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How to Ease a Toothache
Toothaches have two main causes. One is when a cavity compromises the inside of the tooth and exposes a nerve ending before it is dead. The other is when the fibers holding your tooth in its socket become infected (called an abscess). This will help you treat the pain from both.
[edit] StepsMake an appointment with a dentist. Chances are you can't cure the tooth problem at home.
Buy some clove bud and cotton swabs. It can be found at most herb shops. It comes in a small vial with a tiny dropper built in. Wal-Mart and big pharmacy chains don't carry it. If you cannot find it, buy clove at the local grocery store. It's not as concentrated so it's not nearly as effective but it works.
Buy some Listerine - not the minty watered down kind.
Apply a few drops of clove bud on the cotton swabs. Apply it directly to the area that hurts as well as around it. Toothache pain is often displaced, making it seem like it is coming from somewhere it's not. Only a few drops of clove bud are needed. It may burn. That's normal since it deadens nerve endings by overpowering them. The burning lasts for less than a minute and is not as bad as the toothache.
Take a sip of the Listerine and hold it in the affected region for two minutes. This will burn but it will work, and it is worth it. Listerine will usually have to be reapplied every 1/2 hour to an hour.
[edit] TipsThere is a retail product called First Aid that has clove bud in it. This can be used as well.
Brushing to remove any debris and plaque from the affected area before treatment is recommended for best results.
Usually this will finish off the toothache for at least an hour and possibly a whole day.
Other treatments that I have not had much success with are: use menthol, apply vanilla, or rinse with salt water.
If you have an abscess the above will work as well. Abscesses are also treatable with over the counter pain medication (usually). And if you have the nerve for it, popping an abscess will normally relieve the pain.
Cinnamon is very helpful for toothaches, I dont know what it does, but it helps the pain.
Rinsing aching area with baking soda dissolved in warm boiled water helps (possibly because soda is a base, which means it neutralizes acids - primary enamel destroyers). In fact it helped me this morning. Salty water should help in preventing infection. So rinsing mouth with baking soda *AND* salt dissolved in warm boiled water is double beneficial.
Use some good Irish whiskey or Scotch to numb the area until you can get to a dentist.
Take a pain-killer.
Redirect the pain signals by rubbing ice on the back of your hand, between your index and thumb (in the web between the two spread fingers).
Go to a dentist and get the tooth checked.
[edit] WarningsUsing clove bud several times a day for months *may* cause permanent nerve damage. So if the pain lasts longer than a week, see a dentist.
Never consume alcohol while you're using pain-killers.
I got this info from wikiHow!
I was a RDA for a few years, and I know you can get over the counter cheap meds for tooth-ache, but it you don't want to spent a penny you can always go the old way. Get a cotton ball and soke it with alcohol and place it on your tooth. Close your mouth and just hold it in there, and you'll see how much better you will feel. Good Luck!
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Got real bad gum,teeth ache , and cant get in dentist, how do I get rid of the pain as in agony . I've got senstive teeth aswellx