Pain or sensitivity

Toothache, wisdom tooth pain, sensitive teeth, or pain when biting.

Why does this tooth hurt?

Use this category when the concern feels closest to:

Tooth pain can come from decay, cracks, gum problems, bite pressure, wisdom teeth or infection, and some symptoms need urgent dental advice.

Pain when biting can be caused by cracks, bite pressure, decay, gum inflammation or infection and should be assessed if it persists.

Sensitive teeth can be caused by gum recession, enamel wear, cracks, decay or recent dental work, and the right next step depends on the pattern.

Wisdom tooth pain can come from pressure, gum inflammation, infection, decay or food trapping around a partially erupted wisdom tooth.