About 6 months ago, after suffering an impact I had my front tooth removed. It was cracked horizontally and the dentist performed an extraction of the lower part of the tooth and then the root.

An implant was attempted, but I was found to have too big a hole after the root had been removed i.e there was no bone to implant into. I was given a temporary bridge and told to come back 3 months later when the bone should have grown back.

3 months later I returned, and oral surgery was performed by dentist to attempt the implant a second time. The gum was cut open , but this time I was found to have a 'cleft in the bone' that prevented him from implanting. The procedure was aborted half way through, the cavity of the cleft was filled with artificial bone and I was stitched back up. I was told to wait another 6 months for the artificial bone to fuse. I am now 5 out of the 6 months down the line. After 2 failed attempts at the implant I told my dentist I was going to have it done by an implantologist, which is still my intention.

Ever since the initial extraction I have been experiencing sinus pain between my left eye and teh bridge of my nose. It happens as often as 3 or 4 times a day to once every few days. Normally I feel it coming on, and over a period of 10 mins or so it intensifies and reaches its peak , where it stays almost unbearable from anything between 10 mins and an hour.. the then starts to fade away..

My dentist says that the pain is not connected with the extraction. I have been to see my doctor many times, and have been prescribed steroids, nasal sprays (avamys) , and most recently Gabapentin in case it could be trigeminal neuralgia.The latter just makes me sleepy and I have stopped taking it. What makes things more complicated is that I actually had a F.E.S.S. operation about 5 years ago to remove nasal polyps, and so doctor is tempted to think that it could be related to that procedure. recently my gut feeling is that it is connected with this extraction, and maybe a sinus was perforated.

Do you think this is possible, any ideas what I should do / say / next? I am still suffering..