I had the second tooth from the back top pulled a few years back, and my gums around that area have shifted and now I have terrible migranes everyday. I have tried the dentist, but they told me its my sinuses and the e.n.t. doc told me it was my tooth. I am at a loss as of what to do right now. I am in pain daily and i think the bone near the extraction has even shifted. I am not 100% sure this is the problem, and i am scared to get an implant because the gum around that area feels bumpy and is completly different from the other side. Please help!
2007-05-28 16:43:28 · 7 answers · asked by Lisa 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Unfortunately there is a black hole in our health care when it pertains to the connections between our jaw, head and neck. Doctors send you to dentists and dentists refer you back to doctors.... It seems you have some unique circumstances and need a specialist. More and more are popping up who are both dentists and doctors and have specific training to deal with problems like this and who understand the close connection that exists between these areas of our bodies. You can find a specialist in your area by visiting the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (link is below). Click the referral area and you can search for a specialist by location.
2007-05-29 00:17:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow .... Tooth, Jaw, Sinus .... I went through that about 11 years ago.
Went to the Doctor about my jaw, Doctor x-rayd it ... Doctor sent me to the Dentist.
Dentist looked at it and sent me to the Dental Department at the Hospital.
It showed that my four wisdom teeth were coming through in the same place as my back teeth ... IMPACTED.
They took my four back teeth out to get to take out the wisdom teeth. But ....
My sinus problem was caused by a cyst covering the right side of my face (between the bone and tissue). They found this out while extracting my right back and wisdom tooth.
Does it hurt when you are moving your jaw left and right?
If it does, then you could have the same problem as I did.
Anyway ... four back teeth and four wisdom teeth, and a complete take away of the cyst .... haven't had any problems for 11 years.
Go to your dentist ... see if they are impacted.
Good luck ... take care.
2007-05-28 17:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Lisa. Your description is consistent with a controversial condition (meaning most dentists and doctors know nothing about it) called NICO - Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis.
NICO results from tooth extractions and/or root canals. It results in infection and/or death of a section of the bone (osteonecrosis). This area of bone can feel 'mushy' or abnormal to pressure. It results in difficult to 'explain' and untreatable pain in the face, head (headaches), neck , shoulders, etc. The pain is a product of nerve irritation (neuralgia) from the inflamed/dead bone.
There is an excellent book that explains the condition and how to treat it by Robert Kulacz, DDS and Thomas Levy, MD called: "The Roots of Disease - Connecting Dentistry and Medicine". The book is available at Amazon.com. You may want to give copies of the book to your doctor and your dentist.
Best wishes and good luck.
2007-05-28 16:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he has been watching House on tv, and likes the way Dr. Gregory House is rude & sarcastic, and has a terrible bedside manner. Seriously though, if you are not comfortable with your doctor, or feel that he is not giving you proper or complete care you require, whether it be for tests or just his opinion or time to let you ask your questions, I would arrange to change doctors. Call your local hospital and ask if there are any doctors accepting new patients. You pay for the service, if you are not happy, don't put up with it. Good luck to you.
2016-03-13 01:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. get more than one opinion.
2. if its sinus pain then get FLONAS from yoru doctor. a nasal spray . non addictive. Will help clear it out and then u'll know how much pain is from the tooth.
3,. if it is the tooth then u may have to get a few pulled to maintain ur sanity and live pain free.
choose the lesser of 2 evils..pain free would be wonderful
2007-05-28 16:48:36 · answer #5 · answered by daisy_ysiad2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your sinuses are empty cavities -- there isn't anything that would really register sharp pain in your sinuses.
i get cluster headaches and was misdiagnosed as having sinusitus for years until i found a decent doctor.
a cluster headache typically starts "ghosting" in the area you get them before you actually get the headache and then the headache lasts about an hour and a half and goes away. they tend to occur near the same time every day.
in short the denist is incorrect - nothing in sinsuses would cause sharp pain. and perhaps its clusters.
2007-05-28 18:09:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a different dentist and have them take a xray of the area.
Tell him about the migraine headaches.
Or go to your regular doctor and have him order a xray of that area.
2007-05-28 16:52:25 · answer #7 · answered by Third_Hunter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try a second opinion from another dentist.
2007-05-28 16:46:25 · answer #8 · answered by KitKat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋