Toothache

Toothache signals certain problems or tooth diseases. It appears usually when the development of the pathological process has already begun. Therefore, if there is a toothache, treatment should not be postponed.

Usually the onset of acute toothache occurs suddenly. It can be shooting or pulsating, giving to the temple, ear or other organs. Such pain is very painful to endure.

Toothache can be caused by a huge number of reasons. Dentists know that what we call a tooth, in fact, is a molar - bone mineral formation. And this education can not be sick in any way. Molar covers very sensitive teeth, and when it collapses, pain appears. When it hurts a toothache, what to do, everyone does not really understand. You can rinse your mouth with a solution of soda or put analgin. But it's important to visit a doctor as soon as possible.

Causes of toothache

1. Very often a toothache appears after mechanical, chemical or thermal effects on the dentoalveolar system. Or it arises from the destruction of hard tissues of the tooth, inflammation of the soft tissues or jaw.

2. Toothache can occur due to certain irritants (cold, heat, hard objects or chemicals).

3. Another reason - starting caries. Only in this case the pain is not constant, but occurs after the affected tooth gets hot, cold, sweet or sour food. If you thoroughly rinse your mouth, such pain should disappear.

4. The most common cause of pain is pulpitis. This is the inflammation of the flesh of the tooth (pulp). This disease can occur due to a tooth injury, for example, a broken piece, a sharp chemical or temperature effect.

There is limited serous pulpitis. It is characterized by the appearance of mild pain with a duration of about a minute

The pain thus appears for no apparent reason and just disappears. But after several hours the attack repeats.

If there is a further spread of infection, serous diffuse pulpitis appears. His painful attacks last for about 15 minutes. The next step is a serous-purulent focal pulpitis. It is characterized by shooting, cutting pain that occurs when exposed to low temperatures.

There was a sharp, tearing, pulsing toothache, which is given in the ear and the temple? This suggests that the development of the most severe form of acute pulpitis - purulent-diffuse. The pain thus appears from the hot, and the cold on the contrary removes it.

5. Acute toothache can be caused by another disease, which is even more dangerous - periodontitis. With it, the inflammatory process affects not only the tooth, but also the bone tissue. Periodontitis can be called a complicated caries, which leads to the disintegration of the nerve and damage to the ligament, which keeps the tooth in the jaw. The pain with this disease is strong and clearly localized, sometimes pulsating. A characteristic feature of pain is a significant increase in it with mechanical stress on the tooth.

6. Is the pain constant and noisy? Then, most likely, you suffered a gum disease. Usually, a painful attack increases if the gum is chemically or mechanically affected. Such diseases rarely lead to severe complications, but they can deprive you of the teeth.

7. Sometimes the pain can appear in all the teeth when you eat cold food or breathe in cold air. Such pain sensations appear from the necks of the tooth. Fortunately, this situation is not so terrible as the previous ones. She says that the sensitivity of enamel has increased. This happens due to the fact that the protective coating of the bone tissue of the tooth disappears.

8. Abscess of the tooth is one more reason provoking a toothache. An abscess appears due to infection in the oral cavity. With this disease, a tumor is formed around which pain begins to appear.