Toothache at night may be caused by acute pulpitis, inflammation of wisdom teeth or psychological factors. Medication or physical therapy is available. The details are as follows:
1. Medication: Most of the time, toothache at night is caused by acute pulpitis, which will cause spontaneous pain. At the same time, under the stimulation of hot and cold, the degree of pain will be gradually aggravated. At this time, medication can be taken, patients can take some oral painkillers, such as some antipyretic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs aspirin, ibuprofen and so on. But the fastest pain, need to go to the stomatology department to do dental pulp drainage, can relieve the pain.
2. Physical therapy: the surrounding environment is quiet at night, the patient relaxation state, dental discomfort will be amplified, psychological factors will be more obvious. Wisdom tooth inflammation is also more common at night, lying down, the inflammatory state of the teeth will rise under pressure. Physical therapy such as gargling with salt water, applying cold compresses or performing oral hygiene cleaning can partially reduce the inflammation in the gums while relieving the pain.
All of the above medications should be used under a doctor’s supervision and avoid self-medication. If the patient’s toothache symptom persists and does not get better, he/she should go to the hospital in time for consultation and treatment.