Oral pain can be a debilitating thing to deal with. Sometimes it can be caused by a sore spot on your gums or having something stuck between your teeth. Dental pain is also commonly caused by tooth decay or broken tooth filling. This is the kind of pain that can stop someone in their tracks. Dealing with the dental pain depends on the kind of pain you are dealing with. For oral sores, you can purchase over-the-counter ointments that will numb in some cases help to heal the store. Flossing everyday can help prevent pain caused by infection, or discomfort of having something stuck between your teeth. As for the problems with the tooth itself, this requires help from your dentist. Commonly a patient is told by their dentist that they have tooth decay, the patient sometimes is not experiencing any pain so opt out of treatment. Often times, the situations in which the tooth will start to ache in the middle night, causing the person a great deal of pain and no way to alleviate it until he can get into their dentist. In this situation, many people tend to take over-the-counter pain meds, such as Advil and numbing agents. This is something you should clear by you doctor first on however. These will only sometimes work, and are very temporary forms relief, but are in some cases worth a try. You can also try to warm compress to ease the pain.
The best thing to do in this situation is to prevent the pain altogether I get regular check-ups in adhering to your dentist recommendations. Tooth pain is very hard to control, and when assets and can even take a while to go away. Regular dental care will be very effective in preventing the problem of tooth pain.
Dr. Sebastian
18700 Main St., Suite 206
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92648
714-375-0959