[JustMe74]

I am a 39 year old healthy female. Was a smoker but quit last year when all this stuff started.

All was fine...went to dentist June 2012 for routine cleaning and he took full mouth xrays. SAid there were two very bad cavities under old fillings that needed taken care of ASAP. I was not having any problems. There was a cancellation and I got one done the next week. The other had to wait until September for an appt due to dentist schedule, not mine. Late July started getting bad ear ache with sore throat on left side (side remaining to be fixed). I did not associate it with the tooth as the tooth did not hurt. Went to a prompt care facility...I did have a mild fever, but no strep (as per strep test) and MD didn't see anything suspect. told me probably viral and to give it a couple weeks.

A couple of weeks later still having problems so schedule physical. Now we are in August. MD does not see any issues but does find very small movable soft lymph nodes under jaw. So sends me for chest xray just to be sure all okay. Nothing remarkable in xray. He tells me probably dental... Since I have appt to take care of other filling on painful side I wait. I am beginning to experience some discomfort when sucking air in through my mouth on that tooth. But I do not mention it to dentist because i do not want a root canal (as if me not telling him will change the extent ;-) As he drills he hits something OUCH I actually yelled. Last time this happened it was electrocuting pain in a tooth I never had pain in and I had to have a root canal right then. This time he says, oh you felt that...and then stops drilling and fills it up...was not that nerve type pain...felt more like he hit the gum.

I am pleased at this point that there was no root canal. Shortly after the filling....oh man, oh man...now I'm sure it was the tooth...the throat rarely hurts but the ear, and the tongue, and the gums...WOWZA! But no direct pain on any particular teeth...jsut the general area and on around to ear and tongue.

I have seen 3 dentists, an endodontist, a neurologist, two Ent's, a periodontist, my gp - many of them multiple times. Have had neck ultrasound, brain mri, cbc, neck ct w/contrast and a bazillion dental xrays including a panoramic. So far, no doctor/dentist/test has found any problems. I swear to you the pain is real, it is constant, it is consuming me...as is the fear.

Since I have never had health issues to speak of, but my mouth is full of filled teeth and constant cavities (despite my regular dental trips since...birth?). I can't help but suspect, and even hope, my problem is dental and not something very bad in a non-dental area. However, I don't know what to do? any advice, similar situations?

thanks for listening