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Bookmark or Share- Sinus infection and toothache: Any connection? - Mayo ClinicYes, a sinus infection (sinusitis) can cause a toothache. In fact, pain in the upper back teeth is a fairly common symptom with sinus conditions. The sinuses are pairs of empty spaces in your skull connected to the nasal cavity. If you have sinusitis, the tissues in those spaces become inflamed, often causing pain.
- Impacted wisdom teeth - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicImpacted wisdom teeth can cause pain, damage other teeth and lead to other dental problems. Sometimes they don't cause any problems. But because wisdom teeth are hard to clean, they may be more prone to tooth decay and gum disease than other teeth. Impacted wisdom teeth that cause pain or other dental problems usually are taken out.
- Wisdom tooth removal - Mayo ClinicWisdom tooth extraction, also called removal, is a surgical procedure to take out one or more wisdom teeth. These are the four permanent adult teeth located at the back corners of your mouth on the top and bottom.
- Dry socket - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicDry socket is the most common complication following tooth removals, such as the removal of third molars, also called wisdom teeth. Medicine you can buy without a prescription usually will not be enough to treat dry socket pain. Your dentist or oral surgeon can offer treatments to relieve your pain.
- Wisdom teeth removal: When is it necessary? - Mayo ClinicWisdom teeth that grow partway through the gums also can get cavities, which can't be fixed with fillings and therefore must be removed. Crowd nearby teeth. If wisdom teeth don't have enough room to grow in properly, they may crowd or damage nearby teeth. Some dentists recommend removing wisdom teeth if they don't fully grow in.
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