How long have you been suffering? Nerve injuries can take months and even years to heal... don't give up hope. Are you doing anything to help yourself? Peruse this site to see what others are using for their pain. Don't give up... ever. Be strong and be proactive. Have you spoken to the dentist who injured you?

Bob

Why would you leave this site? Your advice is welcomed for better or worse.

Bob

I would suggest that you not leave. It's a very few that don't welcome your comments....and all seem to be dentists or atleast claim that they are. Can't help but wonder how many of them were/are on the wrong side of the law.

This site is for patients and we appreciate your advice.

Dr. B,
Your advice was invaluable after my injury, and I would hate to know that so many here would lose an opportunity to obtain the same life-saving advice. Please don't leave.

Yea, I'm not into clinging, but I do appreciate seeking, and truth, and healing, and true healing. FYI--I don't have neuralgia, I have informed-consentitis. I have 10% numbness, bilaterally, affects me when I'm trying to really get into a good Graham Greene read, so it still affects my capacity to fully BE, but mostly only when I have disempowermentitis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAnayUpbJYs

I am here to help drive you insane. So, repair surgery? Surgery, surgery, litigation, litigation. : )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ8Z5fjqOYs

Wow!

You all know me..I have been coming here for many years. When you think of suicide..sure we all do when there seems like no hope.
I think all of you know me. I have BMS very bad, now it will be 4 years plus with no let up. Because there is so few of us, you must bear this cross, but there is others to listen. Could you imagine if there was no one like you??. think of that one, I did some years ago
when I did not know what was wrong. Certainly lingual nerve
damage is a bitch and very strange in deed. But you know yourself
amd have accepted it and you will live with it as long as it takes
and for life if need be. Accept it for now and there still could be
some hope. The lord only knows the annoyance of it all!!.
sand paper tongue all the time, scalded feeling, not to mention bad taste, salty, sour bitter..you name it!!!..I still don't know who did
this to me but I'm leaning more twards the extensive dental work
performed some years ago.

Relicman

Your lingual nerve was damaged from the injection. If you feel as though the dentist was somehow neglegent then yes, seek legal council. There is a chance your injury will not be permanent, but there is also a good chance that it is. Nerve damage takes a LONG time to heal, if ever, and your statue of limitations might run out if you don't file. I would if I were you, unless you are the forgiving type. ARTICAINE SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR LOWER MANDIBULAR NERVE BLOCKS, and there is ample evidence including the package insert of the drug itself, proving this to be true. Did your dentist use Septocaine (artiaine) for the procedure? Peruse this site for more info and good luck. Start taking Vit. B complex, B12 sublingual (methyl form), R Alpha Lipoic Acid, and fish oil daily to supply your nerves with the nutrients they will need to heal themselves. Good luck.

Bob