Toothaches belong to all of us to the worst pain

Toothaches
Toothaches belong to all of us to the worst pain, because they originate in the vicinity of the so-called sensory organs have. Under a toothache or pain in the head and neck area with the proximity to the eyes, ears, nose and mouth is generally suffers much more than pain in the extremities (arms, legs), even if the pain is no greater strength. Even small irritations are problems.

What is pain?
When injury or inflammation are from the affected tissue (for example, gums, Zahnnerv, jaw bones) endogenous messenger (small chemical molecules) is released, which migrate through the tissue, and a binding site on the "nerve pain" (Nozizeptoren) search. Find these messengers appropriate for themselves exactly right (like a key fits into a lock) binding sites, the "Schmerznerv" is activated and sends them to the brain activation. In the brain, this chemical-electrical stimulation as pain perception.

The bigger, the worse
The bigger the injury or inflammation, the more neurotransmitters in the affected tissue are released and the more "nerve pain" can be activated. According to reinforce the stimuli in the brain as pain perception.

How can you prevent toothache?
Obviously is almost everywhere as the best prevention method. The human body is a very fragile structure of nature, which must be well maintained, so that damage may prevent or delay. Nevertheless, even the best prevention sometime in damage to come to the body in general with the warning "pain" a lot of attention. Only the removal of the shutter (healing of the injury, inflammation of the decay) can be a lasting pain elimination reach. And for the transition phase, that is, until the permanent cure, can pain medications (analgesics) a temporary pain relief, or even bring a pain relief.



Causes
Toothaches basically have different causes. The mechanism of tooth pain, however, is the following: the nerve supply to the tooth is responsible for the pain situation, which extends down to the dentin. The outermost layer of the tooth enamel, is insensitive, but for certain factors such as cold permeable.

Injury and inflammation
Toothaches are usually small by injury or inflammation in the area of the teeth and gums caused. Periodontosis is such an inflammation, the painful changes in the gums leads. But caries, where there has been little injuries (holes) of the tooth enamel comes, allowing bacteria in the teeth of aid, and finally an inflammation on Zahnnerv cause.

Caries and pulpitis
The most common causes of tooth pain, tooth decay and / or a nerve inflammation (pulpitis):

Caries is a destruction or dissolution of the dental hard tissue, which can be painful when it reaches the dentin.

Pulpitis is an inflammation of the pulp (nerve inflammation), it can be done by force or caries (trauma) entstehen. There are a reversible and irreversible pulpitis.

Reversible pulpitis can eliminate the cause or disappear but in an irreversible pulpitis go. In the first case of the tooth still respond to cold. If an irreversible pulpitis before responding to the tooth is often not on the cold test.

Irreversible pulpitis should in any case with a root canal filling supply. If not, can result in inflammation of the root tip into the bone to spread, and it requires apical periodontitis or apical cyst.

Operations
Obviously, all these processes of the injury until the pain perception also by a dental surgery (operation) will be caused. Just come here all the situations described in the same way to other tissues throughout the body. A cut by a kitchen knife on the thumb caused by the injury and inflammation of the tissue and the release of neurotransmitters ultimately nothing more than the "violation" of the tooth enamel by dental caries or the operation wound after a pulled tooth.