Dental pain or tooth ache, can take many forms but it is always painful and best dealt with swiftly. It might be a sign that a nasty condition is developing in your mouth and can make activities which we take for granted – like eating, drinking and talking – painful and difficult to undertake. Contact your Brentwood dentist if you are experiencing dental pain.

Dental pain can take a number of different forms which have varying causes and require certain courses of action. You might experience sensitivity in your teeth when you eat or drink substances which are especially hot or cold. This probably means that your enamel has been worn away and plaque is beginning to interfere with the nerves in your teeth. If these nerves become damaged you may suffer from chronic dental pain which takes the form of a permanent tooth ache.

An accident or abscess might cause excruciating pain, often accompanied by swelling of the face. Pain while eating might be because you have a cracked or broken tooth. Any noticeable and persistent pain in the teeth should be reported to your dentist for evaluation, especially now that medical studies are indicating that dental pain can be a symptom of a serious, underlying health issue.

Your Brentwood dentist is trained to examine your dental pain and find out the underlying causes. It is quite possible that pain in one tooth actually has nothing to do with that tooth at all. You might need a cavity filling in or root canal work or simply need to change your diet for the better or undertake a more rigorous dental hygiene routine at home. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

Dental pain is an awful experience, and no matter how good your teeth are we are all prone to it from time to time. The pain in a tooth can be the cause of many factors, constant airline travellers suffer from the consequences of the pressurised cabins that take their toll on our teeth. A Chelmsford dentist has advised that it is important to analyse the source of the pain in order to treat any long term problems, the last thing a patient needs is to keep coming back to the dentist for pain relief. Usually a tooth ache can be dealt with by taking a few pain killers, and these days we have many kinds that are really powerful, yet not harmful like the long term use of Paracetamol. Many patients will consult their dentist with a tooth ache that won’t go away, and the dentist will end up treating an infection caused by a bad oral hygiene regime or even worse, no oral hygiene program at all. Bacteria is always in the mouth and produces acid which eats away at the enamel, this then weakens the surface and cracks appear leaving a route for bacteria to enter the inner chamber. The infection can progress into an abscess and swelling, along with the excruciating pain that will follow. If the problem persists then the dentist will either extract the tooth or try to save it with a root canal treatment. First they will drill out the inside of the tooth and remove any deep impounded bacteria, the hole is then filled with an anti-bacterial material to prevent further infections, this is then topped off with a hard crown and the problem usually goes away, however a good oral hygiene plan is recommended by dentists to prevent this happening again in the future. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.

Today I had a call from a new patient with pain from a tooth, after she could not get in contact with her NHS dentist. I treated her problem with a root canal treatment that will be finished off by my colleague James in the next few days. If you require emergency treatment please call the practice, you will be given a mobile number to call so we can arrange to see you as quickly as we can.