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Toothache can come from decay, inflamed pulp, a crack, exposed dentine, gum disease, or trapped food.
What can cause toothache and sensitivity?
Toothache can come from decay, inflamed pulp, a crack, exposed dentine, gum disease, or trapped food.
Why can tooth irritation cause different types of pain?
The pulp contains nerves and blood vessels, so irritation reaching dentine or pulp can cause temperature, sweet, biting, or spontaneous pain.
What safe steps can you take to ease toothache?
Rinse gently, brush softly, avoid the trigger, and use medicine only as directed; never place aspirin directly on tissue.
Which toothache symptoms require urgent dental care?
Seek urgent care for worsening pain, swelling, fever, pus, a broken tooth, or breathing or swallowing difficulty.
How can the dentist locate the source of pain?
Ask whether the source is enamel, dentine, pulp, gum, or a crack and which treatment is required.
Frequently asked questions
What should I remember first?
Toothache can come from decay, inflamed pulp, a crack, exposed dentine, gum disease, or trapped food.
When is an examination needed?
Seek urgent care for worsening pain, swelling, fever, pus, a broken tooth, or breathing or swallowing difficulty.
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Who wrote this page
This library is published by Dental Nation, a licensed dental group practising in the United Arab Emirates. Pages are written and overseen by the same clinical team that treats patients in our clinics, and are held to a fixed editorial standard for safety and accuracy.
This page is patient education, not medical advice, and cannot replace an examination. Anything urgent — facial swelling, trauma, uncontrolled bleeding or severe pain — needs a dentist or emergency care now.