Hi Eric,

I had shooting pain from my jaw to the right ear and I had a couple of things causing it. One was the fact that my bottom teeth were realigning themselves (from perfectly straight to now crooked) from surgery and the other factor was that I had ear infections in both ears and my ENT has since put tubes in my ears for drainage. Once my teeth "settled down" and my ears were drained, the pain pretty much went away. I occasionally do get a shooting pain but not constantly. If in doubt, go see your doctor - as Cathy said, it could be ear wax causing you discomfort.

Hugs, Nancy