Cures And Remedies For Toothache
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Aspirin is King
Kristina in Toronto, Canada -
My wisdom teeth are coming in as we speak, and my mom recommended that I crush up an aspirin and rub it on my gum and tooth where it hurt. It takes about 20 mins but the pain goes away for about 8 hours until you need to do it again. You can feel it working and its great. It works for me while I'm at work or want to go out and enjoy my evening.
Jun 30, 2009
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Tea tree oil
Kevin Baer DC in Bedrod MA -
Even simply sensitive teeth will benefit. It disinfects, and is a natural antibiotic. It also numbs.
All in one. Its reputation is one of the oldest trees on the planet. You know, fossils proving it was around way before man and your average T-Rex etc.
Jun 21, 2009
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Brush 5 times and soak with yellow listerine
Johnny Williams in Mascoutah, IL. -I've had more toothaches than I care to remember. Be careful using some remedies, whiskey soaking can blister the gums so I would not suggest this. Most toothaches are caused by infection or irritation. This last one I had was so severe, it actually dropped me to my knees and almost made me black out. I wanted to go to the hospital. If you have a severe toothache on a weekend and want to go to the hospital, call first to make sure they have oral surgeons first, not all hospitals have them to help you. Anyway, I had had some minor toothache for about a week and I thought I would put it off another week til my next check come in. This was a bad decision. That Sunday I woke up with a toothache that just kept getting worse and more severe by the minute. I found keeping cool water on it stopped the pain so I got a big glass of ice water and cared it around, changing water in mouth every 15 seconds or so. I had to keep ice cold water on it constantly. I did this for about 27 hours straight, up all night making more ice. I finally made it to Monday and called my dentist. He said he could see me at 4pm and called in a prescription. He called in a order of pain killers that didn't help , and an order of antibiotics (amoxicillin) which killed the pain in a matter of a couple hours. It killed the infection. My conclusion, If you have a minor toothache, don't put off the dentist, see dentist fast. Brushing 5 times then soaking with yellow listerine should help remove most toothaches to get you by until you get to dentist. If that don't work, you may have a bad infection which you may be able to get ahold of some antibiotics- like from hospital, or a emergency dentist number. If you end up at the ER, you could ask them if they could give you some antibiotics in case it's infected. I really hope this helps someone. My pain is gone but somewhere their is someone going through what I did, and I hope this help. Oh, one more note: Do not use temp filling if you have a toothache, It only covers the infection and makes it worse, I know, many tried this and the result is the same- bad bad pain.
Jun 20, 2009
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BANANA gets rid of tooth ache
Michael Rose in NY -This is a fact . I had severe mouth pain and I ate a banana and the pain was gone. It helps to mush the banana on your teeth. It works like magic. Maybe the banana nutrilizes the acids in your mouth that are irratating the nerves in your teeth. Whatever it is It works like a miracle.
Jun 12, 2009
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Any kind of anti-biotic
Laura P in Oregon, OH USA -Try any kind of anti-biotic. It works wonders and if you take it for a few days that pain goes away all together.
My dentist had me use antibiotics and I was so skeptical I almost did not even pick up the prescription. But I did and lo and behold it works.
Jun 09, 2009
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Salt Water
Lee in Halifax UK -I tried painkillers (Paracetamol, Ibuprofen etc...) but found that waiting for them to kick in was almost as bad as the toothache itself, as you don't really know whether you've taken enough to abate the pain. You then feel compelled to take more but this makes me afraid of accidental overdose. Salt water is great as it takes away the awful stinging pain, but does leave you with a slight, numb pain that can still flare up if you accidentally bite down on the sore area, so be careful.
Swill the area with salt water, and apply dry salt to the gum around the sore tooth, but get to the dentist ASAP as this is a PERMANENT solution to the problem.
Finally, the fear of going into the dentist is nothing compared to the relief as you walk out of there having summoned up the courage to get it treated. Wonderful feeling, and no more sore tooth!!!
May 16, 2009
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Wisdom tooth pain
natalie in clovis ca, -So in my desperation I tried almost everything and I still had pain, until I tried the garlic, let me tell you it stings!! I couldn't stand it after like a minute so I spit it out, and tried an onion and it seemed to work, might be the combination of the 2!!! I have a terrible breath, but hey it was worth it! Thank god the pain is gone :) Hope it works for you!
Apr 29, 2009
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Moms toothache relieve
lizzy in Texas -Take a lipton tea bag and soak it in wiskey and put it on the hurt tooth. Works wonders!!! Try it you'll love it!!!
Apr 21, 2009
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Banana
Shane WIlleke in Madison, WI -If you have a cracked tooth, or exposed nerve ending. Chew on a banana, not the peel, just the banana. For me, the pain is usually gone instantly.
If it's serious pain, it may take as much as 30 seconds.
When I first tried this, I was desperate for anything to help. I was taking way to many painkillers which is not a choice I prefer. Since that day, I have stopped taking any painkillers, and have yet to get anything pulled, based on financial reasons. The banana is still helping just as well as it did a month ago, except the pain does not come around as much or as frequently. I don't know if it was the banana that helped, or if it was just my mind making the banana work. Like I said I was desperate for results and held great hopes that the banana would do the trick, and then it did, like no other!
Apr 19, 2009
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Salt Water
Samskid in South Mississippi -It's 12:30 a.m. and finally after washiing my mouth out with salt water for a few minutes I have some relief.
Thanks to all you who added this one.
Apr 19, 2009
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My toothache relief
Nuclear Sunrise in Swindon, UK -I went for 5 days before I even considered that things in my cupboard could help me a lot more than £6 numbing Gels. I read through this sites ideas loads, thinking it wouldn't work. But it did work... here is what reduced my sleepless night and days from hell for 5 days to really no pain at all, I got all of them from thsi site:
Swishing mouth with loads of salt water --- It might not feel like its working first of all, but just do it every 20 mins and rinse with normal water after to get that nasty salty taste out.
The mouth wash thing, again I didn't think it would work, but just try it with the other things I suggest, you may be surprised
Baking soda swish around ya mouth, seems to work too
Just repeat all the above, it might not seem to work at first, but persist and within 24 hours the pain will be gone. It was good for me after DAYS of agony.
Thank you to everyone on this site. I think maybe my cavity got infected and that is why it hurt so much. I think that when I swished the salt water and baking powder round my mouth it neutralised the acid and prevented acidity saliva from entering the cavity, and making it worse. That is maybe why the mere act of swishing water can abate the problem for a while. But follow the steps for 24 hours and I hope that you like me will be relieved a lot of pain. Trust in what people have said here! It works. At least give it a try.
Apr 05, 2009
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