Cure For Toothache  Changing Your View Of Root Canals

Is there a cure for toothache pain? Is there a magical toothache medicine? I'm sorry to say there really isn't.

You can find all kinds of recommendations for home remedies that may bring you some very temporary relief. None of these are any more effective than an over-the-counter analgesic you would take for a headache.

You're probably wondering how there can be medicines that take care of problems in other parts of your body but no such cure for toothache pain. In my 20+ years as an endodontist (root canal specialist) I've encountered many people who think they should just be able to take some toothache medicine instead of getting a rootcanal.

Many people are doubtful when they hear they can't simply take antibiotics for their root canal pain. After all,
they reason, "I take antibiotics for other ailments. What's so different about toothache pain?"

The reason there is no cure for toothache pain in a bottle of pills really comes down to how a tooth is constructed. Your tooth is made up of hard and soft tissues. The hard tissues are:

• enamel, this covers the crown or top part of your tooth
• cementum, this covers the root of your tooth
• dentin, this lies under the enamel and cementum and above the dental pulp

The dental pulp is soft tissue that is composed of nerve tissue and blood vessels. This pulp tissue is very
important tissue when you are a child. It is what actually builds the hard structures of your tooth. Once the
tooth has completed its development the dental pulp has no vital function for your tooth.

Most of the time this tissue just sits there in your tooth and you never know it's there. However you will certainly know it is there if you start having toothache pain. When this tissue becomes inflamed or infected you'll start looking quickly for a cure for toothache pain.

The reason there isn't a magical toothache medicine has to do with the fact that this small amount of soft tissue is basically trapped within the hard structures of your tooth.

An antibiotic might seem like a cure for toothache pain because it can make your pain disappear in some cases. The problem is that the source of your toothache pain is still present in the tooth. Eventually your pain will return.

If your toothache pain is coming from an inflamed or infected dental pulp you will be left with two options:

 1. Tooth removal. This is the least desirable option. Most dentists are very reluctant to extract a tooth unless it is absolutely necessary. This seems like a quick fix but the reality is that it can lead to more complex problems in the future.

 2. Root canal treatment. This is really a simple dental procedure that cleans out the inflamed or infected dental pulp. This cure for toothache pain allows you to save your tooth.

I know you've heard horror stories about having a rootcanal. That is because there is so much confusion and anxiety about having a root canal.

That's why I've written The Relaxed Root Canal. I've performed thousands of root canals and heard many of the same questions you might have. I've answered over 80 of these questions in this digital book that you can be reading within minutes.

In Chapter 5 I'll give you the one question you should ask your dentist BEFORE having your root canal treatment.
I'll even suggest what to do if you get the wrong answer.

I'll also tell you in Chapters 10 & 11 the ONE HOME REMEDY YOU SHOULD NOT TRY. It will make your pain and swelling much worse!

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