Toothache: Symptoms, causes and treatment

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Toothache
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Toothache

• Sometimes you may have tooth pain when you touch
  a tooth or when you eat or drink foods that are
  hot, cold, sweet, or sour (a sensitive tooth).
  Mild sensitivity can be caused by shrunken
  (receded) gums or a worn-down tooth. Moderate to
  severe sensitivity can mean a tooth has cracked,
  a dental cavity is present, or a filling has been
  lost. Toothache occurs as a result of swelling in
  the central part of the tooth also known as the
  pulp. It consists of several nerve endings which
  are highly sensitive towards pain.

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Causes of Toothache

• The most common cause of a toothache is tooth
  decay, although a toothache may not be present in
  the early stages of decay. Other reasons for a
  toothache might include 
• An infection of or around the tooth (abscess). A
  red, swollen, painful bump may be found near or
  on the side of the sore tooth. The tooth may
  especially hurt when you bite down.
• A tooth that has not broken through the gum
  (impacted tooth). Gums may be red, swollen, and
  sore. The area around this tooth can ache, throb,
  and be quite painful.
• Problems with or injury to the nerves in the
  centre of the tooth (pulp), which can be caused
  by an injury to the face or from grinding or
  gnashing the teeth.

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Symptoms

• Signs and symptoms of toothache include
• Swelling around the affected tooth.
• Swelling of the jaw.
• Bleeding from the tooth, or if the gum has been
  infected, then discharge can occur from the
  entire area.
• Soreness can be felt in the gum and jaw area and
  is tender to touch.
• The pain often intensifies with additional
  pressure on the tooth. It can happen while
  chewing food or while lying down.
• Sometimes, the tooth appears normal and it
  becomes difficult to identify the source of pain.
  In such cases, if you tap the tooth you can feel
  the tenderness.

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Treatment

• Treatment usually depends on the underlying
  cause of the problem. First, dentists prescribe
  pain killers and antibiotics to bring down the
  pain and swelling. In certain cases, they may
  administer injections around the tooth to provide
  relief from the pain. This is followed by other
  dental treatments. For tooth decay, dentists
  remove the decayed part of the tooth and fill it
  up using silver amalgam or composite resin. If
  loose and broken fillings are found to be the
  cause, then newly formed decay and broken
  fillings are cleared and a new filling is placed.
  When damage in the pulp is found then root canal
  treatment is carried out which involves removal
  of the decayed pulp, filling up the space with a
  paste and covering the tooth with a crown. Thus
  the tooth is sealed up and is in a well protected
  condition.

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Treatment
Continue

• If the condition of the tooth is such that it
  cannot be treated with all these methods then it
  will have to be extracted. When the toothache is
  related to anything other than dental health then
  your dentist will refer you to other
  specialists. You can avoid toothache symptoms
  to a great extent by following a proper dental
  care regime. Proper brushing of teeth using a
  soft brush is a must in order to remove food
  particles that get stuck in between the teeth.
  Brush your gums daily to make them healthy. Get
  your teeth cleaned by your dentist twice a year.
  This will ensure you protection from both decay
  as well as any kind of gum disease.

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