The toothache, tips and advice.

WHEN YOU MUST SEE YOUR DOCTOR?

• When you experience severe pain or frequent in one or more teeth.

• When you feel pain in a tooth while eating or drinking something hot.

• When a toothache stops suddenly.
What show symptoms

In old movies, if you had a toothache, you pulled it! "Fortunately, today, we can benefit from better diagnosis and better treatment. In fact, when you have a toothache, there is not a thousand and one reasons. That may be because you have a kernel of popcorn that was lodged between two teeth, or that you have an infection and inflammation of the dental pulp, notes J. Frank Collins, DDS, a dentist in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida. The inflammation compress the nerve of the tooth or puts pressure on the alveolo-dental ligament that holds the tooth in your mouth is what causes pain, "he says.

A number of factors can cause inflammation, including lack of dental hygiene, a seal broken or Discalced, treatment done on your teeth, a cracked tooth or a blow to the mouth. Usually, the dental pulp and becomes darker the color appears in the outer layer of the tooth. The pain can occur gradually or suddenly. In the case of a broken tooth, the pain could be just as intense a shock, or it may occur after eating or drinking something hot or cold.

"Even an old wound that you think may reappear very slight. You would never have thought to have damaged the nerve of a tooth in a fall that goes back to your childhood, "said Lisa P. Germain, DDS, M.Sc.D., endodontist in private practice in New Orleans. "But 30 years later, the symptoms may appear. "(The Endodontists specialize in the treatment of the canal.)

"There are cases where inflammation of the tooth occur without reason or prior notice, advance Dr. Germain. A bit like appendicitis, there is no way to predict the malaise, she says. However, it is painful, and you should consult a dentist or an orthodontist. "Vague generalized pain in your teeth can be caused by bruxism. Moreover, any problem with your jaws can be transmitted in the form of pain in teeth. The toothache could also be a symptom of a sinus problem. "If you can not see what is causing the problem tooth, perhaps the fault of the sinuses," says Van B. Haywood, DMD, an assistant professor in the department of dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As the roots of upper teeth extend into the sinuses, pressure is felt clamp nerves teeth. "Just as it is to sit on your foot causes numbness of it," says Dr. Haywood.

Symptom

If you want to keep your teeth, there is no other way to relieve your sore tooth to see your dentist. Here, however, what you can do before your appointment.

Take Pibuprofène. "What the tooth is dead or not, you still feel the pain of inflammation, says Dr. Germain. And ibuprofen is an excellent anti-inflammatory you can get in free sale. I usually prescribe 600 mg of ibuprofen for my patients, and it gives excellent results, "she says.

Book aspirin for headaches. "Aspirin and paracetamol do not seem to have a positive effect on the wrong tooth, says Dr. Germain. And you keep trying the old remedy was to place a tablet of aspirin directly on the infected molar. Aspirin burn your gums and soft tissue inside the mouth, "she says. "Do not do it. "

Do not ignore pain. "Even if the pain of toothache is absorbed, it will reappear with vigor. If you ignore your toothache and the pain is that tooth decay or trauma destroyed the nerve, "warns Dr. Germain. This is the stage preceding the formation of an abscess pruritic. "One day you éveillerez with great pain and swelling will see on your face," she said. Do not expect that the tooth is cured because the pain resolves. "

Do not chew ice. Avoid ice or grains of popcorn. "This is the best way to break a tooth and cause pain, says Dr. Haywood. Seeds hard popcorn procedures are often hidden among the grains of popcorn, and ice freezes a little before the tooth bites you in food. "Do not worry. "Contrary to popular belief, the root treatments in which the dentist or endodontist removes the damaged nerve or pulp cavity, are almost painless," says Dr. Germain. Our techniques are so advanced that the patient is completely numb and not feel any pain other than if it was a seal, "says Dr. Germain. It takes only 3 seconds to the removal of the nerve of the tooth, after that we work in a vacuum. "