Thank you Bryanna. The one that remains and is rc'd is in front of the now extracted missing tooth. I think the one that remains is 30 and the problematic tooth was 31. After the post, and the worsening pain, I went to the holistic dentist, who was not only not on my insurance, but is extraordinarily expensive. I was in very bad pain. I had been told by a well known dentist to rc the tooth, which I did. Still had very had pain. So, I went to the holistic dentist next. The holistic dentist X-rayed the tooth. He told me he saw a black dot and implied it could be an infection, but never uttered the words. It was a very odd conversation. I looked with all my might and could not see any dot. I made him point to it for a good twenty minutes. I was confused and a little perplexed at his mysterious behavior. But, I knew the rc didn't help matters and I had been reading up on rc teeth possibly being bad for people. I had no more hope at that point. He told me he wanted to extract the tooth and put in a graph. I agreed and then afterwards I got sick as a dog....and this led to other problems. He accused me of not putting I had lupus on the intake form, but it absolutely did put it on the form, which he admitted to later. BTW, his chair side assistant was acting weird...sort of angry. And my original dentist, had a chair side assistant who asked to be dismissed in the middle of my work.

Anyway, after the extraction and graph and getting sick, that was when I met the oral surgeon/MD who had to remove the graph. My pain slightly worsened (I didn't think it was possible) throughout this, BUT my fever and sick ness improved a bit when the graph was removed. The oral surgeon was livid. My autoimmune stuff went through the roof and I was now on Percocet near daily and trying to cope with all the horrible changes in my life. The OS did a biopsy and there was no infection. That was when he told me about nerve damage. I also went to my rheumatologist and the hospital and had an inordinate amount of blood drawn...many many vials looking for infection. None was found. However, I understand maybe an infection might be in a tooth!???? (You realize this is controversial) But, I was fine health wise and pain wise BEFORE any of these dentists treated me. Now, that is so NOT the case. I'm taking five NEW medications daily PLUS Percocet peridocially and this is permanent.
Ok, you have your opinions on this...but I'm left with sickness and pain regardless.

I agree with you that lawsuits are foremost on their mind.
On the follow up visit with the holistic dentist, this was pathetically obvious. I wa in great pain, feverish, lethargic and sickly. He asked me if my husband was an attorney or if I knew of any. I said "why?" He was a nervous wreck. The OS made it clear to me that all my care was horrible, but When I asked him if I should return to the holistic guy (only guy I mentioned by name) he screamed "NO!" I thank God for the OS, only person in the dental profession who was honest with me and helped me.

Thank you for not being offended and yes, it's important that those of us with neuro symtoms and/or damage be referred to neurologists.

Cleo, yes thank you!!!! I probably will do this. I guess I was hoping for some insight to this process?...something that would help me get past the injustices done to people and the unfairness in that process. It seems dentists really do cover for one another's grotesque mistakes, are very rarely held accountable for hurting people and likely repeat their mistakes over and over again.