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Trigeminal Neuralgia dental implants

Posted by dandl48 Dave @dandl48, Mar 5, 2021

My wife suffers from Trigeminal Neuralgia and she is concerned about getting a "Deep Cleaning" and 2 implants put in the side of her mouth thinking that the cleaning + drilling into her jaw will set the TN off. Has anyone with TN get a Deep Cleaning or had implants put in and what was the outcome of it?

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robertaeh | @robertaeh | 1 day ago
In reply to @vic83 "Hi, wonder how your wife is doing with her Trigeminal Neuralgia. Did she get the implants?..." + (show)
@vic83

Hi, wonder how your wife is doing with her Trigeminal Neuralgia. Did she get the implants?
I was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia back in 1983. It was a terrible pain that would come and go. I was in Italy at the time, and they knew what I had and put me on Tegretol which helped.
After I noticed that a large filling had fallen out from the last molar where the pain was. I don't know if that was the cause. I had the tooth pulled and I went to a special oral surgeon who took great care to not agitate the region.
I have never had another episode, only once did I suspect an onset and I ran to a Neurologist.
My Periodontist in the US wanted to do an implant for the lost tooth, but I was afraid to cause an episode and refused. I asked the Neuologist and he said he didn't like invasive procedures and that nerves have memory. I have had two impants on the other side of my mouth with no problems. And I have a least two cleaning a year with no issues. But TN is a terrible affliction. There is an online organization to follow news on the subject.
https://rarediseases.org/organizations/tna-the-facial-pain-association/

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As my last bout with TN was resolving, the pain changed and for more than a day I dealt with what felt like excruciating torsion pressure in my palate where molars were situated on the affected side. Soon afterward fillings dropped out of one of the molars for no apparent reason, and I believe the pressure and pain were due to my molars being moved somehow by the dysfunctional nerve.

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