I am hoping that typing this out might help me get my situation clearer in my head. I made a bit of a fool of myself today at the dentist when I decided I couldn't face what they wanted to do and cried. ( I am 48). Since June I have had non stop dental pain on lower left side. I now have 4 crowned teeth and 3 of them are root canal filled. There were accesses involved ( x ray evidence and swelling) which responded to antibiotics so the treatment was not just for pain. The last of the crowns was being completed a month ago and it was clear that tooth was hypersensitive. It was agony at the time and has never been quite right since it was done.
Then 3 weeks ago I developed trigeminal neuralgic pain in the same area. I saw my Dr and he agred I have classic TN. It responds to carbamazepine quite well (moderate dose) It is not as bad as many of those on the TN thread. It was however drop to your knees, can't eat can't speak pain and it was clear it is not the sort of pain you can live with. I identified triggers and over the last. 5 days it has been better so I wound down the carbamazepine a bit. Not sure if pain caused by dental treatment or much of the Dental work is as a result of the pain.

Today I went to the dentist and asked if there was something they could do for the hypersensitive tooth ( now crowned) as between it and a molar it is sore every time I eat etc. They spoke about denervating the tooth , removing the tooth etc.
It is clear I need to find a dentist in Scotland who knows about trigeminal neuralgia as they did not really seem to understand. I simply could of let them drill the tooth today for fear the TN came back strong nor did I want them to remove the tooth as I am not sure the tooth is the cause of the TN.
Anyone had to do similar and how did you find a dentist as most don 't specify this as an area off speciality.
Thanks Maisie .