Symptoms

A paradoxical symptom is that you do not notice anything at first. As long as the cysts are small, there are no symptoms at first. There is accompanying pain when larger cysts push the roots of the teeth to the side.

A feeling of pressure then develops there. Patients describe the feeling as if the tooth is being pushed out of the tooth socket. It is not uncommon for headaches to occur in addition because of the close connection between jaw and head.

If the cyst is not pressed against a tooth but against the nerve, for example in the lower jaw, the typical nerve pain occurs. The region there is very sensitive to touch, possibly the cheeks are reddened and warmed as in an inflammation. If the jaw cyst is accompanied by bacteria and an inflammation, the signs of inflammation are more obvious: Dull pain, swelling, redness, warmth and dysfunction.

For example, one can no longer chew. An abscess in the jaw can also occur. Swelling inside and outside the mouth can lead to numbness of the skin and mucous membranes, as they press off nerves there.

An accompanying symptom of radicular cysts is the pulsating pain of a tooth region, this is caused by an acute pulpit inflammation. The cyst shows a tendency to spread and fills more and more with secretion, which leads to an increase in pressure. This symptomatically causes a strong pain in pressure.

Sometimes the patient has the feeling that the tissue around the tooth is throbbing and warmed. Furthermore, a strong swelling with reddening can occur. The tooth and the tissue are very sensitive to touch and the biting can already cause strong pain because the tooth presses into the cystic tissue.

The pain of the cyst can radiate into anatomically close structures, which can lead to neck pain, headaches and also earaches. If the cyst does not originate directly from a tooth or is not located near a nerve, it can also grow completely painlessly and only become noticeable as a random finding on X-ray.You can read more here: ToothacheAn already existing cyst in the jaw can become inflamed by bacterial infection. The tissue around the cyst is already highly stressed and irritated, so microorganisms can easily cause an inflammatory reaction.

An abscess develops as an encapsulated inflammation develops pus, blurring the boundaries between the abscess and the cyst in the jaw. On the other hand, cysts in the jaw area are usually caused by chronic inflammation of the teeth. The main cause is the inflammation of the nerve tissue.

This can lead to the so-called radicular cyst, which is accompanied by swelling, pressure pain and redness of the surrounding tissue. The tooth is sensitive to knocking and can cause pain when chewing. More likely than the development of a cyst, however, is the development of an abscess around the root tip of the infected tooth.