Infections in your tooth sockets travel to your nasal sinuses. Doctors blankly blinked at me when I described this unbearable pain 12 years ago.
Odontogenic maxillary sinusitis
I also believe this caused the cancer on my face. My bulldog and I smashed heads and she shoved my left canine tooth into my jaw. Two weeks later the sore erupted next to my nose. Every doctor and dentist argued with me. But the surgeon had to scrape the tumor off my tooth root when he got in there...
Microbiology of periapical abscesses and associated maxillary sinusitis
Aspirate of pus from 5 periapical abscesses of the upper jaw and their corresponding maxillary sinusitis were studied for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Polymicrobial flora were found in all instances, where the number of isolates varied from 2 to 5. Anaerobes were recovered from all specimens. The predominant isolates were Prevotella sp., Porphyromonas sp., Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Peptostreptococcus sp. Concordance in the microbiological findings between periapical abscess and the maxillary sinus flora was found in all instances. These data confirm the importance of anaerobic bacteria in periapical abscesses.and demonstrate their predominance in maxillary sinusitis that is associated with them.
