Pulpitis: Symptoms

Pulpitis, the symptoms and causes of which we consider, is nothing more than an inflammation of the pulp, that is, the vascular-neural bundle of the tooth. Often it arises as a complication of caries, and it can also arise through the fault of a doctor who, when treating the teeth, was acting incorrectly or inaccurately.

Inflammation can be acute or chronic. Chronic pulpitis can torment a person for a very long time. As a rule, from the first time you will not be able to get rid of it. Acute focal pulpitis proceeds rapidly, but the pain with it is very strong.

The cause of pulpitis is often the activity of microbes, which can settle in a carious focus. Of course, in the process of vital activity, they produce many toxins and other waste - they affect the state of the pulp.

The pulp is infected in different ways. Most often the infection comes from the carious cavity along the dentinal canals. Pulpitis, the symptoms of which will be discussed below, may also appear as a result of the transferred trauma. The most dangerous in this case is the fracture of the tooth.

Exposure to chemicals can also lead to pulpitis. It can be caused by thermal effects.

Acute pulpitis occurs if the infection has entered the pulp through the wall of a caries-damaged tooth. That is, the pulp chamber remains closed. It begins acutely, with time there is pus. Purulent exudate, which accumulates in a closed palpable chamber, causes great discomfort and severe pain.

Chronic pulpits are often the consequences of acute pulpitis.

They are divided into hypertrophic, fibrotic, and also gangrenous.

Pulpitis: Symptoms

Pulpitis is characterized by continuous or intermittent pain, which is intensified at night. It also starts to worry more when temperature changes and weather changes.

At the outset, the disease is accompanied by infrequent aching pains. With running pulpitis, the pains become aching and pulsating. With chronic pulpitis, pain occurs only during a period of exacerbation.

Symptoms of acute pulpitis can start dramatically and also abruptly and unexpectedly end. They spread along the branches of the ternary nerve. The aching tooth becomes very susceptible to cold. It is worth noting that the pain persists for a long time even after the tooth is in normal temperature conditions.

Chronic fibrous pulpitis in most cases is asymptomatic, only in some cases it can cause mild discomfort. Chronic hypertrophic pulpitis causes the appearance in the carious cavity of hypertrophic fibrotic polyp.

Chronic proliferative pulpitis in most cases is a consequence of chronic fibrous pulpitis. It appears when the crown was very badly destroyed, the pulp was exposed, and also infected and infected.

Percussion of the tooth in some cases becomes sensitive, but this sign is not particularly important.

When pulpitis on the radiograph, you can observe changes in the upper roots. They are not essential, but still there are. It is worth mentioning the destructive changes that can be observed from the periodontal tissues.

Chronic gangrenous pulpitis is always associated with very severe pain. An interesting fact is that severe pain occurs when exposed to hot, and when it comes into contact with the cold it stops.

Exacerbations of chronic pulpitis occur frequently. With incorrect treatment, various dangerous complications can arise. In some cases, it develops into a periodontal disease.

Pulpitis, the symptoms of which we have considered, may appear in a person who well watches his teeth.