What should I do for mouth pain?
Disease description:
A friend told me today that he's recently been feeling some pain in his mouth and doesn't know what to do about it. He's wondering what can be done for oral pain.
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Zhang Liwen
Patients with oral pain should visit the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at a qualified hospital for examination. Appropriate management should be based on the underlying cause, and medications must be used under a doctor's guidance. If the patient has pulpitis or apical periodontitis causing severe pain, root canal treatment is required. During the acute phase, patients should go to an oral medicine department or an endodontic department in a major hospital for proper dental intervention to establish adequate drainage and control inflammation, followed by definitive root canal therapy.
