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Does a muscle trp cause tooth sensitive?
I have been dealing with ear pain, ringing , ear clogged and fullness, lower jaw pain under the ear lobe and neck for more than an year now..been to ent, physician, neurologist and multiple dentists and dental specialists. Saw an OMFS and he said it's MPDS.seeing a PT now and doing dry needling in Scm and surrounding muscles around tmj since March.Feel like something poking through and stuck in the throat constantly.pt didn't help yet. I have biting pressure sensitivity on one Tooth on lower side.Tooth 46 hurts Sensitive for tapping and biting pressure sensitivity on it. dentist suspect tooth root fracture and took CbcT . it's clear. did root canal for sensitivity. no changes in symptoms. still the same. dentist still suspect there could be a root fracture and asked me to extract that Tooth. he said it's a guess and try that to see if it helps. he also said might or might not help with my constant jaw pain and neck pain.does trigger point cause tooth bite sensitivity?I can't bite on it
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From what I can see in the xrays you have a pulp stone in 45 and distal proximal caries 45. The caries could be the reason of sensitivity. *Considering that the xray is of the RC treated 46.
Although these two are obvious and your dentist must have checked those but just pointing them out again.
Your ear needs attention first. An infection there could tend to cause other problems. First complete ear treatment.
Meanwhile you can use an anti sensitivity tooth paste twice daily and fluoritop mouthwash at night before sleep for symptomatic relief.
Also if you have a habit or reading or spending long hours on phone your back neck muscles could strain and cause back of neck, back of head, jaw, ear pain etc.
You can confirm this if you have pain in back base of skull area radiating upwards and downwards.
Next Steps
-Get the proximal caries in 45 checked for sensitivity to cold and pressure.
-Give your neck muscles rest by cutting down phone and reading time as much as possible.
Health Tips
lukewarm salt water rinse thrice daily
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Your dentists might be right and wrong too. It could be Idiopathic dental pain. Cause of the pain cannot be detected.
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Dr. Santosh Devarakonda
Prosthodontist
11 yrs exp
Karimnagar
Hi .. to find out the reason ,thorough clinical examination and history recording is to be done.. POSSIBLE REASONS MIGHT BE..
- regarding the sensitivity in your tooth 46 may be due to excessive testing with bite pressure, (checking whether there is pain is there or not) which may cause teeth supporting periodontal ligament hurt ( apical periodontitis) .any tooth which is root canal treated will have mild sensitivity on tapping ,pressing and chewing.. please don't test the tooth repeatedly the pain will subside slowly..if pain is more take a dolo 650 tablet once or twice
-Regarding the pain in neck may be due to myyofacial pain disfunction syndrome in which the pain is vague which is more during early morning wakeup u will feel all ur muscles of mastication and neck muscles aching. The reasons for MPDS may be stress or clenching of teeth or due to TMJ and teeth anatomy disharmony.. which be decreased by using soft splint of 2 -4mm thickness during day and night time and following yoga and meditation.. avoid hard foods and one side chewing.. do regular mouth exercises like mouth opening and massage the muscles of mastication.
All the things what I have told might not be exact diagnosis may vary on clinical examination and history recording..
Next Steps
please visit a TMJ SPECIALIST OR A GOOD PROSTHODONTIST..
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