Tooth implant and effect on sinuses and what could happen?

August 10, 2015
Asked By:j_elosta in Arab, AL

Had an implant in upper right jaw the teeth before the last. After doing hole for implant and putting it doctor did small test where he blocked my nostril and checked if air is coming out of The hole of implant and he did.he then said that sinus was too close and 99.9 percent nothing happened even to the membrane and he did X-ray it showed it close to sinuses but in safe region. Can you advise me what to worry about please

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