Question: When given Novacain for dental work, I get tingle sensations in teeth that have had no work done to them as it's wearing off. My sinuses seem to pose an issue too with swelling, then pushes on my nerves for my teeth. Is there a connection between the Novacain swelling my sinuses and it taking longer than normal to heal? It's causing anxiety that my teeth have an issue when they don't. When I take sinus meds or ibuprofen, it helps, but I don't want to live with that band aid if there's an issue somewhere. Am I having a side affect to the novacain since having had dental work done within two days? I'm so tired of worrying about this issue. It was awful a couple years ago, I a root canal every week for 8 weeks in different teeth, went to a nuerologist because of the nerve zings over a tooth that had work done. That took about a year to heal. I believe the anxiety about what happened then with so much work done in such a short time, has scarred me emotionally. I love my dentist, but, just don't want to keep living with this fear of the pains or zings and if they will strike.

Is it recommended to see an ENT doc for further information regarding my sinuses? Could it be a aide affect or allergic reaction to the Novacaine?