A toothache is any pain or soreness within or around a tooth, indicating inflammation and possible infection. Generally a toothache happens if tooth decay penetrated the pulp chamber or is very close to it, which contains the nerves and tiny blood vessels.
An improper diet favors the development of tooth disease and other maladies of the mouth. Food particles lodged in the area may provide a suitable place for the growth of bacteria, and these in turn produce a local acid reaction which then attacks the surface of the tooth.
Once the enamel has been eroded away the body of the tooth is more easily damaged. Eventually inflammation develops in the pulp chamber of the tooth, resulting in the pain of tooth. At first the tooth may be merely sensitive to hot and cold substances in the mouth, or perhaps to pressure from biting. Later, as an abscess forms at the base of the tooth, the pain becomes more severe. It may be sharp, throbbing, shooting, or constant.
Some of the important causes of toothache are:
Inflammation of the tooth pulp. Erosion exposure of sensitive dentine Involvement of peridental membrane Involvement of the periosteum of the jaw, traumatic, septic infection after tooth extraction Occasionally malposition of delayed eruption of a tooth or inflammation of the gum or the antrum.
HOME REMEDIES FOR TOOTHACHE
Add a half tea spoon of salt to a glass of warm water and rinse your mouth with this solution every few hours as needed. This is very useful home remedy for toothache. For toothache treatment apply an ice bag to the side of the face where the pain is felt. If there is food debris in the cavity of the tooth, gently remove, and apply a small wad of cotton containing oil of cloves to reduce the pain. Prepare a paste by mixing oil of cloves with a small quantity of zinc oxide powder. Use this paste to fill the cavity in the aching tooth. This will prevent the food materials from accumulating in the cavity. Peel and crush a clove of fresh garlic and mix it with peanut butter. Apply it to the aching tooth and keep it there for some time. Add some limejuice to asafetida (hing) powder. Soak a piece of cotton and hold it on the tooth and gum. Burn some turmeric (haldi) sticks, make a fine powder and use as toothpowder. Chew a ginger piece slowly with the aching tooth/teeth to release its juice and leave there for half an hour. Repeat 2-3 times. This is also very useful home remedy for toothache. Drink the juice of 2-3 star fruit twice a day to get relief from the tooth pain. Boil 5 gram of peppermint and a pinch of salt in 1 cup of water. Drink it to relieve toothache and other pains. Pour a few drops of Vanilla extract on the paining tooth. For toothache treatment pour a few drops oil of oregano on the paining tooth or gum. Mix together fresh peanuts, shelled and crushed, and onion, peeled and crushed, to form a fine paste. The paste is smeared on one side of something, like a piece of bread. This is placed inside the mouth, pressed against the sore tooth. This is left for a few hours, and nothing is drunk or eaten etc. Chewing raw onion for three minutes is sufficient to kill all the germs in the mouth. Placing a small piece of o nion on the bad tooth or gum often relieves toothache. Vitamin C, is useful in maintaining the health of the teeth and other bones of the body. It prevents decay and loosening of the teeth, dental caries, toothache, and bleeding of the gums The juice of wheat grass acts as an excellent mouthwash for tooth decay and cures toothaches. Prepare a paste of the bark of bay berry with vinegar. This paste, applied on the affected tooth, will relieve the toothache. Apply a mixture of a pinch of pepper powder and a quarter teaspoon of common salt on the affected tooth. Its daily use prevents dental cavities, foul breath, bleeding from the gums, painful gums, and toothaches It is important to restrict one's sugar intake, and to ensure that the diet includes plenty of raw vegetables and whole-wheat bread. Whole foods are ideal for the teeth. Fibreless refined foods allow particles to accumulate on the teeth in a sticky mass where they can do great harm. Prepa re a paste by adding two teaspoons of activated charcoal powder with just enough water. Apply it to a piece of gauze and place the gauze on the tooth. Bite down. Boil 5-6 cloves and 2- inch bark of a Margosa tree (Neem) in 1 cup of water. Strain and bottle. Store this in the fridge. Smear this decoction on the affected tooth. A wad of cotton wool soaked in brandy can be squeezed against a cavity to numb the pain of toothache