So I spoke to both my dentist and the holistic dentist who also does oral surgery.

The dentist who would pull it and do the oral surgery says that I should hold on to both this tooth and #11 as long as I can. They both do not have the best bone for an implant. #11 especially because of the prior surgeries, but #7 too because the roots are so blunted it did not stimulate great bone growth. He says that an implant in that space might work---But it might fail either sooner or later and in that case, I am stuck. He says I cannot get a bridge because of the blunted roots next to both of these teeth, and both he and I agree that a removable tooth would be a very poor outcome for a 35 year old, especially with it having to put pressure on the blunted root teeth adjacent.

It is not a great situation. He advised me to not extract unless pathology was shown on the xray. I mentioned the bump on the xray and he said that that did not make him think of infection. He said that he feels it is a thickened periodontal ligament from years of biting on a tooth that is so blunted and cannot take the pressure. He looked at both the recent and the 2011 xray and said that he sees no change so he is not thinking it is a bacterial cause. This is most likely why the ozone did not work, because ozone would have been effective against bacteria but not nerve pain. He said the same as you, inflamed nerve.

Both dentists have advised me to try whatever I can to see if I can get it to calm down (the nerve). If I cannot, the one dentist advised doing the root canal with ozone. He said that he does not usually advise them but it might be the best choice in my situation if I could not live with the tooth anymore. He also said interestingly that since the tooth is so calcified, the issue of dentinal tubules harboring bacteria might not be an issue, because my body has effectively sealed the tubules off.

My general dentist who probably hates root canals as much as you do, has said that he feels that I should try 100% everything I can to settle the nerve. Being that there is no pathology on the xray, I could wait indefinitely and work on it to heal. I leave on my trip with my bottles of antinflammatory supplements in 2 days. I will be gone for 2 weeks. When I get back I have an appointment with him for an occlusal adjustment, he will see if I have any points of heavy contact on that tooth and gently file it down. He seems to think that will help along with getting a lower guard, and not using my upper night guard.

I am happy to have a plan but I am concerned I will not be able to live with the pain this long. I will just have to take one day at a time and see how it goes. The interesting thing was that it was doing a little better the day before my last ozone injection and now it's so bad again especially the burning and gum pain. He says that ozone could not have exacerbated the pain. So I guess it was a coincidence. I can only hope it can get back to that point it was at before the ozone again during my trip. Right now it is about a 5 on a 1-10 pain scale. I think if if gets higher I will have to call it quits with trying to save this tooth. But if I can get it back to even a 4 or a 3, I can live with it for awhile longer.

I am stopping the Toms sensitivity toothpaste and have gone back to my normal toothpaste (Coral White). I will try just coconut oil too.