You’ve had a toothache for days. You keep taking over-the-counter pain reliever, hoping this dental emergency will go away. Then, one day your tooth stops hurting! While this may seem like a favorable turn of events at first, it actually isn’t. Yes, you are no longer in pain, but what exactly was the pain trying to tell you? Is the problem fixed just because your discomfort stopped?
Before you get excited over your toothache disappearing, you need to understand more about tooth pain and the potential consequences for waiting to see a dentist.
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