Dental

Sometimes, dental pain is difficult to distinguish from other sources of pain. Pain caused by sore throats, earaches, sinusitis, mumps and temporo-mandibular joints injury can sometimes be confused with toothache. If a decayed tooth is present, or there is redness around a tooth, the cause of pain must be the diseased tooth. Further testing can confirm if the pain is dental in origin. Tapping the tooth using a wooden “popsicle” stick does this. If the procedure accentuates the pain, the tooth is the cause of trouble; even if it appears visibly normal. There are cases when the patient feels more than just pain. If the patient experiences other symptoms like an over all feeling of illness, fever, swelling of the jaws and redness of gums around the tooth, most likely the affected tooth is abscessed. Dentists often prescribe antibiotics to reduce the symptoms. Appropriate medication and proper dental care are usually needed to treat the illness.

When a visit to the dentist is still not feasible, aspirin or acetaminophen may be taken to control the pain. Aspirin is also beneficial for pains caused by problems in the joints of the jaw. Other home remedies may be used while waiting for the dentist’s appointment. According to home remedy experts, garlic is a very good remedy for controlling toothache. Placing a clove of garlic and rock salt into the tooth cavity is one treatment. This will usually ease the pain. It will also be beneficial to chew a clove of garlic every morning. Onion can also alleviate the pain caused by toothache. This is applied in small amounts to the decayed tooth.

If you experience dental pain, it is always advisable to visit your dentist for proper dental treatment. The dentist will usually perform either tooth filling or extraction, depending on the extent of the tooth decay. Root canal is also a possible treatment of choice, especially for permanent dentition. Antibiotics are generally prescribed in the presence of fever or swelling in the jaw.