Bryanna, here it is July 4th and I am back. I have had more trouble with my teeth since the April 10th oral surgery than I have had in at least ten years.

I was told to get a root canal, then they said #15 needs the crown removed because there was decay under the crown. We did that last Thursday. I was in the chair over 3 hours.
They found decay on the back side, down by the nerves if I remember correctly. The dentist says he fixed it and they put a temporary crown on it.

Two days later the area around it is starting to swell and I have minor pain back. I know you said to see a special line of dentists who take a person's system into the equation, but I don't know of a single dentist who would want to take me on. Plus I wouldn't trust the dentist to try to ....... figure it all out. My case (overall) is "a mess" (direct quote from my doctor).

I don't want more antibiotics. (I have been on probiotics for a few weeks now) I have been to the best oral surgeon in our area, one of the best root canals specialists and my dentist has been doing my teeth for almost 20 years. As you pointed out, under "normal" circumstances these problems wouldn't be here, but such is life. Pretty frustrating.
The tooth is pretty far to the back I guess. Before the dentist worked on it the pain was strong enough to cause "instant earaches" in both ears and the whole row of teeth on the upper left side would hurt. I used naproxen (per dentist's directions) to alleviate swelling and it helped some. I just sit and wait. Don't know what else to do or where to go. If I am having another infection in my jaw area, it may be time to see a medical doctor to find out why.

Strangest thing -- my dentist was looking inside my mouth and he told me I had one of the healthiest mouths" he had ever seen. Hard to understand.