Toothache or pain in the mouth can be caused by many factors. If there is pain or swelling, have your dentist check on it. Often times, the pain or swelling is indicative of a disease developing in your tooth or gums.
The swelling may happen because the pulpal tissue in the tooth was irritated by exhaustive and recurring dental treatment, bacteria build up, accidents that caused stress in the oral region, or other periodontal problems.
The tissues in the tooth have a lot of nerve fibers that causes you to feel pain when they are inflamed. Another thing is that these tissues are confined within the tooth. In case of an injury, they don’t have much room to expand unlike tissues in other parts of the body. In the event that the pulp tissue expands, the confined pressure causes the pain that you feel.
You can either feel spontaneous or elicited pain. Spontaneous pain happens on its own. It’s not provoked by anything. But if the pain is elicited, it means something is provoking it; like when you eat or drink cold or hot food.
Similar to other ailments in the body, symptoms are not always obvious. A lot of people have irreversible pulpitis but oftentimes there are no symptoms. The only way it can be detected is when your dental team run tests, dig through your dental history or does a clinical examination. Irreversible pulpitis can channel the pain to other body parts like in the head or neck region.
Through an endodontic examination, your dentist can ascertain if the cause of the pain is root canal or others. The pain can come from a problem in the tooth, gum tissues, myofascial pain, sinusitis, nerve tissues or joints.
When you experience pain in the face, it may be hard to accurately diagnose. It may require you to see several specialists to make sure you know what really is causing the pain.