Opps..just noticed i didnt ad the right thing..

http://www.dentists-advantage.com/rskmgt/casestudy/index.jsp?fromwhere=leftnav

It's just nice to chat with people that know what I am going through. The people around me are caring, but just don't quite understand.

Tonight I'm a little depressed because I realize the more I talk the worse my symptoms. I remember seeing a hematoma at the back of my mouth the other day and I read that it can be neurotoxic, so I'm wondering if she nicked a vessel close to the nerve. I never had the electrical shock feeling like many people talk about but I have a high pain tolerance, so I may have just dealt with it not knowing I was in peril.

As for the legal stuff, my brother is an consumer conscious attorney, so he can help me weigh out options if I decide to go that route.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Debbie

You appear to have suffered lingual nerve damage... don't know if it's from the injection or from the procedure itself but nevertheless you need to take some action pronto. Steroids might be the prudent thing to do for a week or two in an effort to reduce inflammation. Beyond that you can take such things as Vit. B12 (methylcobalamin), B Complex, lecithin and fish oil to give your body the nutrients it needs to heal nerves. R Lipoic Acid is another supplement that has shown some success in neuropathies. Theraputically I think the best thing to do is get an electrical device that facilitates the knitting of bone... the same frequencies have been shown to stimulate nerve growth (neurogenesis). This will also help with your pain. Acupuncture might be helpful as well as this therapy directly stimulates peripheral nerves. Expect to suffer with this for many weeks if not months, but don't give up trying to heal yourself. I'm two years into my lingual nerve damage from an injection of articaine and although I'm not cured I now have about 60% relief from the burning pain I had originally. I am doing all of the above and using a Statison veterinary device. This is an electrical device that sends electromagnetic frequencies into bone (or in my case nerves) that facilitate healing. Mine is a veterinary device but they make similar ones for humans. It isn't called the Statison however. You simply hold the device over the area that was damaged for 40 minutes a day. Also I'm taking tincture of St. John's Wart... I drip 30 drops onto the area where the injection was given 2 - 3 times a day. This herb is used for many neurological problems, including nerve damage. One more thing I'd recommend is to get some magnets and wear those when you sleep. Be sure to put the north (negative) side down. You can tape it onto the jaw over the area that was damaged.

Good luck.

Bob

Good to hear you have a brother who is an attorney.. This might help him and you..
http://www.dentalindia.com/lingual.html

http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/abstract/138/5/628