How Tooth Nerve Pain Occurs

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:

1. Enamel.
2. Dentin.
3. Cementum.
4. 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.

Socket Preservation is essential After a Tooth Extraction

When your dentist extracts your tooth, there will be a hole left behind. That hole is very sensitive and it is also painful at the start. You can overcome to the pain by taking some painkillers but the proper care of the socket is also essential. The socket is the hole, from where your dentist extracted the tooth. You need to protect the hole from where the wisdom tooth or the fully damaged tooth has been extracted. After the tooth extraction, that hole is the most sensitive area in your mouth. The care and protection are essential for the following reasons. 

How to Avoid a Dry Socket

When the tooth extracted, it might have left the blood clot. Then the socket (hole) becomes very painful. Because of the blood clotting in the socket, the socket becomes dry. You need to avoid the development of dry socket. Protection and the care of the socket are compulsory after the tooth extraction. Protection of the socket also protects the alveolar ridge, roots and the bones of the teeth. In order to protect the socket, do not touch your socket with the tongue. Eat ice-cream to avoid the dry socket and to get rid of the blood clot in the socket. If you need a tooth implant then the root and bone care are very important.

What is Socket Preservation?

According to the Canadian Dental Association journal, it is very rare that the bone will fully disappear which previously supported the extracted tooth. But this bone is useless after the tooth extraction. The bone will fade away by the time. So, the teeth can move out from the alignment and the socket preservation is necessary for this scenario. Socket preservation is done at the time of tooth extraction by the dentist. 

So, the socket preservation involves the process of placing bone graft into the hole. The bone graft is composed of synthetic materials and from other animal and human bones. After the placement of the bone graft, collagen membrane is applied to cover the socket or alveolar ridge. Then the dentist will stitch the opening and the socket preservation process is completed.

Do You Need Socket Preservation?

Every socket does not need the preservation process. The aim of the socket preservation is to give an improved and proper final look of the gums and the teeth. But may you need a dental implant instead of the socket preservation. Your dentist knows it well. A dental implant is less complicated as compared to the socket preservation. Socket preservation is the valuable process and you need to discuss all the pros and the cons of this specific treatment with your dentist. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants drew a report and it says that socket preservation procedure helps to reduce the horizontal and vertical alterations in the alveolar ridge.

Self-Care Tips After Tooth Extraction
 

When the tooth extracted from the mouth, your gums became very sensitive. Your tissues and bone can hurt easily after the extraction. If you ignore the socket care, it becomes dry. So, self-care is very important to avoid the blood clot and dry socket. After the tooth extraction, do not brush your teeth for at least 2 days. Not even with the soft bristle toothbrush. Do not touch the hole with your fingers or the tongue. Do not drink or eat anything which causes pressure to your gums and mouth. Like, do not drink with the straw. Do not eat hard things like snacks and biscuits. Give proper rest to your gums and teeth for at least two days. Do not open any bottle from the teeth. Eat more and more ice-cream for the first day of tooth extraction at least. Follow the dentist advice as well.