Hi Bryanna,

It's me again, Nukuspot.

I cancelled the root canal for #7. I got two ozone injections, one a week, for the last two weeks. I have not seen any improvement of the tooth pain, and my dentist told me this week that he doesn't see the need to have anymore as it doesn't seem to be helping. Most likely (he thinks) the pain is not from anything ozone can fix.

The pain was manageable with positive thinking for awhile, but now it has spread mainly to the back of my tooth, the side of the tongue/palate. It feels like it is burned or on fire. I know it cannot be from an actual burn because I have been putting ice in all my drinks/soup and letting hot food cool to room temperature due to the pain in #7. From the very base where my tooth hits my palate, all the way into my whole right side of my palate is so painful I am finding it hard to now talk or eat. I (gently) touched with the tip of a toothpick, and it seems to be around the back of #7 and the cainine tooth next to it. It feels almost like a splinter is stuck under the gum but nothing is there.

I have had multiple family members look at the area with flashlights and they all say it doesn't look any different than the other side. It's not red or swollen. It feels like it should be bright red and blistered from the pain but it looks normal.

I called my dentist again and asked what I should do. I cannot live like this. He thinks maybe it is from clenching my teeth!? I am not able to wear my upper splint (it is so uncomfortable and it pushes right on #7) so I called the TMJ doctor and left a message to ask if I could try a lower splint. However that process is going to take weeks---with getting the impressions, ordering the splint, adjusting it, etc. And I don't even know if it will work!

When I speak I feel like #7 is hitting the lower teeth. It doesn't make it more painful, it's just weird. Like as if it suddenly grew a little? I am trying not to talk as a result.

My dentist says when I get back from my 2 week trip to see my family he can see if he can adjust my bite on that side. He still thinks that a root canal should be the last resort to stopping the pain and I agree. But I seriously cannot keep going on like this. I am so worried about these next two weeks on my trip.

I am taking the herbal antinflammatories and have doubled my dose of fish oil (which my ND said was the best thing to try to relieve inflammation.)

I thought it was working but it's gotten worse since the last ozone injection. I wonder if the ozone could have caused damage? The dentist said there were no side effects, that the worst thing that could happen was that it just didn't work, and it was good for the body anyway.

If you have any advice for either what might be causing this pain into my palate or any pain relief options, I would greatly appreciate it. I can barely eat or focus on anything that is not the pain.

I am even using sensitive teeth toothpaste (Toms of Maine) which I normally don't use because it has SLS but I am just desperate to try anything even remotely natural at this point.