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ShazzieB

(18,641 posts)
4. I think you need to get a second opinion from another health care professional.
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 12:53 PM
Nov 1

Last edited Fri Nov 1, 2024, 01:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Maybe even two: a dentist and possibly an ent specialist, but start with a dentist. You need to have someone knowledgeable who can xray your jaw and evaluate the position it's in. It's possible they won't find anything conclusive enough to be actionable (NOT because there isn't something wrong, but because many medical problems aren't easily diagnosable and can frustratingly elude detection), but they just might see something that they can address or that you can use to go back to lawyers and say, "Look, here's the evidence."

I can't promise you any of the above will happen, but I think this is a necessary step, to have another expert take a close look at what's going on. The way you describe things, it sounds like there is at least a possibility that your jaw is not in the right position, in a way that would show up on xrays. I think you need to find out for sure.

Those are my admittedly non-expert thoughts on the matter. I hope this helps.

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