Hi Leeta,

How interesting! I still have 3 main teeth that hurt/throb after both hot and cold….onlu upper teeth. X-rays clear but who knows what could be happening. Wonder if it’s GCA as I had horrible jaw locking 3 months ago. Surgeon wouldn’t do biopsy since I’ve been on prednisone so long. Are you free from GCA?
Karo

I’v e been using an OTC mouth guard at night to protect from gnashing teeth. Grrrrr! Also have cracks showing up—but wonder if that’s not also age?

I had a few episodes of tooth pain. It seemed to be part of a group of symptoms I had: headache at the left temple, numb feeling on the left side of my face, jaw pain, blurry vision in the morning. I was diagnosed with PMR 4 years ago and have had a mild form of these symptoms all along but the PMR shoulder and hip pain was much worse. Now the PMR symptoms are gone and it appears that I have GCA since the headache and face symptoms got worse. I think I had both diseases from the start and now mainly one, the GCA. Having both diseases is apparently fairy common from what I have read. A friend contacted me because her eye doctor thought she might have GCA due to headache, neck pain and jaw pain. It turns out that she had a severe tooth infection and needed a root canal.