Toothache that won't quit
A throbbing tooth at 2 a.m. is your body waving a red flag.
Sharp, pulsing pain that keeps you awake usually means the nerve inside the tooth is inflamed or infected, and that's not something that quietly fixes itself. The frustrating part is timing — toothaches love to flare up on a Friday night or over a long weekend, right when most offices are closed. So people reach for painkillers, press a warm cloth to their cheek, and try to ride it out. The problem is that every day you wait, a tooth that could've been saved with a simple filling slides closer to needing a root canal or an extraction.
You don't have to white-knuckle it until Monday. We keep same-day emergency appointments open at our Aventura office specifically for situations like this. We'll take a free X-ray, find the real source of the pain, and get you comfortable fast instead of just masking it. If the ache is throbbing, spreading, or making it hard to eat or sleep, treat it as the emergency it is and come see us today.
