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Toothache

Toothache: Introduction

Toothache: Tooth pain caused by irritation of a nerve in the tooth root. The tooth pain may result from tooth decay, infection, injury or tooth loss. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Toothache is available below.

Symptoms of Toothache

• Tooth pain
• Jaw pain
• Increased tooth sensitivity to heat
• Increased tooth sensitivity to pressure
• Increased tooth sensitivity to cold
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 8 symptoms of Toothache

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Toothache:

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  • Home Blood Glucose Testing Kits
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Toothache?

• Misdiagnosis of Toothache
• Hidden causes of Toothache (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Toothache: Related Patient Stories

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Alternative Treatments for Toothache

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Toothache may include:

• Hydrogen peroxide rinse
• Arnica
• Chamomilla
• Echinacea and aloe paste
• Echinacea capsule next to toothache
• more treatments »

Causes of Toothache

• Nonodontogenic cyst
• Sinusitis
• Dental caries
• Periodontitis
• Alveolar osteitis
• more causes...»

See full list of 8 causes of Toothache

Read more about causes of Toothache.

More information about causes of Toothache:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Toothache (4 listings)
• Toothache as a symptom

Toothache: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Toothache

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Toothache: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Face / Facial / Oral Health Specialists:
  • Oral Pathology
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Facial Plastic Surgery
• Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists:
  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Dental Health Specialists:
  • General Dentistry
  • Pediatric Dentistry (Child Dental)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Toothache

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Toothache:

• Dental Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Toothache, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Toothache: Animations

More Toothache animations & videos

Research about Toothache

Visit our research pages for current research about Toothache treatments.

Clinical Trials for Toothache

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Toothache include:

• Sensory Examination and Pharmacological Modulation of Oral Hyperexcitability in Patients With Atypical Odontalgia and Matched Healthy Controls - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - fentanyl,S-ketamine
• SB-705498 Dental Pain Study - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - SB-705498
• Dental Pain (Following Third Molar Tooth Extraction) Study - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - GW406381 oral capsules,naproxen sodium oral capsules
• An Effectiveness and Safety Study of Acetaminophen 1000 Mg and Ibuprofen 400 Mg in Postoperative Dental Pain. - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - acetaminophen caplets, ibuprofen liquid-filled gelatin capsules
• An Effectiveness and Safety Study of Acetaminophen 1000 Mg and Ibuprofen 400 Mg in Postoperative Dental Pain - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - acetaminophen caplets, ibuprofen capsules
• more trials...»

See full list of 6 Clinical Trials for Toothache

Toothache: Broader Related Topics

• Oral conditions
• Dental conditions
• Head conditions
• Pain conditions
• more types...»

Types of Toothache

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Definitions of Toothache:

Pain in the adjacent areas of the teeth. - (Source - Diseases Database)

An ache localized in or around a tooth - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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