A tooth that hurts when you eat may be the result of diseases such as fissure, caries and pulpitis.
1. Cracked teeth: the occurrence of this disease is related to the defective tooth structure, the cusp of the tooth with a large slope, improper bite force and other reasons. In the early stage, there are often no obvious symptoms, with the deepening of the crack, the patient is eating cold food or biting hard things, chewing food pain will occur, but when the removal of the stimulus pain will disappear.
2. Caries: Research has shown that the disease occurs due to the simultaneous presence of bacteria, diet, host three factors, the common caries-causing bacteria are Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus, and so on, and eating too much high-sugar food related to the majority of people in the presence of teeth misalignment, teeth overlap. When it develops to the middle stage, patients will have the symptom of toothache when eating.
3. Pulpitis: this disease is mainly caused by the pulp exposure, dental hard tissue defects that lead to bacterial invasion of the pulp, caries is a common cause of the disease, but also with dental trauma, wear and tear, abnormal development of the tooth, periodontitis and other reasons. The main symptom is the presence of temperature stimulation pain, spontaneous pain, radiating pain, etc., and in some cases can be manifested as tooth pain when eating.
It is recommended that patients who suffer from tooth pain when eating should go to the hospital in time to clarify the specific cause.