Pregnancy and TMJ PLEASE HELP

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Posted by Jeanne on December 11, 2000 at 14:13:00:

I am 27 weeks pregnant and have had alot of pain, teeth, face, ear, headaches, neck, shoulder. Dentist said to have my wisdom tooth out but could only do with novacaine so I chickened out, pain got worse so went to have it out, oral surgeon said it was not my wisdom tooth causing the pain, but didn't check for TMJ, went to family doctor he said TMJ, OBGYN won't let me take anything except tylenol and tylenol with codine, neither work at all. Then went to ENT, he said its TMJ, but nothing I can do, both said it will just go away, is this true? Is it just a pregnancy thing? I can not eat or sleep and the pain is unbearable, and everyone thinks I'm crazy. Can this just start like this for no reason and go away? Please HELP! What do I do now? Also the pain is not so bad in the morning but really bad at night, how could it be grinding teeth? Should I go back to the dentist?
Thank you so much!

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: I am 27 weeks pregnant and have had alot of pain, teeth, face, ear, headaches, neck, shoulder. Dentist said to have my wisdom tooth out but could only do with novacaine so I chickened out, pain got worse so went to have it out, oral surgeon said it was not my wisdom tooth causing the pain, but didn't check for TMJ, went to family doctor he said TMJ, OBGYN won't let me take anything except tylenol and tylenol with codine, neither work at all. Then went to ENT, he said its TMJ, but nothing I can do, both said it will just go away, is this true? Is it just a pregnancy thing? I can not eat or sleep and the pain is unbearable, and everyone thinks I'm crazy. Can this just start like this for no reason and go away? Please HELP! What do I do now? Also the pain is not so bad in the morning but really bad at night, how could it be grinding teeth? Should I go back to the dentist? : Thank you so much!