[redhen75]

Hi Bryanna

I wrote to you back in October last year with a problem surrounding my LR6 molar post extraction ....thankfully I can say that it has healed up nicely and am experiencing no further problems...

However, the problem seems to now have transferred over to the left hand set of teeth.

Back in Nov 2012 I noticed a hard bony lump appear under my Lower Left 6 Molar (second one from back) - it wasnt painful at all but I mentioned it to my dentist who told me it was bone. So I went away happy with that diagnosis.

Two months later and I now have swollen and sore gums surrounding the hard lump and my lower left 6 molar has been hurting with a throbbing ache on and off. If I push this tooth with my tongue it hurts and if I feel around the hard lump area and swollen gums that hurts too.

I have been back to see my dentist yesterday who has taken an x-ray of this area and yet again cannot find anything wrong, no infection, no nasties, no decay in my teeth.

He did the tap test of my teeth and the aforementioned tooth did not hurt when he did this but when he tapped the pre-molar next to it it really hurt. So what he did was a deep clean of the pre-molar to see if that helped. It is actually really hurting today and again when I probe the Lower left 6 Molar with my tongue it hurts.

I have been daignosed with TMD and have been told to do specific exercises to help this condition. I know I clench my teeth in my sleep and have noticed I do it during the day but what I want to know is would it really affect my gums in this way? The dentist I saw yesterday said that by clenching and grinding it would erode the gum therefore causing the problem I have...but I am not totally convinced.

The reason why is that the previous tooth that was extracted had similar problems and the tooths nerve was actually inflamed ..once the tooth was taken out (after unsuccessful root canal) the pain disappeared immediately.

Could you give me some guidance or if you have any idea what could be causing this it would be really useful.

I have been advised to use Interental brushes and use Corsodyl mouthwash for 3 weeks to see if that improves the problem.

I am just very anxious about this as I am due to start a course of fertility treatment soon and am worried that it will interfere with this should I have any problems with my teeth. The last thing I want to be doing is having tooth problems during a course of fertility treatment.

Hope you can shed some light?

Louise