How to understand the many causes of toothache?

The appearance of toothache means that our oral disease has developed to a certain extent. But there are certain differences when it comes to toothache. In Shenzhen Dental Hospital, some patients will have severe pain while others will have sensitive pain, and the different sensations are actually well explained, which is because they suffer from different oral diseases.

Today, let's understand the common causes of toothache together!

First of all is tooth decay, tooth decay is the most common cause of toothache, as the cavity becomes bigger and deeper, the degree of decay pain will become more and more serious, so much so that it can affect our normal eating. In addition, the more horrible point is that caries can also be secondary to more serious oral diseases such as periapical periodontitis and pulpitis, and the patient's oral health condition will further deteriorate. Therefore, the treatment principle of tooth decay lies in four words - "the earlier the better".

Next is pulpitis, as the name implies, it is the infection and inflammation of the tooth pulp, the most obvious feature of pulpitis is that it is accompanied by spontaneous and paroxysmal severe pain, in addition to percussion pain and sensitivity pain. Inflammation of the pulp is not a trivial matter, and appropriate anti-inflammatory measures need to be taken as soon as possible to avoid further necrosis of the pulp.

Third, periapical periodontitis, which is caused by the spread of pulpitis and is accompanied by persistent pain, especially painful to the touch, and often makes it difficult for the patient to eat normally when periapical periodontitis is present.

When the wisdom tooth does not erupt properly and the oral environment is poor, it is easy for the tissue around the crown to become inflamed and swollen, which then causes a strong toothache.

Five is periodontitis, which is a destructive inflammation that invades the gum and periodontal tissues. When patients develop periodontitis, periodontal pockets will appear at the affected teeth, and when the walls of the pockets become inflamed, the alveolar bone will gradually resorb, causing the tragic phenomenon of loosening and even loss of teeth.

The causes of toothache are mostly various types of inflammation, but of course, other causes are not excluded, such as wedge-shaped defects in the teeth can lead to increased wear and tear of the teeth, inducing dentin hypersensitivity and other oral diseases such as pulpitis and apical infection; and then dentin hypersensitivity is more likely to make the teeth sore due to external stimulation.