“What are the symptoms of a dying nerve in a tooth?”
I am a 28 year old female. I want to know what are the symptoms of a dying nerve in a tooth?
7 Answers
Sometimes: nothing, swelling, pain both intense and light to temp change and touching or pressure.
Usually throbbing pain and sensitive to heat. Cold actually makes it feel better. Sometimes the tooth can die without pain. But either way, it will lead to infection that will then swell up at some point.
A dying nerve can have a range of symptoms from sensitivity to hot, cold, chewing, air or it can have no symptoms at all while it is dying. The bigger question is how long do the symptoms last. A classic case of a nerve dying is when someone swallows ice water and the tooth is sensitive and it lingers for a while after the cold water is gone. These are tests a dentist can do for you and it should be evaluated by a professional.
Hope this helps,
Jossi Stokes, DDS
Hope this helps,
Jossi Stokes, DDS
Symptoms vary. Can be pain with cold and or hot moderate to severe ,many times lingering more than 30 seconds. Pain to percussion or palpation comes later in the process. Spontaneous or non stimulated pain(occurs on own). Pain with chewing. Thing to remember is pain is a late sign of problems in a tooth unless it is an acute trauma.
Symptoms vary and may include (from early to late) cold sensitivity, heat sensitivity, tenderness to pressure, dull ache or tenderness in root area, throbbing toothache.
The tooth can be asymptomatic or symptomatic. It can be sensitive to extremes of temperature (hot or cold) or it just feels normal (no pain).
Pulp necrosis refers to a condition that the nerve inside your tooth die. It is usually the last stage of a chronic pulp infection/inflammation. Necrotic tissue can caused by untreated tooth decay or trauma. Necrotic tooth is usually sensitive to pressure (bite on hard obtain or grinding teeth), but not so much on temperature changes (ex: cold water). Dental Xray would indicate radioluency (dark circular shadow) around the apex of that tooth. Please visit your dentist for a definitive diagnosis. Good luck.
