Get Tooth Pain Relief and Protect Your Oral Health

A toothache can be disruptive to daily activities and to a good night’s sleep. Getting tooth pain relief can help you get back to your day to day activities but it’s still important that you address the underlying cause of the tooth pain in order to protect your oral health. Let’s take a closer look at what could be causing your tooth pain.

What Causes Tooth Pain?

Whether it wakes you suddenly in the middle of the night or progresses slowly during the course of the day, a toothache is an unpleasant experience that needs to be dealt with. A toothache indicates that there is a problem with a tooth or gum and this needs to be checked out by your dentist.

What Causes Toothache?

A toothache is caused by irritation inside your tooth pulp. The pulp of your teeth is filled up with nerves and tissue, which are sensitive and which become inflamed in the presence of an infection. For the most part a toothache occurs when there is dental decay that reaches the tooth pulp.

It is also possible to feel tooth pain in other structures of your face. An infection of your sinus or ear and even the muscles in your face, can cause pain that might feel like toothache. These issues tend to be accompanied by a headache as well. Your dentist is best positioned to diagnose what the cause of your toothache is.

What Triggers A Toothache?

Sometimes a toothache comes on very suddenly, and may be triggered by:

• Eating or drinking hot or cold foods or beverages
• Biting down on hard food or an object
• Any kind of pressure on the tooth.

What Are The Symptoms Of A Toothache?

Pain is the most common symptoms, and it may be accompanied by swelling or irritation of the gums, and other issues with oral health including:

• Worsening pain with pressure
• Headache or fever
• A bad taste in your mouth
• Bad breath

Getting Tooth Pain Relief

In general, relief can be attempted with over the counter medication. If this does not help while you wait to see your doctor and the pain is accompanied by swelling, you can apply a cold compress to the outside of your face.

Rinsing your mouth with warm salt water may also bring some pain relief, as well as keep the area clean. 

Remember that these tips for tooth pain relief are only meant to be used in the short term, and that the underlying cause needs to be established by your dentist so that the root cause of the pain can be addressed. The pain is a symptom of a dental problem that must be resolved in order to preserve your oral health.

Your oral health is priceless, make sure you give it the support it needs. If you need assistance with tooth pain relief, please contact us: (07) 3185 2387.