a blood vessel compressing a nerve on ,both sides of the face at ,exacly the same time,,,not likely,high ammonia levels cause tn,,

Since June 2011 I have had my back 4 lower left teeth all crowned (1 root canal ) and upper left back 2 teeth (again 1 root canal ).......then 2 weeks ago the pain started in my lower left jaw/teeth of a much more severe and 'striking' nature. Crippling, drop to your knees, can't speak pain. Now me and my dentist don't know what the real reason for the TN is. Caused by dental treatment or because of TN. My GP also does not know either. Tegretol helping. Actually so much so I can't almost beleive how bad it was. I do however remember stating i could not live with this pain.
I also get about 4 migraine over left eye per year and don't yet know if connected (awaiting nuro appt). Seems many of our stories are similar.

I also have a locked jaw joint (displaced, torn disc) on the same side as my trigeminal type pain. Does anyone else have that connection? The surgeon who is going to lavage my joint, says he thinks it is a "red herring" I guess to mean that it is unrelated. It definitely seems related to me.

Have any of you tried MVD?**

My dad has ATN and believe it was caused by the dental extraction of five teeth in one operation, but our neurosurgeon wants to purse with MVD. According to that website, if we are certain that it's from dental trauma, none of us should undergo MVD.

MVD is for fixing any compression on the nerve . If you know it is from dental work... I agree with your idea that MVD May not be a wise or helpful surgery . I would tend to think if there isnt any compression and it is from dental work then going and manipulating the nerve and vessels could very well make things worse. That is my thoughts I am not a doctor. I also know that MVD dose help many people and is recommended as an option for lots of t.n. folks. there could be a compression coming from dental work I guess . Did the neuro show you on MRI a compression of the nerve?

here are links about MVD and yes lots of us here have had that surgery .I am not one of them.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread2052.html
http://www.skullbaseinstitute.com/vi..._neuralgia.htm
both of these along with other very useful info are in the stickies at the top of this forum... Please read the threads , and posts I know you will find plenty of info.
PEACE
BMW...Tina

Thanks Tina. The neuro said that there weren't any signs of compressions in the MRI, which is normal. He said the MRIs are used as a precautionary step to identify any other possible reason for the TN, such as tumors.