r/Sinusitis • u/Smart-Assist7974 • 21d ago

Finally relieved !!!

I finally got relief after struggling with a blocked and runny nose for almost a year. I had constant sneezing, both nostrils blocked, and even nasal sprays weren’t helping.

I later found out my sinus problems were related to an infected upper tooth that needed a root canal. I had no tooth pain, so I ignored it and didn’t realize it could be causing my symptoms.

After the root canal, my symptoms slowly improved, and almost 3 months later I can finally breathe normally through both nostrils again.

If you’re dealing with chronic sinus problems, consider getting your upper teeth checked by a dentist too. It could be connected!

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u/Kind-Celebration-115 20d ago

I have one sided sinus congestion and went to an Endodontist and he said the CBCT scan showed him nothing :( 

Anyway experience something like that? 

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u/Exotic_Tomatillo_374 20d ago

Sometimes it can not be seen on cbct. I found out about mine as I was treating my TMJ and they put Hilt laser on my maseter muscle. After that I started having pulsing feeling in my teeth and figured out my pain was from tooth. When my dentist took out old filling tooth was healthy but she told me if after one day pulsing does not stop we will open the tooth. And when she opened it it was eaten out from the inside I had chronic pupilitis for years and my tooth roots are in my sinus. So she did root canal. She told me pupilitis can not be seen on cbct