Our Seminole, FL office is visited frequently with new patients complaining of a toothache. Many times, they have waited too long and now need a more involved procedure than if they had come in to have the tooth checked when the pain started. There are many reasons people have for waiting to get a toothache checked out. But, when you have toothaches, consider the following timeline and how the risks start to pile up.

Initial Pain – The first 24 hours of a toothache
There are many things that can happen to cause tooth pain. Most of them are due to a temporary situation that occurred, and the pain goes away within 24 hours. Eating ice cream at the Seminole Mall with a cold-sensitive tooth can produce pain for up to three hours. Getting a jarring knock to a tooth can cause some swelling and sensitivity in the gum line. Getting some food caught in your gum line can cause temporary pain. If the pain goes away within a few hours, there is usually nothing to worry about.

Severe pain that goes away after a week
When a toothache causes severe pain for a week or two and then the pain goes away, you may be in a very delicate situation. This is what happens when a tooth root dies. Your tooth may have had its root and blood supply stopped. When the tooth nerve dies in this process, the tooth frequently stops relaying a pain signal to your brain. The danger is that the tooth is now defenseless to defend itself again infection due to not having a live root with a blood flow. Now, it’s a matter of time before bacteria find their way into the tooth cavity and start to create a painful infection that is a one-way trip to the dentist office for a root canal or removal of the tooth. There are tests that dentists can do to determine if the a tooth has good blood flow, called a “vital” tooth. A “non-vital” tooth means it has no vitality, or life, left in it.

A pain that comes back again and again
If a pain comes back again and again over the course of a few days, then something is probably going wrong. This is a good time to get things checked out at a dentist office. Dentists are trained to ask questions about eating, stress and sleeping habits that can determine the cause of the reoccurring pain. At that point, a solution can be quickly found.

Our friendly dedicated staff greets you by name and with a warm smile. Dr. Maher Rashid, Dr. Murad Rashid, and our entire team of experienced dental professionals are committed to treating you with respect, personal attention and a higher level of care that comes from decades of combined dental experience. At Dolphin Dental Group, we take the time to listen because there is simply no better way to ensure you get the gentle care and beautiful smile you deserve. We take care to make our dentistry practice the best it can be. We serve the Seminole, St. Petersburg, and Largo, Florida areas.

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