The bells of the New Year 2012 have already rung, and soon a series of traditional holidays such as the Chinese New Year and Lantern Festival will come. This will also be the busiest period in our emergency dentistry department, because the number of patients with toothache tends to increase significantly during the long holidays. “A toothache is not a disease, but a pain that kills”, no one wants to let the trouble of toothache disrupt our holiday mood, but in these days we will visit friends and relatives, gatherings and banquets, how can we avoid toothache? Let me tell you some things to keep in mind. The first thing you need to know is that the main diseases that usually cause toothache or gum and facial swelling and pain are pulpitis, periapical infection, pericoronitis, periodontitis and mouth ulcers. Their causes I will not make a specific introduction here, the length is too long, the general public can not remember. But it is not a very difficult thing for ordinary people to identify, just remember some of the following characteristics: 1, pulpitis: hot and cold stimulation causes pain, but which bad tooth caused pain can not be determined. 2, periapical inflammation: we Tianjin people commonly called “fire tooth”, the pain feels like “jumping pain”, biting something painful. The location of the affected tooth can be determined by tapping on it, and the hand will hurt when pressed on the corresponding location of the tooth root, or there is obvious redness and swelling. 3, wisdom tooth pericoronitis: young and strong patients are common, swelling and pain in the innermost part of the mandibular or maxillary gums, restricted mouth opening, sometimes facial swelling and pain or swelling and pain in the submaxillary area. 4. Periodontitis: poor oral hygiene, long-term gum bleeding, and loose teeth in severe cases. Usually it is not painful, but when combined with pulpitis or apical inflammation, there will be corresponding symptoms. Sometimes the formation of periodontal abscess will also have swelling and pain symptoms. 5, oral ulcers: ulcers can appear anywhere in the mouth except on the surface of the teeth, and can be single or multiple, and many people have them frequently. Very small a yellowish-white depression, pain is very intense, but generally do not touch no pain. Look at the picture After a simple understanding of the above oral diseases, it is relatively simple to talk about the temporary hold during the Spring Festival. For example, apical infection, pericoronitis, periodontitis, oral ulcers, Chinese medicine believes that belong to the “stomach fire”, “kidney yin deficiency, false fire on the inflammation” commonly known as “on fire”, so a light diet, less If you have these diseases, then don’t eat lamb, hot pot, pay attention to rest and avoid strain, and pay attention to vitamin supplements for patients prone to mouth ulcers; pulpitis is related to “wind-cold toothache”, mainly to avoid cold, hot, sour and sweet stimulation. As for how to completely avoid toothache? It is important to know that people who do not have dental diseases or hidden problems will not have toothache. If your teeth are not always good, the best way is to treat them in time and prevent them from happening. Don’t turn a small disease into a big one. In the early stages, it may be possible to simply fill the teeth and clean them, but usually once the teeth have obvious symptoms, such as pain, then the treatment will not be as simple as once or twice, not only suffer, but also pay more time and money, if you have to pull out and then set the loss is even greater. Except for the wisdom teeth, of course, the wisdom teeth should be extracted early, the sooner the better. Finally, I wish you all a happy Spring Festival in advance!