Thank you for responding so quickly and offering me suggestions for my situation. I sincerely appreciate it. I will implement your suggestions immediately. You are certainly knowledgeable about so many facets of dentistry and medicine.
Re" Biforcation. Apparently the nerves are exposed on one of my teeth. It is the third tooth in from the back on the upper right. It first was infected in Sept. and the perio. cleaned it out and I was OK. Then once again in March I had pain in that tooth. My personal dental specialist that I see for my facial pain said "the tooth is doomed". However, the local dentist said people have it for a long time. ?????????
Unfortunately because of the burning mouth, gum pain my specialist would not allow the dentist to inject the gum with antibiotics. He did allow him to treat it with flouride and I must say it helped the pain.
Thus I have an infected tooth for about 2 months. I know my specialist wants it removed but I am so afraid of causing more nerve pain. I do see your point though- it can spread and cause more problems in other teeth.
You certainly made some excellent points and I will now consider removing it.
However, I now have the TMJ issue and can't even open my mouth.
Any suggestions about that?
I have very short roots on my teeth and had adult orth. (bad move) It wrecked all my teeth - made them even looser. I have numerous missing lower teeth and cannot wear a partial (tried 2 - $4,000). Every time I put them in my mouth it triggered off facial pain. I could write a book on the dental profession and my experiences.
Thanks again for the PM and also the biforcation issue.
You are an asset to the dental profession.
Sydney