Why does my toothache come and go?

When you smile at others, a set of white and neat teeth will add a lot of points to your appearance. Good teeth are not only neatly grown but also strong, allowing their owners to enjoy a variety of delicious foods. Perhaps less than half of ten people have good teeth. Everyone has some dental problems to a greater or lesser extent. Toothache is a common ailment that occurs occasionally. Why does toothache occur in waves?

Toothache is a common disease. Common causes of toothache include: caries (cavities), which can aggravate toothache when encountering sour, sweet, cold or hot stimulation; pulpitis, which is an acute inflammation of the pulp caused by cavities reaching deep into the dentin. The toothache is severe, worse at night, and the patient often cannot point out the location of the affected tooth; acute periapical inflammation, which develops from pulpitis, and the affected tooth has a floating and elongated feeling, the so-called "long toothache, short leg pain"; periodontitis, which is common in adults, manifested by red, swollen, painful gums, easy bleeding, and loose teeth; pericoronitis of wisdom teeth, which mostly occurs in young people between 20 and 30 years old, manifested by incomplete eruption of terminal teeth, swollen and painful gums, and difficulty opening the mouth. In severe cases, there is chills, fever, and swollen and painful cheeks. As the saying goes: "Toothache is not a disease, but it is really painful when it happens."

Severe toothache often makes people restless, and even a tough guy can cry because of the pain.

In order to relieve or alleviate the pain of toothache, here are some tips that patients can try as an emergency measure. 1. Use a slice of fresh ginger or 2 peppercorns, or cut half a clove of garlic and bite it on the tooth cavity, which can quickly relieve toothache. 2. When you have a toothache, wipe the area with a 75% alcohol cotton ball, and then press another alcohol cotton ball on the toothache area. This method is very effective for toothache caused by caries and pulpitis. For mild cases, it can relieve the pain once, and for severe cases, it can be repeated 2 to 4 times. 3. Plug a cotton ball soaked in 75% alcohol into the ear. The pain will stop after 3 to 5 minutes. If the toothache is severe, plug both ears. 4. Add 50 ml of boiling water to 50 ml of vinegar, mix well and gargle twice a day for 2 weeks to treat toothache caused by periodontitis. 5. Place 50 ml of white wine in a bowl and light it. Then pour in 2 egg whites and wait until the fire goes out. Take it once when you have a toothache. This method is effective for inflammatory toothache caused by wind and fire. 6. Dissolve 15 grams of alum (green alum) in 50 ml of white wine. Light the white wine and blow out the fire after about 1 minute. Apply the wine to the affected area. If the effect is not good, repeat it after 2 hours. Dental caries is commonly known as tooth decay. When the disease is serious, you will feel toothache, especially when eating hard food or encountering sweet, sour, cold or hot food, the pain will be aggravated. Middle-aged and elderly people may also experience pain due to gum recession and exposed tooth roots. You can peel fresh garlic, mash it into a paste, and fill the cavity of the caries; you can also take an appropriate amount of Yunnan Baiyao, mix it into a paste with warm water, and apply it to the periodontal and gum areas; you can also apply Fengyoujing or Shidi Shui to the affected area, or continuously brush your teeth with a large amount of acid-proof toothpaste, etc., which will quickly relieve the pain and then make it disappear.

For those who suffer from tooth sensitivity and pain, you can grind 2-3 pieces of baking soda, dissolve them in 1 cup of cold boiled water, and rinse your mouth several times a day. Or you can apply garlic soaked in rice wine, both are effective. Dental neuralgia is caused by bacterial infection when caries invades the dental pulp. It manifests as spontaneous, paroxysmal severe pain, which can occur without any stimulation. It is more likely to occur at night, the pain is more severe than during the day, making it impossible to sleep and extremely painful. The reason is that after lying in bed, the pressure inside the pulp cavity increases. In addition, when the pulp becomes festering, a certain amount of gas will be produced, which will expand when heated and cause severe pain.

In emergency pain relief, cold compress can be used to relieve pain. You can also use a cotton ball dipped in 75% alcohol and apply it to the toothache area for 2-3 minutes, and then press the alcohol cotton ball on the painful area. Or take a piece of fresh ginger and hold it in the painful area. Periodontitis is another cause of toothache, which manifests as red, swollen and painful gums, loosening and displacement of teeth, and even periodontal bleeding and pus discharge, accompanied by bad breath and other symptoms. In recent years, medical research has found that it is closely related to anaerobic bacterial infection. You can take metronidazole (also known as metronidazole), 2 tablets each time (200 mg each tablet), 3 times a day, but avoid alcohol. You can also take co-trimoxazole, 2 tablets each time (500 mg each), twice a day, double the dose for the first time, but it should be avoided by those who are allergic to it.

For toothache caused by caries and infection, periodontitis, gingivitis, pulpitis, etc., you can take 6 Liushen Pills and add a little rice wine to grind it into powder and place it in the caries cavity, or grind it into powder and place it on the gums and mix it with saliva. This can quickly relieve the pain and even eliminate it. Anyone with a history of toothache can choose the above-mentioned drugs for emergency pain relief as appropriate. But this is only a temporary measure after all. After the transition period is over, you should still go to the hospital for treatment.