DO YOU HAVE A TOOTHACHE OF NONDENTAL ORIGIN?

The following can be clues that suggest toothache of nondental origin. The list of clues may not be complete and they should not be used to make a self diagnosis.

• Do you have persistent pain that your dentist cannot explain?
  
• Have you seen multiple dentists who cannot find a reason for
  your toothache?
  
• Have you had root canal therapy after which you still had pain?
  If so, is the pain even worse than before the root canal?
  
• Have you had root canal therapy for a painful tooth and the
  pain was eliminated for one or more months and then returned?
  
• Have you had a root canal in teeth that did not have pain
  before the procedure but after the root canal there has been
  persistent pain?
  
• Have you had persistent sharp stabbing or burning pain after
  periodontal surgery, tooth extraction, or other dental
  procedures that usually don’t cause persistent pain?
  
• Have you had a tooth extracted because of persistent pain
  and after the extraction the pain did not go away?
  
• Have you had a tooth extracted and after the extraction
  another tooth became painful?
  
• Do you have sharp stabbing pain in or around a tooth?
  
• Do you have a persistent aching pain that does not vary
  in intensity throughout the day?
  
• Do you have a pain in a tooth that feels like the beats of your
  heart?
  
• Do you have jaw pain and toothache at the same time?
  
• Do you have a severe headache and a toothache at the same
  time?
  
• Do you have sharp, burning or electrical pain in a tooth, or in
  your face, or in your face and your tooth together?
  
• Do you feel like your bite is off but your dentist told you your
  bite if fine?
  
• Do you feel like there is something between your teeth but
  your dentist cannot find it?

If the answer to these questions seems to pertain to you, seeing an orofacial pain dentist can potentially help you diagnose the pain before enduring multiple dental treatments that may or may not work.

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