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Dental Pain Definition
Common names:
  • Dental Pain
  • Pain in the Teeth
  • Painful Tooth
  • Sore Tooth
  • Tooth Pain
  • Toothache
Dental pain refers to discomfort in, or near, a tooth. The origin of the discomfort may be in the bone that holds a tooth, or the gum that surrounds a tooth. Images

The most common causes of dental pain are dental caries, dental injuries and dental abscess. Images

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Last Updated: Dec 26, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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