Are you suffering from a throbbing ache in your smile which shoots through your mouth upon chewing food, and has recently begun to be accompanied by a bad taste in your mouth that never truly quits? Any amount of oral pain that lasts seven days warrants a trip to the dentist, but a sharp throb and halitosis indicates a truly serious problem growing inside your mouth. Severe toothaches are often one of the first symptoms of an abscessed tooth, which can cause your tooth to become lost entirely without proper care. Fortunately, you can always find the help you need when you need it most at your local
Ashford general dentist at the welcoming offices of Longobardi Dental.
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An abscessed tooth sounds like a rare occurrence, but this oral problem happens more often than many of us realize. This problem can occur simply due to levels of tooth decay from cavities that do not receive proper treatment. When tooth decay is allowed to exist in the mouth without professional care, this can cause the outer layer of the tooth, also known as the enamel, to become weakened over time. This creates holes in the armor of the enamel, allowing for the bacteria inside your mouth to turn against you, creating a painful infection deep inside the tooth. Symptoms of an abscessed tooth can include sensitivity at the site to changes in temperature, bad breath, a bitter taste on your tongue, a swollen jaw around the source of pain, red and swollen gums, an open sore or pus leaking from the gum lines, overall feeling of illness, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, as well as a fever. Treatment for abscessed teeth varies on the level of the infection. In some cases, your professional
Ashford general dentist may simply prescribe antibiotics to destroy the bacteria behind your infection. In other cases the tooth may be drained through a small incision to remove the infection as well relieve pain. In most cases a course of root canal therapy is needed to extract the infected matter from the tooth and apply a dental filling or crown to strengthen the tooth and protect it from re-infection. In rare cases abscessed teeth may need to be removed if the infection is too severe.
The best way to avoid tooth loss is to visit your neighborhood
Ashford general dentist at the first sign of pain. Our fully licensed and professionally trained staff at the offices of Longobardi Dental proudly serve your local community with a full array of oral health care services and procedures to save and heal your teeth. With a visit to the Longobardi Dental, you can enjoy a healthy a pain-free smile once more.
Toothaches Ashford
169 Valley Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
860-265-1023
By Longobardi Dental
July 18, 2014
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