Associated symptoms

Conspicuous symptoms of chewing pain are a crunch or crackling in the temporomandibular joint. The joint may be overstrained or irritated. If the joint disc is already worn, the bones rub against each other, which leads to a stabbing pain and a pain radiating into the teeth.

This accompanying symptom is often seen in patients with bruxism, i.e. those who constantly grind their teeth and in whom the joint cartilage is already damaged. It can also lead to headaches and migraines and indirectly to loss of appetite. This is a reverse protective mechanism of the body to escape the pain.

If the cause is too much filling, another symptom is the lack of contact with other teeth. If the filling is too high, it is called early contact. On the one hand, one tooth gets too much chewing force, on the other hand, the temporomandibular joint is steered into a wrong trajectory.

The headaches described above can also be caused by sinusitis. In case of a sinusitis, the sinuses are also affected by the inflammation. On the one hand, the cold causes a feeling of pressure and headaches because the cavities are filled with too much nasal secretion and fluid.On the other hand, the nerves of the upper molars are squeezed by the weight of the liquid, especially if there is additional pressure from the other side when chewing.

Toothache after a root canal treatment

In most cases, there is already pain before the root canal treatment, which does not immediately disappear after the treatment. During root canal treatment, the dental nerves at the tip of the root are torn off the large nerve. This rupture has to recover for a few days.

Since every tooth is individual, it is never possible to predict that the treatment will be a success. The root canals are sometimes curved in such a way that it is not possible to remove bacteria completely. Germs can therefore still remain in the tooth and continue to cause pain. The pain can also be caused by a filling that is too high or too wide, which is placed at the end of the treatment.