Which diseases can cause toothache?

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Toothache is the most common and main symptom of dental diseases in Department of Stomatology. Many dental diseases can cause toothache. Due to the complexity of human oral structure and innervation, the nature, scope and duration of pain caused by different causes are different. Therefore, the symptoms of toothache should be carefully identified. Which diseases can cause toothache? Let's talk about it

Which diseases can cause toothache?

Dental caries can cause toothache, which is manifested as cavities in the teeth. In the early stage, there is no conscious pain. If you feel toothache when encountering acid, sweet, cold, hot stimulation or food impaction into the cavities, the pain can be stopped after the stimulation is removed.

Acute pulpitis can also cause toothache, which is manifested as spontaneous paroxysmal pain of teeth. The pain is aggravated when cold, heat stimulation and lying flat at night. The patient can not clearly point out the location of the affected tooth, but can find deep carious cavity, deep periodontal pocket or non carious tooth disease. The cold and heat test of the affected tooth causes severe pain, and the pain lasts for a long time after the stimulation is removed. After the operation, the pain can be relieved.

Chronic pulpitis patients have a long time of cold, heat stimulation pain, eating pain or spontaneous dull pain, most of which can be located. Acute periapical periodontitis can also cause toothache, which is characterized by persistent jumping pain of teeth, clear tooth position, elongated or floating feeling of affected teeth, and inability to chew food. Check the teeth percussion pain, local gingival swelling, tenderness.

matters needing attention

Eat rough, hard and fibrous food, the tooth surface has the role of friction clean, reduce food debris accumulation. Hard food needs to be chewed fully, which can not only strengthen the periodontal tissue, but also rub the bite surface of teeth, which may make the pit and fissure shallower and reduce the occurrence of pit and fissure caries.