{"id":826,"date":"2024-03-11T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2024-04-08T19:22:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:22:15","slug":"toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in brown shirt holding her hands to her jaw in pain\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you noticed a sharp twinge every time you bite down or a persistent toothache that won\u2019t subside? If so, you might be wondering what\u2019s causing the problem and whether you need to call your dentist. Many patients hesitate to schedule an appointment if they don\u2019t feel the problem is serious enough to be considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/emergency-dentistry.html\">dental emergency<\/a>. If you\u2019re not sure how urgent your situation is, keep reading to learn more about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Causes Toothaches?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A toothache refers to the throbbing sensation in your mouth that occurs when you\u2019ve developed an infection or sustained an injury. It\u2019s considered one of the most common dental emergencies and can impact people of all ages. It can be caused by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Worn down teeth.<\/strong> If your teeth are worn down enough that the root is exposed, it can be irritated by harmful bacteria in your mouth.<\/li><li><strong>Cavities<\/strong>. Unwanted germs thrive in your mouth and contribute to tooth decay which can leave you feeling tender. Brushing and flossing twice daily can prevent this.<\/li><li><strong>Impacted teeth<\/strong>. If you have teeth that haven\u2019t fully erupted from your gums, they can become infected or cause alignment issues. This is common with wisdom teeth which is why they\u2019re so frequently extracted.<\/li><li><strong>Chips or breaks.<\/strong> Whether you were hit or bit into something too hard, damaged pearly whites can be quite sensitive.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Tooth Pain a Dental Emergency?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might not think that your hurting tooth requires immediate attention, especially if you\u2019re only having minor discomfort. You might even think of it as a simple inconvenience that will eventually resolve itself. Unfortunately, the truth is that dental issues typically don\u2019t mend themselves and usually get worse over time. The CDC recommends treating dental emergencies within 24 hours from when you had the incident or noticed the problem. If you\u2019re in serious pain, are bleeding, or have a fever and chills, then you should get help right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Can I Alleviate My Toothache?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you call your dentist, they\u2019ll put you on the schedule either the same day or at a more appropriate time, depending on your circumstances. Then, there are things you can do so that you don\u2019t suffer while waiting for your appointment. Some helpful tips are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Take over-the-counter medication<\/strong>. Tylenol and ibuprofen are generally safe to use and can provide relief as well as reduce inflammation.<\/li><li><strong>Apply a cold compress.<\/strong> Ice packs or other cold compresses can temporarily numb your face and jaw for a much-needed reprieve. Hold it to the side of your face for 15-20 minutes at a time.<\/li><li><strong>Rinse with warm salt water.<\/strong> Salt acts like a natural disinfectant so create a solution by adding \u00bd teaspoon into a glass with warm water. Rinse your mouth gently then spit the mixture out. Feel free to repeat this until the cup is empty.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether your toothache is mild, moderate, or severe, you should see your dentist as soon as possible. Once you do, you can enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing your smile is being well cared for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh, patients benefit from a full range of services provided by a team of experts, including emergency dentistry. They offer multiple options for sedation as well as same-day appointments, so you don\u2019t have to wait for relief. With state-of-the-art technology onsite, they can quickly diagnose problems and provide long-lasting solutions. They know emergencies happen at inopportune times and so have extended hours to accommodate you. If you have a toothache and need an appointment, you\u2019re welcome to request one on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/contact.html\">website<\/a> or by calling (412) 854-2310.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed a sharp twinge every time you bite down or a persistent toothache that won\u2019t subside? If so, you might be wondering what\u2019s causing the problem and whether you need to call your dentist. Many patients hesitate to schedule an appointment if they don\u2019t feel the problem is serious enough to be considered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency? | Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you\u2019re not sure whether your toothache is a dental emergency, you should call your dentist. Keep reading to learn why!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency? | Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"If you\u2019re not sure whether your toothache is a dental emergency, you should call your dentist. Keep reading to learn why!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/\",\"name\":\"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency? | Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-300x200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-11T19:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-08T19:22:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7c25655ff49ad1d7f93df585e730100\"},\"description\":\"If you\u2019re not sure whether your toothache is a dental emergency, you should call your dentist. Keep reading to learn why!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7c25655ff49ad1d7f93df585e730100\",\"name\":\"pittsburghissmiling\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency? | Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh","description":"If you\u2019re not sure whether your toothache is a dental emergency, you should call your dentist. Keep reading to learn why!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency? | Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh","twitter_description":"If you\u2019re not sure whether your toothache is a dental emergency, you should call your dentist. Keep reading to learn why!","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-scaled.jpg","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/","name":"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency? | Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-11T19:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-08T19:22:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7c25655ff49ad1d7f93df585e730100"},"description":"If you\u2019re not sure whether your toothache is a dental emergency, you should call your dentist. Keep reading to learn why!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_218346039-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/11\/toothache-trouble-is-it-a-dental-emergency\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Toothache Trouble: Is It a Dental Emergency?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/","name":"Advanced Dental Solutions of Pittsburgh Blog","description":"","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7c25655ff49ad1d7f93df585e730100","name":"pittsburghissmiling"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":828,"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pittsburghissmiling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}