 started bothering me again..not the tooth, but below it..felt deep. A few weeks ago, #21 started to bother me..but behind it. Just to note, I had tooth 18 removed 4 years ago as the root canal failed. I had the area of tooth 19 adjusted a couple weeks ago, but am still dealing with jaw and tongue pain. The tongue pain is sharp and worse with talking, chewing. I have a fairly simple life. I am single and happy, have 2 great jobs and am financially very stable. I don’t feel as stress is the problem as I have removed a lot of stress over the years. I am wondering if it truly is my bite being so far off, but it just doesn’t make sense the pain deal with because of it. (To note, the area of #29, #30, and 31 are not bothering me at all right now.) Also, I know I have a lot of shifting from missing tooth 18, but even when I had that tooth, I had pain on the 29,30 and 31 side almost all the time.
Thanks so much!