Neck pain has many difference sources. Most commonly, the discs, facets and nerve roots come to mind. If you were told that “everything looked fine” on the CT scan, have another set of eyes look at the scans. Even with patients who have no neck pain, there is always “something” to be found on the examination. Find an individual who will go over the films with you.
Unless your neck pain is at the base of the skull in the very front- “calcification seen ventral to the dens in the soft tissues” most likely is not what is causing your pain. Tissues that are injured or inflamed tend to calcify.
Dr. Corenman