Children’s toothache at night may be caused by bad eating habits, dental caries, gingivitis, pulpitis, etc. It can be relieved by cleaning the mouth, applying ice and medication according to the cause.
1. Bad eating habits: children eating too cold, too hot food or not clean the mouth in time after eating, will stimulate the nerve of the teeth leading to pain. You can rinse your mouth with warm water or choose desensitizing toothpaste to brush your teeth to keep your mouth clean and relieve pain. If the pain is severe, you can apply ice packs or take painkillers such as ibuprofen orally to relieve the symptoms.
2. Dental caries: Dental caries is commonly known as tooth decay caused by caries pain can be localized ice or oral acetaminophen and other pain relievers to ease the symptoms of immediate pain. Parents can take their children to the hospital to remove caries and fill the decayed area, so as to achieve the purpose of treatment and relieve pain.
3. Gingivitis: Acetaminophen, ibuprofen and other drugs can relieve the patient’s pain symptoms. At the same time also need to combine amoxicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline and other antibiotics anti-inflammatory and anti-infection, if the symptoms continue to be unrelieved, it is necessary to go to the hospital for rinsing of the gums.
4. Pulpitis: If caries develops further and enters the pulp cavity resulting in pulpitis, root canal treatment is required in the hospital.
Toothache can also be seen in other causes, it is recommended that parents take their children to the hospital in a timely manner to determine the cause of the standardized treatment, the use of drugs need to follow the doctor’s instructions.