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Sore roof of mouth and pain around sinuses after dental treatment

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OnNaturesCourse · 07/09/2025 01:03

Roof of my mouth feels bruised, the teeth are sensitive and I have quite bad bad around my front sinuses on the same side.

I had two filings done, and one tooth part reconstructed after a injury a few months ago. All on the top jaw, same side. All done in one sitting. One filing was on the side of one tooth, the other was gum edge of another. The reconstruction was a good 50% of the tooth.

Done on Thursday 4th.

No swelling that I can see, but I do have a bit of a bruise under my eye where the sensativity pain travels up to.

The bruised roof of mouth pain feels like when you've eaten something too hard, or caught a sharp bit of food on it. Tender all the time, worse when eating. Just of to the side of my front teeth, just before the first tooth that filled (side filling) and the reconstructed one that was right next to that tooth. When I push my tongue onto the pain spot it eases the pain in my sinus area.

I could put the sensativity and roof pain down to the work but the sinus pain has me wondering if I have an infection? I have had similar before but the pain was more relentless.

Anyone else had a bruise like tender mouth roof / soft palate after dental treatment? Or sinus pain related to it?

For info I've not had a good experience with this dentist, missed tooth decay multiple times resulting in loss of tooth and need for a filling on the adjoining one and also managed to cut my lip and tongue when doing above fillings, and accidently jab my lip with the needle when putting it in my mouth. So I'm also wondering if this pain is normal for the amount of work I had done, or if something has gone wrong, or if I've picked up an infection.

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Theunamedcat · 07/09/2025 01:11

Did he inject you in the roof of your mouth?

Your pain should be getting less not more

OnNaturesCourse · 07/09/2025 01:18

I honestly can't remember exactly, I got a few jabs around all the teeth! Was a few in that area but I think they were closer to the gum/tooth.

The sensativity is getting better but the soft palate pain only started yesterday evening and has gotten worse all day today. Sinus pain started about the same time.

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Ladyzfactor · 07/09/2025 04:29

Always the possibility that you're just getting a sinus infection unrelated to the dental work. I always get them this time of year.

OnNaturesCourse · 07/09/2025 08:55

I'm prone to them! But I don't think that's what it is. The pain is different..

Whatever it is, I'm over it. 😭 So tired of the pain. I've tried paracetamol, Ibruprofen, oral numbing gel (can't remember the name), Ibruprofen gel, codeine. I've also been putting sensodyne toothpaste on my mouth like a paste and leaving it a few mintues before brushing.

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Cheesecrunch · 07/09/2025 09:05

I had a filling/ tooth reconstruction on Tuesday. All week the roof of my mouth has felt bruised and slightly swollen, and the tooth slightly ached. Today it has eased and it doesn’t really hurt though.

OnNaturesCourse · 07/09/2025 09:08

Sorry to hear that! (but glad it's not just me!)

What tooth was it and did you get any facial pain?

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Cheesecrunch · 07/09/2025 09:11

It was one of my molars. My cheek felt a little bruised and sore for the first couple of days, but not enough to take my painkillers.

OnNaturesCourse · 07/09/2025 09:18

Thank you for answering.

I'm paranoid about needing to go back and get more treatment before I can get moved dentist. So I'm clinging at hope it's going to be suddenly better today.

It was my back molar that had the gum line filling, and the first one that had a tiny side one (related to injury that broke the tooth next to it). The second molar got reconstructed and took a lot of drilling and work. The pain is almost directly above it on my face but the mouth pain is more to the front. I wonder if it's maybe been from any clamps or instruments used to do the work? I close my eyes and try to drown it all out when I'm there so I don't actually know what went on but there was a lot going on!

Possibly clinging at straws but I do wonder.

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OnNaturesCourse · 25/09/2025 18:29

Follow up for future readers. I went back and seen another dentist who was horrified the area hadn't been xrayed before treatment - pulled out the filling and did root canal treatment. It was achy for days but no where near the lain I had before. It's now fine and I am waiting a new filling being put in since, hopefully, the treatment has worked.

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