Many patients have now developed the notion that seeing a doctor = taking a pill amidst the mad rush of doctors prescribing medication. After countless long queues for registration, doctors often end up with a paper prescription. So, dentists at work will often encounter lovely patients who say things like, “Doctor, give me some medicine, I can’t stand the toothache! Our more lovely oral surgeon would say, “No, this is an inflammation of your tooth, medicine does not work, you need to do root canal treatment. So, our patients will cover their cheeks, indignantly drop a sentence, what doctor, toothache is not a disease, how can not prescribe drugs, do not see! Let’s not talk about who is right and who is wrong, but let’s see what our teeth look like, see the picture below. The surface of the tooth, the part we can see, is the hard tooth tissue. When the inflammation attacks the pulp tissue, the volume of the pulp expands and the nerve is stimulated triggering a severe pain sensation. In fact, this process is very similar to the inflammation process in other parts of the body, but the difference is that the swelling of the body caused by inflammation in other parts of the body can be compensated by soft tissues, so the spontaneous pain is not so intense, while the tooth is surrounded by shadow tissues on the outer surface, so the pressure inside the tooth cannot be relieved, so the spontaneous pain is obvious and intense, which is why the toothache usually comes violently and This is why the patient’s toothache usually comes on violently and suddenly. Now let’s look at the connection between the pulp and the surrounding tissues. As you can see, the connection between the pulp and the rest of the tissues relies on tiny vascular channels, and the action of drugs must rely on effective blood circulation. When the tooth is inflamed, or when the tooth is in pain, the pulp tissue is swollen and the traffic with the outside world is obstructed, it is difficult for the action of drugs to reach the inside of the tooth, so taking anti-inflammatory drugs is not an effective solution to the pain, and the inflammation of the tooth. Some patients may ask, “You say the medicine does not work, but I did have pain relief after taking the medicine. This is because the inflammation of the tooth has already attacked the apical part of the tooth, and the medication can have an anti-inflammatory effect on this part of the inflammation, so the patient feels relief from the symptoms. However, the final elimination of tooth inflammation still relies on effective root canal treatment, therefore, the majority of patients should still follow the doctor’s advice when they visit the doctor to receive perfect root canal treatment in order to eliminate tooth inflammation as soon as possible.