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@arbez I went through something similar. I had broken my front teeth as a kid, and as an older adult, I had a 4 unit bridge and every tooth was present and all had old root canals. A root canal failed and I thought it was a sinus problem and it had gone on for months. When I felt a soft spot in my hard palate, I knew what it was. It ate a hole in my jaw bone and the tooth didn’t loosen or fall out because it was part of a bridge. I had oral surgery and apicoectomy with bone graft. A couple years later, another root canal began to fail. I had all 4 removed and replaced with Zirconium implants and a new Zirconium bridge. That also improved my health and my asthma got better. I am somewhat reactive to metals in my body and all that prior infection has been cleared. It was a long expensive process, but it was worth it.

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@jenniferhunter You went thru a lot! I'm sure it was very expensive. Nice to meet someone else who had infection eat thru bone and wind up in their hard palate. You give me hope this will come to an end. Just hoping there isn't a hole into my R maxillary sinus that needs to be fixed.