Tooth Decay Causes Dental Cavities (Caries) Toothache Pain for Teeth Pain Relief Remedies

Sweets (sugar) mixed with mouth bacteria creates acid, which causes tooth decay that may eventually have you raging from the toothache pain of a tooth cavity or dental cavities, aka caries.

Did you know that plaque starts to build within a half hour after your consumption of acid promoting foods. Plaque containing acid erodes your teeth to create a tooth cavity hole. As this hole grows, you may experience the affects this acid on the nerves inside your teeth, fondly described as a “raging” toothache.

Should you choose to remedy this ache without a trip to the dentist, a tooth abscess or fracture may be your next stop in dental problem pain. Not to mention this same plaque may cause gingivitis, and further down the plaque causing road a difficult to cure case of periodontitis. With a potential peridontal outcome of tooth loss in your future.

Sticky, chewy foods containing sugars and starches skyrocket your risk of tooth decay by remaining on your teeth for long periods of time, acidly destroying teeth. Once a tooth is shot, nothing can be done to save it. However, there are methods for slowing or stopping its death march, such as:

  • tooth fillings
  • crowns for extensive decay
  • root canal for teeth with nerve death
  • dental sealants that can help prevent cavities

Early treatment preserves your teeth, is less painful and cheaper.

Fluoride, ingested during tooth development, has been shown to become part of the structure of your teeth, protecting them against acid’s erosion power. Also, topical fluoride later in life is said to have a similar effect.

Should you find yourself with that extremely annoying toothache pain, and no dentist in sight, some home remedies you can try for relief treatment include:

  • ice
  • peppermint
  • Nyquil rinse
  • onion/garlic pack
  • almond/vanilla extract
  • aspirin applied directly
  • hydrogen peroxide swish
  • benzocaine applied directly
  • rinse mouth with warm water
  • rinse mouth with warm salt water
  • alcohol soaked cotton ball applied directly

Alcohol, as in the type you drink and not the type you rub.

Tooth decay and the common cold are the two most likely health issues you will experience within your lifetime. Corn syrup, along with other sweeteners that are added during food processing, is a major catalyst for tooth decay, common cold and the all around poor health of our “progressively getting sicker” existence.

It is what it is. So take anti caries action and make the “no processed” healthy food choices that are plentiful in your local food store’s produce section. Bypass the center of the store, which has plenty to offer in the realm poor health.

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