My son Nathen,
came to me the other day with a painful tooth on the upper left molar
area.

   He is a tall and aesthetic young
man very active and gifted, especially in soccer which he plays midweek and
coaches on the weekends as well.

  

As his mother had already
booked a dental appointment for the problem, my son came to me perhaps more to
inform me of his pain and not necessarily to consult for the causes of the
painful tooth syndrome.

Having had a long history
working alongside many fine dentists in the Vancouver area during the 70's and
80's I was su

spicious of the pain syndrome and the clinical course of his
dilemma. 

During the period of time I was
undergoing crown and on lay restorative work for my own mouth I had the good
fortune to be linked up with one of the most prominent oral surgeons and
teachers at the University of 

British
Columbia in Canada...