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sandy60 · 01-24-2009, 09:13 AM

Hi, I am not in the dental profession but want to ask you, did you go over your x-ray with both dentists? Did you bring a copy of your x-ray to the 2nd dentist and what did they see in order to decide that you needed the root canal? I also get pain in my teeth from sinuses, although they are not infected, they just act up in dry weather. My suggestion is that yes, you are on the right track and should consider getting a sinus cat scan. I just had a cat scan of my mouth (lots of dental and bone loss problems). You just sit down and the machine scans, takes 1 minute. There is so much dental work done when it really is from a non-dental cause like sinuses. See a good ENT and request a cat scan or x-ray of your sinuses before getting another root canal unless the endodontist or dentist sees something that warrants a root canal.

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Originally Posted by eurso2

I have had ongoing sinus infections for years it seems. In July, my left-side K-9 tooth began to ache. After the pain had become too much to bare & my face began to swell, I went to a after hours clinic where I was given antibiotics for a sinus infection. Once I finished them, the pain began in my tooth again, then the swelling and so on... I finally went to a dentist in December who said I needed a root canal on that k-9 tooth. I went to another dentist for a second opinion, who also confirmed that I did indeed need the root canal. I had the root canal done just last Monday and now the other k-9 tooth is beginning to ache just as the previous k-9 had... Can this all be due to the ongoing sinus infections? Could there be some sort of way that the infections in the sinsuses is getting in to the teeth? I fear that I am about to go through the exact same thing with this other k-9 tooth and wonder if I should see an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist before I have to have another root canal!!!!