I'm 33 years old and started having a problem 1 year ago. It's pretty long and drawn out. However, 1 year and 2 months later. I have a stange taste in my teeth between #28-29 and I know something is still going on. I'm just not sure what or who to turn to since the Dentist says everything looks good.

November
•11-24 - Woke up with shooting pain into my right ear with pain along gum-line between teeth #29-#31.
•11-25 – Went to dentist and she referred me to an Endodontist for a possible root canal on tooth #30 or #31 (she said there was some decay under the filling of #30 and a large filling in #31 close to the nerve).

December
•12-1 – Went to the Endodontist for a consultation and she felt #31 needed the root canal because it had a large filling very close to the nerve and a small crack.
•12-3 - Root Canal procedure was done on #31.
•12-9 – Still had pain in the root canalled tooth, and pain along the gum-line between #29-#31 and when I pressed on tooth #29.
•12-28 – Went to Urgent Care because the pain was so bad. I was given a Z-pak and Ultram.
•12-29 – The pain went away in neck/ear but the pain persisted in tooth with a bad taste in my mouth.

January
•Still in pain in #31, ear, teeth and jaw area.
•Went to a Neurologist for an MRI of the brain to rule out nerve issue. MRI was normal.
•My childhood dentist sent for a third opinion and he said there was a vertical crack in tooth #31 and it needed to be extracted.

February
• 2-5 – I was referred for an extraction. The tooth was removed.
•The pain was resolved. Then a new pain started; I had a dry socket. Tooth was packed to help dry socket pain.
•The pain in #29 and #30 and jaw still remained and the gum felt sore when I pressed on the teeth I feel pain. Dr. prescribed another medrol pak.

March
•A new pain started after the dry socket, burning, and continued to have pain in the ear and jaw. The oral surgeon was baffled and told me to see another Neurologist. He didn’t see anything on the panoramic x-ray.
•There was a burning pain in and around the extraction site and still into the ear.

April
•I was referred to a Neuro Surgeon for a possible cervical spine issue. I had a MRI scan of my cervical spine and it was normal.
•He referred me to Neurologist who did a CT scan of my neck, head and said it was normal.
•This Dr. put me on 1800 mg. of Gabapentin, I’ve been taking this since April 9, 2009.
•Went back to childhood dentist and he referred me to a gum specialist. The gum specialist said the gums looked swollen but nothing too bad and put me on Clindamycin.

July
•Since I’ve been on the Gabapentin the excruciating pain has gone away. However, I have a salty taste in my mouth and I’m not sure if this is from another tooth (tooth #30 has a cavity under the filling) and an odd taste/feeling along the inside gum line of #28-30. Mainly between 28-29.

August
•Right jaw bone scan done and came back normal.
Off the Gabapentin now for 5 months.

November 09
•Teeth cleaning. All teeth look great according to my Dentist accept for small cavity in tooth #7.


Questions:
Is this a low grade infection somewhere? Even thought bloodwork all came back fine.
Does this sound Neuralgia related?
Are they missing something – The Dentist that is?
Who could I go to for help?
Does it sound like a cavitation?