The appearance of toothache symptoms is considered to be related to physiological or pathological factors, because there are many causes of toothache, so the time for toothache to get better is not the same. Physiological factors caused by toothache can be improved in 3~5 days, while pathological factors caused by toothache may take 7~10 days or months and weeks to get better.
1. Physiological factors: Smoking and drinking, eating hard or spicy food, as well as dry air and other physiological factors can lead to toothache symptoms. Under the body’s self-regulation function, the toothache symptoms caused by physiological factors can be improved within 3-5 days.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) Acute diseases: patients with toothache symptoms caused by acute diseases such as periodontitis and wisdom tooth pericoronitis. Through active treatment, the cause of the disease can be effectively controlled, and the symptoms of toothache will disappear in 7-10 days;
(2) Chronic diseases: If the toothache symptoms are caused by chronic diseases such as dental caries, chronic gingivitis and gum cancer. Because the cause of the disease is not easy to be completely removed, the condition is easy to recurrence of toothache symptoms. After regular treatment, toothache symptoms may get better in a few weeks or months.
Toothache symptoms can be seen in a variety of diseases, patients need to actively go to the regular hospital stomatology department to confirm the diagnosis and treatment according to medical advice.