[jackietyree]

I have allergy problems and take allegra d daily and use nasonex nose spray. About a month ago I had two fillings replaced. They were the old silver filling and my dentist replaced them with white fillings. Soon after that I started having pains in my ear and my teeth started aching. Typical symptoms of a sinus infection (I get one a year). I went to my doctor. I was put on a sulfur based antibiotic and the next week one of my teeth I had the filling replaced in started to hurt when I chewed on that side so I went back to my dentist, and he advised I had an infection in the gum due to a piece of the white filling had gotten in between my teeth. He put me on another antibiotic. When I went to the pharmacist she suggested that the one antibiotic the dentist had given me would fight both the infection in my gum and my sinus/ear infections. So I stopped taking the sulfur based antibiotic. I finished that antibiotic and the pain was still in my ear and my teeth were still aching sometimes. So I consulted with my doctor again. I was given a shot of cortisone and loritabs for the pain. That was last week and the pain is still there in my ear and my teeth still ache. The pharmacist suggested taking Sudafed in addition to my allergy meds twice a day plus my nose spray. It was explained to me that this along with the cortisone shot would dry up my sinus and the fluid behind my ear. Well five days later as soon as the meds wear off the pain is back.

Could this be a stubborn sinus infection or could something have went wrong w/the dental work to effect my nerves?

[tickle]

I don't know, but it was very careless of your dentist to leave any type of material he was using between your teeth. My dentist always has the hygeinist run dental floss around a tooth that he has worked on to make sure everything is clean.

[Choux]

How old are you?