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Unless through blunt force trauma to the teeth, a toothache is an accumulation of wear and tear and erosion of the teeth over time.

You are normally completely unaware of the process going on in your mouth where billions of bacteria thrive and excrete acids that slowly de-mineralize teeth over time.

You usually remain completely unaware of this process until you suddenly experience a sharp pain or dull throbbing of a tooth.

There are factors at play when it comes to toothache:

You could suffer from tooth sensitivity. This sensitivity can emerge over time, with one day you noticing sensitivity that you didn't used to have.

When your teeth show extreme sensitivity to hot or cold situations, such as cold drafts or even moisture in the air, they are considered hypersensitive.

Sensitivity comes from the erosion of the tooth's protective enamel layer. This erosion occurs naturally as we chew food. Think of our chewing action like a bevel, each time we grind, we take off some of the minerals we need to keep the teeth strong. Over time, our teeth are slowly filed down through the natural process of eating, and as more enamel is lost, the closer this gets to the pulp of the tooth. As the enamel thins, the pulp, nerve and dentine is less protected, and the tooth's nerve becomes much more sensitive to hot and cold elements, and causing you to experience pain.

One of the best ways to cure a toothache is through natural means. A good one is to place a clove of garlic on the affected tooth. Garlic will help kill bacteria that is causing infection as well as having natural anesthetic abilities that will reduce pain in the afflicted area.

Eventually, however, you need to repair the offending tooth. Yes teeth can repair themselves because they are living entities with blood flow. That's what teeth are supposed to do naturally but it's because of our poor diet and lifestyle that teeth are unable to do this as effectively as our ancestors would have.

If given time and with the right diet of calcium containing dairy foods, teeth should re-mineralize all on their own but it's because of the highly refined sugary foods that continue to wear down the enamel they are never given a chance to do this effectively.

If you really want to prevent future tooth decay, rebuilding and strengthening your teeth is the key.

If you want to know more about how you can permanently prevent toothache

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