Does taking anti-inflammatory painkillers work for tooth decay
The formation of dental caries is caused by a variety of factors, plaque accumulates on the surface of the tooth, so that the hard tissue on the surface of the tooth is softened and missing, so that the cavity is formed.
Because food debris in cavities is not easy to clean, they irritate the pulp and cause toothache. There are also many causes of toothache. Some people like to take some anti-inflammatory drugs on their own when they have a toothache. In fact, drugs are not effective for all toothaches, because toothache has special characteristics, it is different from fever and headache, and it is difficult to take painkillers only by taking a little anti-inflammatory drug.
If the patient's teeth already have cavities and pain occurs, then taking drugs will have no effect at all, and the cavities will not heal on their own because of the drugs, and the patient can only go to the hospital to let the dentist use special oral instruments to grind away the damaged tooth tissue, which is the "drilling" tooth we mentioned earlier. Then, the cavity is filled with a suitable filling material to prevent the tooth from continuing to decay and block the irritating pain caused by external stimuli to the pulp.
When pulpitis and acute apical periodontitis occur, the effect of taking medication alone can also be poor. Because the internal drug needs to be digested and absorbed by the intestines, and then through the blood circulation, and finally reach the affected tooth, the concentration of the drug is already very low, and of course the effect is not good. For patients with pulpitis in an emergency, the best solution is to have a dentist drill a hole in the tooth to let the inflammatory substances in the pulp cavity drain outward, reduce the pressure in the cavity and relieve the pain. This is just like what Chinese medicine says, "If it hurts, it doesn't work, and if it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt."
For patients with deep caries who have penetrated the medulla, sometimes their pain is reduced because the pressure in the medullary cavity is too great, and the medullary cavity breaks down on its own and the inflammatory material drains out, and the patient's pain is often temporarily relieved after taking the drug. Patients suffering from maxillofacial infection, periodontitis, and apical periodontitis can receive certain curative effects after taking the medicine, but this can only temporarily solve the pain, which is a temporary measure, and does not completely cure the dental disease.
Therefore, only taking anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs for toothache will not only have no effect, but also mask the condition and delay the time of treatment. To completely solve the toothache, only by going to the hospital in time to find out the cause, through "drilling" the tooth and other treatments, removing the local lesions, and using local drugs to reduce the pain, only in this way can the pain be cured.