There are many reasons for toothache, which can be divided into odontogenic factors and non-odontogenic factors. Odontogenic factors include trauma, wisdom teeth pericoronitis and dental caries, etc. Non-odontogenic factors include jaw joint pain, salivary gland diseases and other maxillofacial diseases, as well as systemic diseases such as cardiac infarction and angina pectoris.
1. Odontogenic factors: odontogenic factors mainly include trauma, wisdom tooth pericoronitis, dental caries and so on.
(1) Trauma: Teeth suffer from external impact or excessive biting force, which may lead to tooth fracture, tooth hidden cracks, and therefore will show toothache.
(2) Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: patients who have poor normal position of wisdom teeth, resulting in food embedded in the teeth inside, it is not easy to clean, so it can be formed wisdom tooth pericoronitis, which will stimulate the gums, appearing toothache.
(3) Dental caries: Inadequate oral hygiene, long-term intake of sweets, etc., may cause bacterial infection, invade the teeth to form dental caries, if not treated in time may damage the teeth, and even involve the dental nerve, resulting in toothache.
2. Non-odontogenic factors: some maxillofacial diseases may also lead to nerve involvement pain, such as jaw joint pain, salivary gland diseases, etc., which do not belong to the teeth themselves.
In addition, systemic diseases may also cause radiating pain, such as heart attack and angina.
There are many causes of toothache, after the appearance of obvious pain, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, confirmed diagnosis and then choose standardized treatment.