Drinking hot water toothache may be due to deep caries, dentin hypersensitivity or pulpitis.
1. Deep caries: patients who have deep caries in their teeth, hot water enters into the cavity and causes irritation, it may appear to drink hot water toothache.
2. Dentin hypersensitivity: This means that the teeth are stimulated by temperature, osmotic pressure and other physiological ranges, and if the patient develops dentin hypersensitivity, it can also lead to toothache when drinking hot water.
3. Pulpitis: If the patient drinks hot water toothache and also has symptoms such as cold water pain, night pain, spontaneous pain, etc., it may be due to bacterial infection, excessive wear and tear of the teeth caused by pulpitis.
Patients who experience toothache from drinking hot water should seek medical examination and symptomatic treatment under the guidance of the doctor.