I'm newly diagnosed with TN by my primary care doctor. I'm a 35 year old female, mine started with stabbing pain that I thought was me needing a root canal somewhere on the right side of my mouth. I went to the dentist, he looked at my teeth, took x-rays, and tapped on them all. None of my teeth responded like they needed any immediate dental work, and there weren't signs of infection. He didn't think my teeth were causing the problem.

He thought maybe I had a bad sinus infection and sent me to my PCP, who diagnosed the TN and put me on Gabapentin. I've been on it for 3 days and its already helping - I can still feel when I get the pains shooting through but its like they're turned down low (like if you were watching TV and turned down the volume). I can talk, eat and walk around now so that's an improvement.

Anyhow, while I was at the dentist, I made an appointment for a cleaning on the 29th. Right now, touching the gums on the right side of my face seems to be one of the triggers. I don't see my doctor again until the 30th, should I reschedule that dentist appointment?

I also have a couple general questions - do I need to see a neurologist? If I get a cleaning and ask them to numb those gums, will that work or will it make it flare up worse?