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What Is The Cause For Tooth Pain When I Eat Or Drink Anything Hot?
I have a bad tooth and anytime I eat or drink anything hot it causes me a lot of pain but when I drink cold water it relieves it. I've been to the dentist and he says I might need a root canal but can there be any other reason for having such pain?
Wed, 19 Feb 2014
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See when tooth ache is due to sensitivity of hot and relief by cold, it means your pulp is exposed and that can only be treated by RCT. Dont worry, its not an painful procedure. Dentist will remove expose and infected pulp and place gp point and fill it but lateron do go for capping for long life of your natural tooth.
Thank you
Welcome to HCM
See when tooth ache is due to sensitivity of hot and relief by cold, it means your pulp is exposed and that can only be treated by RCT. Dont worry, its not an painful procedure. Dentist will remove expose and infected pulp and place gp point and fill it but lateron do go for capping for long life of your natural tooth.
Thank you
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