Having Pain Due To Broken Tooth. Having Headaches And Congestion. Pain Due Tooth Or Sinus Infection Or Something Serious?
Also, if this matters, the pain seems to be more intense in the late afternoon and night. It's not really intolerable during the day.
The teeth have a very XXXXXXX nerve supply and a mild irritation elsewhere is felt as a very severe pain, when this occurs around the teeth. It is usual for tooth ache pain to be referred to the head, the ears and the neck regions.
there are two main features to be explored in this case. Controlling the pain is fundamental under such circumstances. Analgesics and swelling. It could take a few days, but it becomes bothersome if it persists for weeks. This could imply an abscess that might have formed after or was at early stage during evaluation, infection of the nearby bones (osteomyelitis), spread to other nearby structures like the sinuses and the ear. A forgotten fragment of the broken tooth could also cause residual pain.
It is there fore important to get a complete clinical review by the dentist. Modification of drugs could be sufficient. Exploration of possibilities of infection, as you rightly put it, is a very possible eventuality. I recommend an active search to exclude an abscess or forgotten fragment. An X XXXXXXX might be required to check for a bone infection (osteomyelitis) or sinus infection. A clinical evaluation to check the ears and the throat should be sufficient.
I suggest you book an appointment and XXXXXXX your dentist for review. thanks and best regards as I wish you good health.
Bain LE, MD.