Sorry for the repost, it's been a while and nobody responded before and we really need some advice. I've included a couple more details but overall the situation hasn't really changed.

I'm posting on behalf of my partner (they do not use reddit). Their wisdom teeth have not yet come in (they are 23). They've been having wisdom tooth pain in 3/4 spots for 5 years. The pain is on/off depending on the day, but when it appears it tends to be for at least a few days in a row. When it does appear it is often so excruciating that they are totally incapacitated and have to stay in bed for the day, we also believe they have headaches linked to these dental issues. They've been to the GP & dentist multiple times over the years about the issue and they refuse to do anything about it, commenting it is "normal" pain for when wisdom teeth are coming through. This being despite the length of time it has presented for. The pain feels like a "dull pressure right where the teeth are at the back of my mouth n then it radiates all through my head".

They did successfully have one of these teeth removed after 2 years. They managed to get an x-ray and it was clear one of the teeth was impacted (it was literally on its side). But since then the pain in the other two teeth has gotten worse. The x-rays at the time didn't show any issues, and they've had some recent x-rays which haven't shown anything abnormal either. The pain however is getting so bad that they literally can't do anything and just want everything to end because they can't cope with that level of pain anymore. Unfortunately the dentists they've seen refuse to act on pain & headaches alone as evidence because they don't deem it serious enough and will only agree to remove it if it's infected or impacted.

They had an appointment recently (where they had the recent x-rays) and the dentist informed them it was probably "joint pain" but upon looking it up they found the pain would be quite different to what they're experiencing, and that the mouthguard they already received should help with that, but it does not.

We're feeling out of options at the moment and don't know what to do. It's extremely distressing and I'm hoping somebody here might have different ideas. The only thing I can think of that might be related it possibly that they had stunted growth, though I don't know if this would have an impact.

They've just been thinking about it some more and they're wondering if it might be related to their mouth being too small for all their teeth (stunted growth) and if that could lead to the teeth putting pressure on their joints in their jaw in unusual ways.

They don't drink, smoke, nor use drugs.

They tried to get pictures to bring more attention to the post and show more what it looks like but they had a lot of trouble and it really doesn't show anything abnormal regardless.

A dentist has suggested it could be Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) but they don't experience the jaw locking, and feel the pain is largely located in the wrong places for that. But to me it seems it may still be and as a consequence of their teeth not having enough space in their mouth, which it seems they never will.