Adjusting to Your Braces. 1  1. Learn to brush your teeth carefully. Brushing your teeth changes when you have braces. 2  2. Floss with braces. Flossing with braces can be a challenge. 3  3. Make a braces kit. A braces kit can be a handy tool to carry with you throughout the day.  4. Brush your teeth in public when necessary.
One less common, but significant cause of tooth pain is a sinus infection. If only your upper teeth on both sides of your face are in pain, sinusitis could be the culprit. This sort of toothache is usually accompanied or preceded by nasal congestion and tenderness around your sinuses.
Other causes of gum pain can be impaction, infection, tooth decay, cysts and pain due to pressure. 1  When the wisdom tooth doesnât fully grow but breaks out from the gums, the condition is called impacted tooth.  When an erupted wisdom tooth is covered with a flap of skin, gum infection like pericoronitis occurs.