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Molar pain due to cavity
I have a deep molar cavity in the lower left jaw, its like a hole in the center, the tooth hurts a lot when i pressure it or chew food, and mild pain when idle, there's no swelling on the gums, i want to know if the infection reached the pulp nerve or the root, does gum swelling occur only if the cavity reaches pulp nerve?
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The tooth has three layers enamel dentin and pulp. When the decay reached pulp it provides a free access to the root of the tooth which inturn is surrounded by bone. Pain on pressure and chewing is a symptom of infection reaching the bone from the pulp canals.When an acute infection occurs there is swelling of the gums you may even notice a boil draining pus from the gums.Do not delay treatment you may need to do a root canal or extract the tooth depending on the existing tooth structure and extent of infection. Antibiotics may be needed prior to any treatment in case of swelling.
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Hi in your condition infection has reached to the root .you need immediate root canal treatment followed by cap . If u don’t get it treated infection will may reach jaw bone and can cause swelling also in gums so better grit it done ASAP
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