River Walk Dental Orthodontics
Toothache Dentist
San Antonio TX
Our dental office offers a wide range of general and cosmetic dental services intended to help you restore and maintain your oral health.
Toothache
In the middle of the night, or in between the daytime, or say, in any hour: Imagine a situation where a sudden toothache happens and you don’t know what to do! Let us make it simpler for you!
What is a toothache?
A toothache arises when a certain nerve irritates. Although there can be multiple reasons so, let’s discuss it in detail:
Causes a Toothache:
What does toothache occur from? An inflammation, a pulp arises in your tooth, which is centrally located. It has sensitive numerous nerve endings that may cause pain.
Be it the pulp or the pulpits; the inflammation may happen to anything that has direct contact with the tooth. The common causes are as follows:
- Sweet foods or drinks can cause dental cavities or decay to your tooth
- Your teeth will be sensitive enough to extreme hot or cold temperatures; be it from liquids or foods
- Ever noticed that clenching or grinding of teeth? Yes, that happens!
- There’s an orthodontic movement in your braces
- You feel like you’ve an abscessed tooth
- Your wisdom tooth has an adverse effect
- Even after a crown, your tooth will, at times, become sensitive or cemented.
- Gingivitis
- Periodontal disease
- Tooth fracture
- Acid erosion
- Damaged or broken fillings
Symptoms:
Patients have common complaints such as toothache and ache in their jaw. There can be exposure from hot or cold to the tooth. However, if the pain persists even when the exposure is over; it can be an indication of a critical issue. If you see there is some serious inflammation on your tooth, then the pain is spread across the other body parts, i.e., cheek, or jaw, or the ear. The symptoms that you must keep a check upon are as follows:
- You feel agitated, and a sense of pain while chewing.
- While brushing your teeth, you find blood flow from your gums or discharge around the tooth.
- There is a sense of trauma to your ears which feels like a rush that passes through your cheeks and results in swelling.
- Serious injuries.
These certain symptoms can be associated with dental decay. The red bumps will give you a prediction and until the point that the pain is unbearable. This shall even make the pain more intense.
A ‘toothache’ is different from the pain on your face. There can be different types of pain – Sinusitis, ear or throat pain, which attach your jaw to the skull and can be confused with usual toothache. This is termed as ‘referred pain’. It can be felt inside the nerves or in the jaw or tooth. Make sure you’re consulting the right dentist to get the appropriate relief.
