Can't tell what's wrong with my tooth

Hi all,
I'm 23 years old and recently had a lower 2nd molar extracted and
replaced with an implant due to a severe crack that dentists didn't notice
until it was far too late to save the tooth. It all started when I broke off
a cusp when I was a kid. It was progressively replaced and replaced until
the replacement went so deep that it split the tooth. I had a root canal and
crown, after which the dentist told me it was cracked so badly it probably
wouldn't last. After six months of heat pain and tenderness, I finally got
them to remove it and do an implant.

About a month after having the bottom tooth removed, I noticed tenderness in
the molar directly above the empty space. It would hurt to press on it. I
went back to the dentist, who couldn't find anything wrong via xray. He sent
me to two endodontists, both of whom did pulp tests (vital and normal) and
xrays and checked my gums and used a bright light and microscope. They both
couldn't find anything wrong but one said I could have a hairline crack that
just wasn't showing up somehow. After this, the dentist sent me to an ENT
doctor, who couldn't find any inflammation in my sinuses, although my sinuses
do come down very low into my teeth area.

I got the crown part of the implant done last week and this tooth is still
tender. It is tender to biting on things like cereal, but not as much on
things like toast or other soft foods. It is sore to push on with my finger,
almost like a bruise. There is no abnormal response to cold or hot.
Sometimes it hurts to push it from the side or to push my fingernail into the
crevice between this tooth and the next. And when it's really acting up, it
hurts to tap on it with my fingernail. Often when I wake up it doesn't hurt
one bit, but then later in the day it hurts more. Some days pressure hurts
and some days it feels just like any other tooth.

I'm not sure what to do--there are no explicit signs of yet another cracked
tooth, but if it is a crack I don't want it to become thousands more dollars
in extractions and bone grafts and replacements. I don't understand how I
could have cracked it without a tooth beneath it. I have no signs of
grinding and no deep filling or anything like that that would provoke a crack.
Can anyone offer any advice?

Thank you!

.

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