Sinus or dental problems?

Question

last week i had 2 cavities filled both right side top and bottom. he told me if my bottom tooth was still bothering me i would have to have a root canal but its not the problem the top tooth is. I cant drink anything cold and when i swallow i get a sharp pain in my tooth. right now i have a sinus problem so i don't know if that's effecting my teeth or the work that was done is? i really cant afford a root canal or go back to the dentist no dental ins

Answer 1

I didn't know it but I clench my teeth while sleeping. I thought I had a cavity because of the pain. The dentist asked me if my jaw was sore in the mornings and I said yes and he told me what I was doing. I have actually broken through the top layer of my tooth so I am sensitive to cold. If this is what is going on with you you can have the dentist fit you for a retainer type mouth guard that you can wear while sleeping.

Answer 2

I have sinus issues that mimic dental pain too. I had a CT scan not long ago and they said that it definately was my sinuses. They wanted to do surgery but after researching I found that often sinus surgery doesn't even help you and it is very painful.

I started using nasal rinses. I got the Neil Med one from Walgreens. I use this and it heals my sinus issues. I have suffered for 40+ years and never knew that using this salt water rinses would be such a benefit. I only wish I had found this sooner.

Now I do not need sinus surgery and often not even any antibiotics. At the first sign of a sinus headache I start these. Even works when you feel a cold coming on.

Answer 3

If you are having issues with your sinuses then they very well could be causing your problem.  When mine are full my teeth will ache....and in some spots will HURT.  I had some work done with a crown (no root canal) and with my sinus problem it was horrid.  I was like c**p...just had this white crown put on and now I have to drill a hole in it.  I waited a week or 2 before I decided as the 2-3 day after my sinuses ever so slightly improved as did the discomfort in my teeth.  I think the tooth work irritated the nerves that go along that area with your sinus and made it that much more painful.  If the pain in your teeth mirror the pain in your sinuses - good one day, bad the next, better the 3rd....I'd wait it out for it all to settle down before you go pay an endodontist to kill your roots.  Now if the pain increases then you do need to see someone right away.