Comments on: Sinus Drainage and Pain After a Root Canal Procedure http://askthedentist.com/sinus-drainage-and-pain-after-a-root-canal-procedure/ The Oral Health Resource by Mark Burhenne DDS Tue, 15 May 2012 21:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: C http://askthedentist.com/sinus-drainage-and-pain-after-a-root-canal-procedure/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 C Tue, 15 May 2012 21:11:11 +0000 http://askthedentist.com/?p=1569#comment-1016 Dr. B., Brownish fluid poured out my nose after the root canal. Literally, I got up off the dentists' chair and leaned over and the brown fluid gushed out my nose. It's day 5 now and the it's the same amount of fluid but now it's the color yellow. It's feels like I have a very bad cold on one side of my face. A sort of numb feeling between the top of my nose and sinus. My temple aches and a the stuff drains into my throat when I stand or lay down....but when I lean forward, the fluid gushes out my left nostril. This is a nightmare. Is this permanent? I have met with endontist regarding this and he said I am the FIRST patient of his that this happened to. He brushed it off saying that I will be ok. I am taking amoxicillin. Will I ever be the same again????????? Dr. B.,

Brownish fluid poured out my nose after the root canal. Literally, I got up off the dentists’ chair and leaned over and the brown fluid gushed out my nose. It’s day 5 now and the it’s the same amount of fluid but now it’s the color yellow. It’s feels like I have a very bad cold on one side of my face. A sort of numb feeling between the top of my nose and sinus. My temple aches and a the stuff drains into my throat when I stand or lay down….but when I lean forward, the fluid gushes out my left nostril. This is a nightmare. Is this permanent? I have met with endontist regarding this and he said I am the FIRST patient of his that this happened to. He brushed it off saying that I will be ok. I am taking amoxicillin. Will I ever be the same again?????????

]]> By: C http://askthedentist.com/sinus-drainage-and-pain-after-a-root-canal-procedure/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 C Tue, 15 May 2012 21:07:35 +0000 http://askthedentist.com/?p=1569#comment-1015 Same thing happened to me just this past friday. Brownish fluid poured out my nose after the root canal. Literally, I got up off the dentists' chair and leaned over and the brown fluid gushed out my nose. It's day 5 now and the it's the same amount of fluid but now it's the color yellow. It's feels like I have a very bad cold on one side of my face. A sort of numb feeling between the top of my nose and sinus. My temple aches and a the stuff drains into my throat when I stand or lay down....but when I lean forward, the fluid gushes out my left nostril. This is a nightmare. Same thing happened to me just this past friday. Brownish fluid poured out my nose after the root canal. Literally, I got up off the dentists’ chair and leaned over and the brown fluid gushed out my nose. It’s day 5 now and the it’s the same amount of fluid but now it’s the color yellow. It’s feels like I have a very bad cold on one side of my face. A sort of numb feeling between the top of my nose and sinus. My temple aches and a the stuff drains into my throat when I stand or lay down….but when I lean forward, the fluid gushes out my left nostril. This is a nightmare.

]]> By: Sharon Carlton http://askthedentist.com/sinus-drainage-and-pain-after-a-root-canal-procedure/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Sharon Carlton Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:33:40 +0000 http://askthedentist.com/?p=1569#comment-997 Am currently going through the sudden rushes of fluid from left nostril mentioned above following a failed attempt of a root canal procedure. My dentist attempted for the second time yesterday to clean out my root canal but it was too narrow and he ended up drilling through the canal wall. The pain was briefly excruciating but No pain since. He put me on antibiotics and i am due to go back in a few days to have the tooth extracted. I am very worried though about the volume of fluid that continues to erupt from my nose and which was draining down throat when lying on my RHS. I am even more worried that the root canal may have grown into my sinus. This scenario has caused no end of problems for my mother. I am also concerned at what 'catastrophic' means in this type of scenario, as mentioned in an earlier post here. Irealise I must now have the extraction but should I do as my mother now always does, and insist that the tooth is surgically removed rather than simply pulled by the dentist? I am in my mid fifties. Am currently going through the sudden rushes of fluid from left nostril mentioned above following a failed attempt of a root canal procedure. My dentist attempted for the second time yesterday to clean out my root canal but it was too narrow and he ended up drilling through the canal wall. The pain was briefly excruciating but No pain since. He put me on antibiotics and i am due to go back in a few days to have the tooth extracted. I am very worried though about the volume of fluid that continues to erupt from my nose and which was draining down throat when lying on my RHS. I am even more worried that the root canal may have grown into my sinus. This scenario has caused no end of problems for my mother. I am also concerned at what ‘catastrophic’ means in this type of scenario, as mentioned in an earlier post here. Irealise I must now have the extraction but should I do as my mother now always does, and insist that the tooth is surgically removed rather than simply pulled by the dentist? I am in my mid fifties.

]]> By: Amie scott http://askthedentist.com/sinus-drainage-and-pain-after-a-root-canal-procedure/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Amie scott Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:15:14 +0000 http://askthedentist.com/?p=1569#comment-970 I went to the dentist to get a filling when she gave me a needle and hit a facial nerve. Now my whole left side of my face is swollen and my left sinuses are blocked and my left eye is watering. I have been taking Advil for a anti inflammatory but nothing is helping... I feel like I got to sneeze but it always goes away. I called the dentist the next day and he said sorry u will just have to wait it out... Is there anything more I can do!? I went to the dentist to get a filling when she gave me a needle and hit a facial nerve. Now my whole left side of my face is swollen and my left sinuses are blocked and my left eye is watering. I have been taking Advil for a anti inflammatory but nothing is helping… I feel like I got to sneeze but it always goes away. I called the dentist the next day and he said sorry u will just have to wait it out… Is there anything more I can do!?

]]> By: Donna http://askthedentist.com/sinus-drainage-and-pain-after-a-root-canal-procedure/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Donna Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:33:36 +0000 http://askthedentist.com/?p=1569#comment-958 Hi Dr. B, Above, in response to Lori, you suggest taking a decongestant, and allowing time for drainage. Can those happen simultaneously? What, other than holding the head low, can be done to encourage drainage? Seems like it would be important to get all the liquid out, right? Hi Dr. B,

Above, in response to Lori, you suggest taking a decongestant, and allowing time for drainage. Can those happen simultaneously? What, other than holding the head low, can be done to encourage drainage? Seems like it would be important to get all the liquid out, right?

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