Foreign body in maxillary sinus
 

Hello im new here so i couldnt find here anything about my problem i decided to open a new thread. So before not even 2 years my dentist made root canal and had some problems with, there was quite of blood that needed some time to stop bleeding and after that she had problems with endometer but it was ok with her so she closed tooth. After 8-9 month i decided to visit her because occasionally i felt some kind of pain nothing bad that i couldnt take but it was something i should let my dentist know. when i came there was other doctor. Ok so i needed to film that tooth and he saw it was overfilled and decided to take care of it. He as well had problems with endometer and decided to do a little test he pressed my nose and said to try breath on nose, while i was trying he noticed communication between tooth and sinus . While he was filling my tooth with something i felt that burning sense in my nose and when he finished and i got home i had to take out all that out of my nose in the napkin. After that i filmed that tooth again and there was surprise foreign body in sinus gutta percha. I went to oral cirurgy and they said that after few months i sholud come on control because i had to go out of town for few months. When i came back i replaced my old dentist with private one. That new one told me we will take care of it but yesterday nurse told me its nothing dangerous i can live with it for 100 years... so i need Your opinion is this dangerous because i feel theres something in left side of nose and that annoying high pitch in ears esspecially left could that be related to foreign body in sinus?
I apologize for huge post and i would really appreciate if you answer it. And im sorry if my english is bad :)
Thank You for your time!

Hi Mary-Jane,

Your English is fine :)

Based on your description the first dentist punctured the root of your tooth and pushed the gutta percha material up beyond the tooth. The second dentist didn't do much better and obviously the sinus has been perforated. I cannot tell you for certain in your case if it's okay to leave it there or not. Most of the time, it is not okay to leave it there because infection will occur (if it hasn't already) and the bacteria can spread further into your sinuses or beyond.

One thing you need to know is that this tooth is not healthy. All root canaled teeth are chronically infected. The rc procedure is done in an attempt to retain an unhealthy tooth... not cure the infection. Teeth cannot be sterilized or made healthy again once the root canal is done. So even if you have the gutta percha removed, the tooth will still cause you problems.

If you want to remove the entire problem, then you would need to remove the tooth at the same time as the foreign material. DO NOT see a general dentist to remove the tooth and/or the foreign material. See an oral surgeon only.

Bryanna

Hi Bryanna thank You very much for quick answer and advice. I will definitely listen to it because most of doctors and dentists in my town dont care about problems of their pacients they only look for getting rid of you as soon as possible. You scared me a bit with that infection part heh so as soon as I catch up with time im gonna visit surgeon in other town. Thank you again i really appreciate it :)

Hi Mary Jane,

It's important to understand that when an infection gets a hold of the sinus it can be very difficult to get rid of.... even after the tooth is removed. So it is best to take care of this as soon as you are able to.

Yes, seek a different oral surgeon if you are not happy with the one you had seen before.

Please touch back with us and let us know how you're doing.
Bryanna



QUOTE=Mary-Jane20;1056888]Hi Bryanna thank You very much for quick answer and advice. I will definitely listen to it because most of doctors and dentists in my town dont care about problems of their pacients they only look for getting rid of you as soon as possible. You scared me a bit with that infection part heh so as soon as I catch up with time im gonna visit surgeon in other town. Thank you again i really appreciate it :)[/QUOTE]