Toothache: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, and Prevention

THE SENSE OF a TOOTHACHE

  

A toothache is a condition when a POPs pain in or around a tooth and jaw. The severity of the pain can vary from mild to severe. Toothache pain can be felt constantly throughout the day or it could appear and disappear repeatedly without being erratic.

Toothache pain is often felt to deteriorate when sufferers eat or drink (especially food or drinks hot or cold) and when the sufferer lying down at night.

When there is a toothache, the jaw area adjacent to the infected tooth will join feels pain and palpable tender. Sometimes the source of pain is difficult to distinguish. An example is a pain as coming from the ear infection on the case bottom and molars like pain originating from the sinus tract (air cavity behind the cheekbones and forehead) in case of an infection of the upper molars.

In addition to pain, other symptoms of a toothache are:

• ·         Swelling of the infected tooth.
• ·         dizziness.
• ·         a foul taste and smell from the infected tooth.
• ·         fever.

Causes Of a Toothache

Inside there is teeth tooth pulp. The deepest layer of the teeth is Pulpa of tooth structure composed of blood vessels and nerves are sensitive. A toothache is caused when pulp experience inflammation. The cause of the inflammation can be varied, including:

• ·         Tooth Decay (this condition is often caused by surface cavities).
• ·         a buildup of pus at the base of the teeth due to bacterial infections ( abscesses periapical ).
• ·         the shrinking gums.
• ·         the tooth cracked.
• ·         broken Fillings (the teeth ever patched).
• ·         In addition to inflammation of the pulp of teeth, there are a number of other conditions that can cause symptoms resembling toothache pain, including:
• ·         Sinusitis.
• ·         periodontal Abscess.
• ·         Injuries on the temporomandibular joint (jaw joints that connect with skull head).
• ·         Swelling of the gums or gums broke out due to the teeth grow.
• ·         gum Ulcer.
• ·         teething (normally experienced by infants and children).

Relieve a toothache at home

We recommend that you find a doctor if you experience sore teeth to find out the cause and can be treated appropriately. But as long as you haven't been able to see a doctor, there are several ways you can do at home to relieve a toothache, among them:

• ·         Clean between your teeth using dental floss or dental floss to clean the plaque and the remains of food stuck in between the teeth.
• ·         Gargle using warm water.
• ·         Rubbing clove oil on the tooth or gum pain.
• ·         Slathered benzocaine-containing antiseptic remedy in the teeth or gums are sore.
• ·         Compresses an unused cheek with cold compresses when a toothache is caused by trauma to the teeth.
• ·         taking medication-free pain reliever sold in pharmacies (e.g. paracetamol, ibuprofen, or aspirin). As a reminder, these drugs should not be used in a manner placed directly on the gums because it could damage the gum tissue. In addition, aspirin should not be given to children aged under 16 years.

In the case of a toothache here, you are required to see a doctor as soon as possible, i.e., if:

• ·         Pain lasts for more than two days.
• ·         a toothache accompanied infection symptoms (e.g. smell of rotting, bloated, the gums become red, and pain when chewing).
• ·         make your teeth Ache so difficult to swallow.
• ·         a toothache makes you hard to breathe.
• ·         Dental Pain accompanied by fever.
• ·         you are in pain when opening mouth.
• ·         toothache pain accompanied by ear.

Diagnosis Of a Toothache

The doctor will ask in advance about the symptoms that you are experiencing, for example:

• ·         where the location of the pain?
• ·         How severe the pain is felt?
• ·         When the usual pain appear?
• ·         What makes the pain worsens?
• ·         What makes the pain thus subsided?

Physical examination is very important to do. In this case, the doctor will check the condition of the teeth, gums, tongue, jaw, nose, sinuses, throat, even your neck. If needed, the inspection with the x-ray will be done. In addition to asking the question of the symptom, doctors also usually will review your medical history.

Treatment Of a Toothache

Method of treatment of a toothache that was done the doctor will be determined to cause a toothache itself. As an example:

• ·         the doctor will perform root canal treatment (root canal) if dental pulp here doctor will lift the pulp are infected, and then finishes with a patch of teeth. The purpose of patching is so that the infection does not relapse.
• ·         a Doctor going to do patching if the teeth undergo decay and perforated. Before patched, the rot will be cleaned and sterilized from bacteria in advance.
• ·         a doctor will perform repeated patching if a toothache is caused by damage to the previous patches. The remains of the previous patches will be cleared in advance.
• ·         a doctor will perform the lifting gear if the ways of treatment could not cure a toothache.
• There is a chance that a doctor will do for the removal of a tooth when the tooth pain is caused by the growth of new tooth sandwiched between other teeth and pressing jaw.

Things you can do to prevent a Toothache

Preventing is always better than cure. Therefore, even if your teeth are still healthy, it is recommended to perform precautionary measures in anticipation of a toothache. These prevention efforts include:

1. ·         Checked your teeth to the doctor at least two times a year.
2. ·         Limit the consumption of sweet drinks or food, such as chocolate, sweet cakes, and candy.
3. ·         brushing your teeth twice a day using a fluoride toothpaste is conditioned.
4. ·         Clean between teeth with dental floss or dental floss.
5. ·         As complementary actions at the same time ensuring the mouth free from bacteria, end each brushing my teeth with gargle using mouthwash, if necessary.
6. ·         to stop or reduce smoking. In addition to damaging the lungs of hardness, smoking habit, the bad impact on the health of the teeth and mouth.