No matter how lucky everyone is in life, there will always be occasional tooth pain. We believe that people who have experienced toothache will agree that the pain of toothache is so severe that it can't be described in words but can only be experienced.
If you have ever experienced toothache and don’t know how to deal with it, then you need to first have a deep understanding of what acute toothache is, and how to deal with the root cause of toothache in advance, reduce the frequency and probability of toothache.
Are there any signs of acute toothache?
Generally, the initial toothache only brings occasional mild pain or tingling, and the pain may disappear naturally after a while, so it is often ignored and forgotten, but when it develops into sudden pain and continuous pain for a long time, it means that it has evolved into acute toothache. The pain usually has the following features:
1. The pain is disturbing to sleep, and it seriously affects normal life. Patient may feel like nerves are being squeezed by acupuncture.
2. Just like a Thor hammer in the teeth, it keeps hitting the sore spot and face hard, not only the teeth feel pain, but also the face and head pain.
3. Fever and inflammation.
4. Bad breath and bad breath.
5. The infected tooth may also have pus.
What causes toothache?
The 1st culprit: tooth decay
In the past, many patients have suffered toothache due to tooth decay, which is a very common cause. Usually, the cleaning of the mouth and teeth is not good enough. The bacteria in the mouth will multiply rapidly and massively in the "high-quality" growth environment in the mouth and will also form plaque on the surface of the teeth, and then greedily erode the surface of the teeth -- enamel, eventually causing tooth decay.
The decayed teeth will become extremely sensitive, and the problem of toothache will occur when eating hot, cold, sour, sweet and other irritating foods. If the damage to the tooth goes deep into the pulp, the tooth will be more painful, and because the nerve of the tooth is infected, the pain will be severe and miserable.
The 2nd culprit: periodontal disease
Periodontal disease itself is not painful for the patient. However, due to the nasty periodontal disease that causes the tooth to loosen, etc., the tooth will feel pain. In addition, swollen gums and pus caused by periodontal disease can also indirectly lead to toothache.
The 3rdculprit: toothache caused by wisdom teeth
When the wisdom teeth grow in the wrong position or grow horizontally, there is a high chance of causing pericoronitis or cysts, which will make the patient feel pain. If the growth of wisdom teeth causes the teeth to be densely arranged and cannot be cleaned thoroughly, food and bacteria remaining in the space between the teeth will also cause inflammation of the tooth tissue, or inflammation of the gums, causing toothache to the patient.
The 4th culprit: Cracked teeth
It depends on how severe the cracked tooth is. Some cracked teeth can cause pain when eating and chewing. If the tooth is cracked to the position of the dental nerve, then the pain and numbness will increase rapidly when eating hot, sour, sweet and other irritating food.
The 5th culprit: the pain of implicated by other organizations
If there is inflammation and pain in other parts of the body, such as trigeminal neuralgia or facial neuralgia, it may cause toothache. The causes of these kinds of problems are complex and often need to be judged more carefully, because this kind of situation cannot be solved by treating teeth alone. Dentists must rely on experience to accurately diagnose the disease and comprehensively consider various situations to treat both the symptoms and the root causes.
What are the consequences of ignoring tooth pain?
- Not taking dental pain seriously can have serious consequences, such as inflamed tooth sores and potentially other more serious physical problems, including:
- The surrounding teeth and bones are also damaged, causing extensive trauma, affecting the ability to eat and chew, and reducing the quality of life.
- Oral diseases and bacteria spread to other parts, causing facial swelling or neck pain. Thinking that the pain can be relieved by massage and ignoring the oral pain problem will only make the condition worse.
- The most serious case is that bacteria enter the bloodstream and cause sepsis, causing the immune system in the body to react, destroying the function of various organs, and in severe cases, they will face the risk of death.
Don't shy away from the doctor!
No matter whether the patient can endure this kind of pain that penetrates the heart and lungs, if the tooth pain is not dealt with in time and the problem is delayed, it will only lead to more and more serious illness and irreversible consequences. Moreover, the more serious the problem, the greater the cost and difficulty of remedial treatment in the later stage, and the victim is always yourself.
Therefore, if you encounter toothache and inflammation, do not take it lightly, but also pay attention to possible complications, seek medical attention in time, find out the root cause of the problem under the symptoms of toothache, and thoroughly cure it with the correct method. Moreover, general dentists also have methods for immediate pain relief for you, which can at least effectively relieve the pain, and then perform other treatments to cure the problem.
