During certain times of the year, I start seeing a lot of patients who are having a vague toothache around their upper back teeth. Sometimes, they do have an actual toothache but in many other cases they have what is known as a “sinus toothache”. To understand why this happens you first have to understand […]
So you’re happily eating dinner when all of a sudden you bite down and feel a sharp pain in your tooth. You think surely it’s broken but when you look at it in the mirror, it all seems to be there. Over the next several days the tooth randomly hurts, is sensitive, and you can’t […]
It is estimated that nearly 20 million people in the United States have TMJ related headaches. This is a huge number of people! Many of these people don’t even know their headaches are TMJ related. Medical doctors generally don’t know much about the TMJ and even many dentists struggle to effectively treat TMJ pain because […]
In my dental practice I probably see at least one or two people every single day who come in with a broken tooth. Many times they’ll tell me that they were chewing on something soft and then all of sudden it just broke. They’re often confused about how it even happened. We’ll take a look […]
One of the common questions I get asked is why do some people get sensitivity after having fillings. Sensitivity after fillings can be very frustrating and challenging. Many times you didn’t have any problems with the tooth before the fillings and now the dentist went and messed with it and it hurts! He or she […]
One of the most common complications of having a tooth taken out is developing a dry socket. A dry socket is when the blood clot that is supposed to be in the extraction site either doesn’t form or is displaced. This exposes the bone in the area causing a severe toothache type pain. Many of my […]
If you’ve got kids, it’s very likely you’re eventually going to see some sort of dental trauma! I’d estimate that at least a third of kids have had some sort of dental accident. This can range from minor bruises / cuts to completely breaking a tooth or knocking it out. The key thing is to […]
Dental pain is an especially difficult situation to handle on your own. True dental pain usually doesn’t respond to common over the counter pain control options. Let’s go over the different types of dental pain, what you can expect with each, and what you can do temporarily in each case. Toothache (Severe Constant Throbbing, Hot […]
If you’ve ever stood in the dental aisle at a drugstore, you’ve likely been severely confused by all the different product choices. Let’s first take a look at the most common ingredients in these products so that you can make an educated decision on which product to get, no matter the brand. (Quick rundown on […]