Myth: Removing upper teeth weakens your eyesight

This one keeps patients suffering with infected upper teeth for months, out of fear for their eyes.

Upper teeth sit near the eyes, and dental pain can radiate around the face, sometimes near the eye. Proximity plus radiating pain built a myth that anatomy doesn't support.

There is no scientific evidence to support this claim. The nerves serving your teeth and the optic system are separate. Extraction of an upper tooth has no effect on vision, but an untreated infection near the sinuses can cause real trouble.

If an upper tooth needs extraction, the risk lies in waiting, not in treating. Ask your dentist to walk you through the anatomy, seeing it usually dissolves the fear.

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