My ongoing dental nightmare started at the end of Dec. 2010. I am a runner and began to get horrible pain in upper right side area of jaw following a work out that would last for 20 mins and then go completely away. After a few weeks the pain was intermittent when not running. I went to the dentist Jan 3rd said 1st molar needed a root canal. Started on Jan. 10th Did the root canal, during the treatment, pain, pressure and headaches on going, 2 courses of amoxycillin given, 4x's per day, for 10 days. Took more xrays, discovered tooth #5 badly abcessed, dentist said had been this way for some time. Started RCT on that tooth mid March, more antibiotics, same regiment, finished script headaches returned. Filled another script, headaches went away Went to endo for 2nd opinion, he said that #5 had a hopeless vertical fracture and needed to be extracted. Had tooth extracted April 12th, antibiotics finished 10 days ago, headaches back. (1st molar still has temp on it and gives me no pain.)
I don't know where to go from here. No prior history of headaches, regular dental care (3 cleanings per year and annual exam for last 10 yrs)