What Is Causing My Tooth Pain?

Tooth pain is one of the most common reasons people visit dentists. Whether your pain is coming from a cavity or dental abscess, your New York City, NY, emergency dentist, Dr. David Dane, offers treatments that will relieve your toothache.

7 reasons your tooth might hurt

One of these issues might be the cause of your tooth pain:

  1. Tooth Decay: Although people often associate toothaches with tooth decay, pain doesn't usually occur until a cavity is fairly large. It's important to treat large cavities as soon as possible to prevent the decay from spreading through your tooth.
     
  2. A Crack: Your pain could be due to a crack in your tooth. Cracks can increase pressure on the soft pulp inside your tooth, irritating it. If you have a crack, you may notice worsening pain when you chew, press on your tooth, or eat hot, cold or sugary foods and beverages.
     
  3. Loose Filling: Old fillings can become loose, triggering painful sensations in your tooth. Pain may also be due to the formation of a new cavity around the edges of the filling.
     
  4. Trauma: Does one or more of your teeth hurt after you fell, were in a car accident or received a blow to the face? Your pain may be caused by tooth trauma. If you've injured your tooth, it's important to call the New York City emergency dental office right away. Depending on the severity of the injury, failing to visit the dentist promptly could result in tooth loss.
     
  5. Dental Abscess: Abscesses are caused by bacterial infections in your tooth pulp. These dental emergencies require immediate treatment to ease your pain and prevent the infection from entering your bloodstream and traveling to other parts of your body. Common abscess symptoms include severe pain in your tooth or jaw, swollen lymph nodes, facial swelling, fever, inflamed gums or pus around the tooth.
     
  6. Recent Dental Work: Your tooth may feel a little tender and sensitive for a few days after you have a cavity filled or undergo root canal therapy or other treatments.
     
  7. Sinusitis: If you've been feeling congested lately, your pain could be caused by sinusitis. The roots in your upper teeth are close to your sinus cavities. If the sinuses become irritated or infected, you may feel tooth pain, even though there's nothing wrong with your teeth.

Are you suffering from tooth pain? Call your emergency dentist in New York City, NY, Dr. Dane, at (646) 992-0930 to schedule an appointment.

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