Fizzy feeling in teeth/gums

[gratefulQt]

Thanks for your reply

 

[Kovan]

@MountainMama
I have been having a hard time getting a diagnosis for similar sensation in my teeth around a newly placed crown. Dentists and endo's say the teeth are fine and I have been seeing a TMJ/oral facial pain specialist, but no clear diagnosis.
Can I ask how long it took for them to diagnose the atypical facial pain for you and what helped lead to that diagnosis. I have read online that because of so many un educated on this that diagnosis often take a long time until someone figures it out. I hope I don't have that issue, but I am a little frustrated after 3 months and dealing with the agitation and no clear answers and waiting game to figure it out. I am trying to be sure to ask the right questions and create some urgency so that I may find some relief and this has not been brought up as a possibility. Not sure if I am talking to the correct medical professionals or should seek another to see what the issue is.

 

[MountainMama]

@Kovan to be honest, it was tough for me also. My endodontist was the first person I told about the fizzy feeling. She said that was weird and she had never heard of it.
My dentist at the time basically just dismissed it.
It was my oral surgeon who said he thought I had it and wrote the diagnosis out on a piece of paper and told me to take it to my dentist. That was after he had extracted teeth and I kept having pain in other teeth.

My dentist said he didn’t think that was it. We moved shortly after that and the dentist I went to next took me seriously. He referred me to an oral facial pain specialist who was very well known and published on trigeminal neuralgia, TMJ issues and facial pain. He basically ruled out everything else with an MRI and a series of manual tests. The appointment after the MRI took 4 hours!
He gave me the diagnosis and a treatment plan. He said the fizzy feeling was the nerves acting up.

 

[Kovan]

@MountainMama
Thank you for the response. I am glad you were able to find someone that knew what they were doing and could narrow things down. I can’t imagine having to have teeth extracted and then still have the pain. I am seeing a specialist now, and he is pretty sure that it is muscular and nerves confused. He is has me going to a physical therapist that specializes in TMJ therapy. I am trying my best to see this working, but some days the discomfort is pretty intense and I want my teeth pulled…but only if it could relieve the pain.
Has your treatment helped for the discomfort. Hopefully it has. It’s been 3 months of this for me and I can’t imagine going through this for much longer. I am just taking it one day at a time as it comes and goes, but the mental toll is adding up.

 

[MountainMama]

@Kovan the treatment worked wonderfully! I still get occasional flare ups but for the most part it is settled.

 

[Kovan]

@MountainMama
That is so good that the treatment plan worked. I am hoping for the same, but my lack of uderstanding of what is causing it all and how a crown on a fractured tooth triggered all of this.
May I ask what the treatment plan consisted of?

 

[MountainMama]

@Kovan it was quite intensive. Since the jaw muscles and nerves are so closely related, I had physical therapy for TMJ, along with a nightguard that was adjusted monthly to readjust to my shifting bite, and a low dose of muscle relaxers. It made a big difference but it was the combination that helped. My bite changed quite a bit over time which helped the nerves settle. My bite was off because the nerves caused pain, which made me move my jaw around and clench, which made the pain worse.