Sorry- yes the Joint Replacement is on the same side--I had it a year ago. The surgery actually helped with the joint pain, I had that mainly in the ear. After surgery I have not experienced it. The Dr said the bone scan can help determine if there is something going on with the tooth or the replacement. If it is clear I guess he will say it is nerve pain.
I was hit by a car at age 5--after the accident I lost the majority of hearing on that side, that is when we assume the jaw bone was fractured. Over the past 40 years my jaw joint was completely destructed. I was experincing sever pain in my ear, went to ent...he sent me to a maxio facial doc, after mri's we discovered I was bone on bone with little joint space at all, left side looked completely different from right.

If what I have been feeling for the past 8+ months is nerve pain, why would it stay on that one tooth? it is not in my face or jaw, it is with that tooth.

I did not get a copy of the xray.

Thanks!