What should I do if my teeth hurt when I eat spicy food?

Tooth pain when eating spicy food may be caused by tooth wear, periodontitis, dental caries, etc. General treatment, medication and surgery can be taken depending on the cause of the disease.
1. Wear and tear of teeth: excessive wear and tear of teeth leads to exposure of dentin. The exposed dentin is very sensitive to external stimuli, and the teeth will hurt when eating spicy food. It is recommended to use fluoride toothpaste to effectively protect the mouth of the teeth, and at the same time, visit the clinic for desensitization treatment.
2. Periodontitis: It is caused by plaque, calculus, traumatic bite, food impaction and other reasons, resulting in pain when eating spicy teeth. It can be treated with supragingival cleaning or subgingival scraping, and can be treated with oral antibiotics such as metronidazole tablets, tinidazole capsules and amoxicillin capsules.
3. Dental caries: after the occurrence of dental caries, there is a tooth defect, underneath the dentin and even tooth nerve exposure, at this time if you eat spicy food, may stimulate the tooth nerve to produce toothache. Caries bad place to choose surgical filling for treatment, such as composite resin bonding restoration, silver amalgam filling. Daily can use anti-caries toothpaste for brushing, can prevent the occurrence of dental caries.
Once you eat spicy tooth pain, there may be other reasons, should be timely consultation, clear cause, follow the doctor’s instructions to actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment and medication, do not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.