How Sinuses Trigger Tooth Pain

Añadido: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]A sinus infection can make your teeth hurt even when your teeth are perfectly healthy. The roots of your upper back teeth sit extremely close to the maxillary sinuses, the hollow air spaces behind your cheeks. When those sinuses become inflamed or filled with pressure, >> [music] >> they press directly on the nearby tooth nerves.

[00:00:20]Your brain can struggle to tell where the pain is actually coming from, so sinus pressure often feels exactly like a toothache.

[00:00:28]That is why colds, allergies, and sinus infections can create deep aching pain in multiple upper teeth at once.

[00:00:36]The problem may not be dental at all, but trapped pressure above them.