Toothache Treatment
Toothache Treatment in Pasadena, TX
We all suffer a toothache at some point in life. These aches and pains signal a real problem in your mouth. Sometimes the problem is tooth decay or gum disease. Other issues involve trauma to your mouth such as a fall or sports injury. Whatever your reason for oral pain, your dentist provides helpful advice and toothache treatment.
What Causes a Toothache?
Your toothache does not happen without reason. So when you feel pain in your mouth and want to call the dentist, consider why the tooth hurts. Some common reasons for needing pain relief and toothache treatment include:
- Tooth decay
- Cavities
- Abscessed tooth
- Broken tooth
- Damaged filling
- Aggressive gum chewing
- Infected gums
- Teeth grinding
When to Call Your Dentist for Help
The first question to ask yourself is whether you know if any of these common causes fit your situation. For example, you can possibly identify a decayed tooth by its telltale discoloration, an odd taste around the tooth and pain isolated to that single tooth. Another example, for teeth grinding, involves waking up in the morning with sore teeth or jaw.
When you call your dentist for help, having some idea of where the pain originates helps him understand whether you need urgent dental care. It also helps him know if the tooth problem can wait until the next business day.
Symptoms of your need for toothache treatment include sharp tooth pain that throbs or remains constant. Maybe you only feel pain when applying pressure to your tooth. Sometimes swelling appears around a tooth and causes discomfort, often with a fever or a headache. Another sign of a tooth problem and possible infection is foul-tasting drainage from around the tooth.
Types of Toothache Treatment
Depending on the cause of your toothache, your dentist at Laughlin Dental in Pasadena provides toothache treatment. It’s essential to see your dentist if your pain lasts more than one or two days. You also need treatment if the pain proves severe, or if you have a fever, earache, or jaw pain.
Your treatment for a toothache starts with an appointment at your dentist’s office. The dentist reviews your medical history and provides an exam. You talk to the dentist about your tooth pain and provide details as answers to his questions. He asks when the pain started, its location in your mouth, how much it hurts, what makes the pain lessen and what makes it feel worse.
For the exam, the dentist looks at your mouth, gums, jaws, teeth, tongue, throat, ears, sinuses, nose and neck. This surprises many people, as they expect only one tooth to gain examination. Instead, your dentist wants to know how the pain started, its extent and whether it involves structures beyond a single tooth.
The treatment for your pain depends on its cause, as identified by the dentist. Often the cause is a cavity. This means your dentist needs to fill the cavity or possibly extract your painful tooth, depending on the extent of the damage. At other times, a root canal works to treat the infected tooth. Your dentist’s biggest concerns are for relieving your pain, treating the cause of that pain and ensuring all infection clears up. Sometimes this involves in-office treatment and a course of antibiotics.
Treatment for Your Healthiest Teeth and Gums in Pasadena, Texas
At Laughlin Dental in Pasadena, Dr. Lloyd Laughlin and his caring team provide a range of dental services for your best dental health. These services include:
- General dentistry
- Preventive dentistry
- Restorative dentistry
- Pain treatment
- Family dentistry
- Invisalign®
- Lumineers
Call Laughlin Dental now at 281-998-4916 to schedule your next routine dental visit or for toothache treatment.