ODONTALGIA OR TOOTHACHE and it’s HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT :
A toothache is pain that occurs in or around a tooth. The pain originates from within a tooth or the surrounding gum and bone structures.
CAUSES :
✓ Injury or trauma
✓ tooth decay
✓ Gum infection or gum disease
✓ Teeth clenching or grinding
✓ Damaged or fractured tooth
✓ Abscessed tooth
✓ Gingivitis
✓ Exposed root surfaces
✓ Sinusitis
✓ Wisdom teeth
SIGN AND SYMPTOMS :
• Pain with biting or chewing
• Teeth hypersensitivity to changes in temperature
• Cheek or gums swelling near tooth
• Discharge or bleeding of gums
• Constant throbbing within a tooth
• A toothache can present as a dull or sharp pain that may arise spontaneously on its own or by stimulation.
Other symptoms may include:
• Headache
• Neck pain
• Earache
• Fever
• Bad taste or odor in the mouth
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR TOOTHACHE :
ANTIMONIUUM CRUD :
pain in hollow tooth of boring, digging, tearing, jerking character. Pain penetrating sometime to head. Touching of tooth with tongue cause pain as if nerve were torn, worst from eating, cold water; better from walking in open air.
APIS MELL:
Jumping pain in the left upper molar ; sudden involuntary bitting teeth together, swelling and redness of gums nd cheeks, with sore and stinging pain in teeth.
APIUM GRAV:
Toothache of left molars, dull sore pain in left upper and lower teeth feels better by holding cold water in the mouth.
ARGENTUM NIT:
Teeth pain, especially when chewing, eating sour things or putting any thing cold in mouth. Grumbling, digging pain, gum tend to bleed easily. All Complain due to tooth caries.
ARNICA :
After extraction of tooth it will stop the bleeding and hasten healing of gums. During decay tooth there is a sensation as if tooth were were being forced out from its socket by the blood, pain as if sprain in teeth.
ASAFOETIDA :
Caries of teeth after abuse of mercury,with drawing pain in jaw and copious salivation.
BARYTA CARB :
Toothache in decayed teeth before menses, from cold. Jerking,drawing, throbbing pain, gums are swollen pale red with dark red border. Worse when thinking of it, disappear when diverted the mind. Fistula dentalus; Abscesses at the root.
CALCAREA CARB :
Toothache in pregnant women or curious teeth of scrofulous or rachitic children. Pressing, drawing pricking, rooting, gnawing, throbbing pain, with swallown gums, offensive smell from teeth.
CARBO VEG :
Teeth decay rapidly ;the whole row of teeth too long nd very tender he cannot bite, tearing in teeth from cold, hot, salt food, worst when touched by tongue.
CHINA :
Abuse of mercury; toothache in nursing woman, boring pain worst from contect, tea, open air better from pressing teeth together
CHLORAL :
Neuralgia of inferior dental branche of fifth nerve, excruciating pain from decayed tooth, traumatic toothache from pressure of filling.
CISTUS CAN :
Twitching, stitching toothache in the upper molar which is decayed, scorbutic, swallow gums, separating from teeth easily bleed.
FERRUM PICR :
Toothache radiating to temples region, ringing in ear, which feel as if stiffed.
KALI IOD:
Feeling as if warm crawling at the root of teeth, gum swallown nd teeth decay fell as if elongated.
KREOSOTUM:
Teeth decayed rapidly, in children teeth in wedge shaped, facial pain, gums are bluish red inflamed.
MEZAREUM:
crown decay nd root is intact, Caries of teeth, with burning and boring pain, extending to the facial bone sensation as if torn forcibly from maxilla.
PLANTAGO:
Excessive boring nd diging pain, excessive salvation, teeth feel elongated and sore, decayed very rapidly bleeding of gums.
SABIDILLA:
Remittent and intermittent toothache, often extending over a whole face.
SPIGELLA:
Toothache from tobacco smoking, stabbing and stitching pain, teeth are very sensitive, worst from cold air, when thinking of complaints. Relived by eating or lying down.
STAPHISAGRIA :
Toothache appearing during menses, teeth are very painful to touch of food nd drink but not from bitting
