What happens if tooth root goes into sinus?

Chronic Sinus Infections Can Be Caused By Infected Teeth In some cases, the root can actually poke through the floor of the sinus. In a severe tooth infection, the bacteria may cause the bone to decay and break down, allowing the infection to spread into your sinus lining, causing sinusitis.

Can tooth root penetrate sinus?

An infection in teeth with advancing decay or whose nerve tissue has died will eventually reach the root tip through tiny passageways called root canals. If the roots are close to or penetrating the maxillary sinus, the infection could move into the sinus.

Can a root tip be left in the sinus?

However, leaving an accidentally forced root in the maxillary sinus lumen may cause a chronic inflammatory state of the sinus or other complications; hence the vital importance of attempts to remove the root directly after its forcing.

Which root is closest to the maxillary sinus?

Most studies have shown that maxillary second molar buccal roots are nearest to the maxillary sinus. Eberhardt et al.,27 Georgescu et al.,28 and Jung and Cho11 reported that the second molar mesiobuccal root was nearest to the maxillary sinus.

How can I recover my maxillary sinus root?

Usually access to the root can be through the socket or by a Caldwell-Luc procedure. Approach through the socket requires a mucoperiosteal flap at the site of the socket, and removal of bone until the maxillary sinus is exposed and the root is identified.

What are the symptoms of maxillary sinusitis?

Signs and symptoms of sinusitis Pain, headache, nasal obstruction, a purulent nasal secretion and ‘postnasal drip’ (a discharge of ‘mucopus’ into the pharynx) are commonly found and there may also be fever and malaise. The pain is dull, heavy, throbbing and located over the cheek and in the upper teeth.

Which teeth are affected by sinuses?

The largest sinuses are a pair above the back teeth of your upper jaw. The roots of the upper teeth are very near or may even extend into the sinus cavity. Consequently, inflammation in the sinuses might cause pain in nearby teeth. Similarly, damage to or infection in a tooth may lead to persistent (chronic) sinusitis.

Do root tips need to be removed?

When can root tips be left in place? Root tips can be left in place if the risks of surgery to remove the root tip outweigh the benefits of removing the root tip. To leave a fractured root tip in place, the root tip must be small, deep within the alveolus and must not be infected or have periapical lysis.

What teeth are associated with the maxillary sinus?

The maxillary sinus or antrum is the largest of the paranasal sinuses. It is located in the maxillary bone and has a proximity to the apexes of upper molars and premolars, which allows it to form a direct link between the sinus and the oral cavity.