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teeth pain

hi i had this problem a few months ago but had it again on the weekend feels like the nerve roots in my teeth are misfiring. my upper teeth the nerve roots started to hurt all at once very painful felt like a tootha che times 1000. took a  bunch of pain meds to go away weird . the other thing is numbness in right side of face. lost my hearing in the right ear for a couple of hours one time.
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hi thanks for the info i have a dentist appt. soon so i will ask him to check all my teeth they are usually healthy. so will see what he says. i have a gp appt. this friday so will ask him about subscribing the carbamazepine. i was taking a higher dose of gabapentin but have recently lowered it.thanks for the link will check out the page.
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1453990 tn?1329231426
Lower jaw and part of the tongue is the third branch of the Trigeminal Nerve.  

Bob
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1257156 tn?1269457869
Oh wow. I didn't realize trigeminal neuralgia could be tooth pain, too. This explains a lot that had been going on with me a few weeks ago. All the teeth on the lower left side of my face (same place I've gotten the numbness and facial pain) started hurting like crazy. I figured I ate something that triggered it like popcorn or something, since I'd just been to the dentist for a checkup a month before and all was fine. Good to know..
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147426 tn?1317265632
First you have to have the health of the teeth verified.  If the teeth are sound, then this is most likely Trigeminal Neuralgia in the second branch.

MY TN first showed up as dental pain.  The numbness or loss of some sensation on that side of the face is a dead give away that this is the Trigeminal Nerve acting up.  The firstline med to control this pain is carbamazepine, but docs also use gabapentin and Lyrica, plus others.

Try reading about TN on this page and taking the Diagnostic Questionaire midway down the page.

http://www.fpa-support.org/aboutfp/index.html

The loss of hearing is due to a different Cranial Nerve, the 8th nerve also called the Acoustic Nerve or the Vestibulo-acoustic Nerve.

Quix
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