Causes of tooth ache

These are several known causes of toothache which are as follow:

(a) If the carious lesion present in a tooth extends upto the pulp, then there may be severe tooth ache felt. Because the pulpal tissue present in the teeth contains living connective tissue and certain sensory fibres which get irritated and resulting in pain.

(b) Sometimes trauma to the teeth may occur, during road accident, while performing any sport activity, or any mishappening. In such cases tooth ache may develop. (c) Certain periodontal problems chronic generalized periodontities (also known as Pyorrhoea) may lead to pa

in in the teeth. (d) Moreover, in certain cases, if the enamel coating of tooth is removed due to attrition, abrasion or any other cause then dentinal hypersentivity may occur and finally leading to toothache.

(e) There are few periodontal pockets formed in the tooth, which occurs mainly due to accumulation of food particles in between the gums and teeth. These periodontal pockets when infected by some bacterial invasion, may also lead to tooth ache.

(f) After tooth extraction, also there may be some pain, but that is usually suppressed by taking certain analgesics. But if that space gets infected or dry socket forms, then in that case there may be severe pain.

(g) Tooth ache may also occur in cases of Periocronitis. In this case the gingival surrounding the partially erupted tooth gets infected and inflamed and thus resulting in severe pain.