It’s the end of the day, and you finally get to treat yourself to your nightly self-care routines. After brushing, flossing, and flicking off the lights, you stretch out in bed, wiggling into your favorite sleeping position. Instead of drifting off to dreamland, though, you end up tossing and turning! Your tooth hurts more than it did during the day, and you find this very perplexing.

To discover why your toothache might be giving you the bedtime blues, keep reading.