Still hurting, not as bad as the weekend, but enough to make me irritable - going to the dentist at 2pm to make sure it's not a dental problem.
Are you taking any antibiotics? You were saying you thought it could be a sinus infection.
I am now. The dentist wants me to discuss removing the wisdom tooth there, but they put me on antibiotics and when they went banging around in there looking for what made me yelp, the only discomfort was in the soft tissues. That wisdom tooth is sideways, but there is a gap. In my case, it lies very close to the main nerve, so extraction has some small risk of partial facial paralysis.
I blame red licorice. #1 Son gave me some artisanal red licorice for my birthday, and I think in consuming it, some got jammed down in the gums and triggered an infection. Maybe it's time I gave up red licorice.
BH