Oh God!
Taking about pain especially tooth pain, it’s heart-wrenching. Those who have
gone through the tooth nerve pain could better understand this. What this nerve
pain is? A sudden sensation in the tooth, which travels toward an eye and hit
your head. This sensation compels you to put your hand to the side of the face.
Sometimes it is just a slight pain but sometimes it’s become unbearable. Many
people suffer from this pain while eating or drinking. They usually think this
pain will have gone after a while but this could not happen. The tooth nerve
pain stays long often.
Tooth nerve
pain is the most common pain. Almost everyone has suffered from the tooth pain
in his/her life. I have also gone through this nerve pain. It is something that
can shake you. From the tooth pain, you feel a headache, fever, and burning
eyes. The tooth nerve pain is not fun, seriously. The tooth pain occurs due to
several reasons: by eating the wrong food, drinking cold water, hot beverages,
due to the cavity, tooth decay, cracked tooth, and gum infection. Your ear also
suffers a lot due to the tooth pain. The tooth nerve is the common path and the
pain can travel easily from your mouth to your head.
Composition of Tooth
A tooth is
composed of 4 parts:
- Enamel.
- Dentin.
- Cementum.
- Pulp.
Tooth enamel
is the strongest part of the tooth. It presents on the outer layer of each
tooth. Its duty is to protect the tooth. It is like a shell and protects the
inner tooth. The other layer in the tooth is cementum. It is another layer and
it has a duty to protect the root of the tooth. So, the outer layer of the
tooth is protected by enamel and the root below the gumline is protected by cementum.
The next
substance of the tooth is dentin. It is not heavy and thick substance like
enamel and cementum. Dentin contains tiny microscopic tubules. These tubules
connected to the last substance called tooth pulp. Pulp hosts the tooth nerves.
Tooth pain occurs when the dentin wears away and through the tubules, the food
and drink can reach to the nerves. This is how the tooth pain occurs.
Avoidable Food Items
The important
thing is, you should know which food or drink is bad for your teeth. Sometimes
you eat or drink something and afterward you feel pain. For that, you should
know the avoidable items. Some people do not have sensitive teeth, they can eat
and drink whatever they want but the eating and drinking case is different with
the people having sensitive teeth. You should identify the food items which
might have caused tooth pain.
The most
common food items are hot and cold beverages. Like, the people having sensitive
teeth when drinking cold juices or hot beverages like coffee and tea, a sudden
pain hit their teeth. If you are having sensitive teeth you should avoid red
wine, hot and cold beverages, citric acid, sugary items, desserts, sour items,
soda drinks, energy drinks, ice cream, sports drinks, meat, and nuts in pain.
How the Tooth Nerve Becomes Exposed
These food
items that I have mentioned above are the main cause to expose the tooth nerve.
But, healthy food items can also cause tooth nerve pain. The healthy food like
fruits that contain a high Ph level. The fruits like grapefruit or lemon can
weaken the enamel and it can expose the tooth nerve. So, it is necessary for
you to take good care of your oral health to avoid any tooth pain.