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Intense toothache
- Thread starter Mellotron
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Half a cup of quite warm water - dissolve two or three heaped teaspoons of salt in the water. Use as a mouthwash. Apparently tooth ache is mainly due to build up of pressure in the gum and the high salt solution uses osmosis to reduce the difference in pressure. I've had terrible toothache and this works (dentist's advice when I first did it). But will only stave off pain until you can see a professional.
use neat vodka as mouthwash around the painful area
Pat_Albion
New member
try swirling mouthwash.
or vodka
Northstander
Well-known member
- Oct 13, 2003
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Have you tried a dentist, I think they may be able to fix it....in the mean time...get some strong Cuprofen from boots, will kill the pain!
philsussex
New member
No help to you right now but get yourself to the chemist and buy clove oil tomorrow. It works wonders.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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That is going to HURT in the morning.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Works. And you can take this from someone who is petrified of going to the dentist and will try anything to alleviate the pain to avoid going.
Worthai Seagull
Wenners
If you can get it now ..Clove Oil. Rub it on the tooth and its like an anaesthetic.
Bonjella is always a good standby.
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
Do you also experience a headache or is it just a toothache on its own?
Worthai Seagull
Wenners
Yes your right ..it does . I forgot that one !
Pat_Albion
New member
Worst thing ive ever bought. Tastes like shit, you can smell it for hours after you use it and if you get it on your gums or lips by mistake it stings like a bitch. Also did nothing to prevent the pain.
although most people recommend it so give it a go..
- Thread starter
- #15
It's so intense that it has kinda transferred up my jaw and become a headache.
I think it's in the gums rather than on an exposed part of tooth as I tried numbing it with ice wrapped in towel and that did nothing.
I will definitely be booking in with the dentist first thing in the morning.
BensGrandad
New member
An old wives tales is to put neat whisky or other spirit on the area in question.
Seagulls4life
New member
A relative of mine had a similar thing and it turned out she had a nasty infection and had to have her whole tooth out
beardy gull
Well-known member
There is no cure. Go to a dentist.
drew
Drew
as recommended by Lawrence Olivier in Marathon Man!!!
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
I had an experience about six years ago of minor toothache and a splitting headache. I went to see my GP first as the headache was the most pronounced pain.
Then I went to see my dentist. Apparently, I'd been grinding my teeth in my sleep over the years and it had been so ground down so much that a nerve was very exposed. The dentist explained that there were a lot of connections between toothache and headache - and how the two regions were joined. Anyway, he built a cap for the exposed nerve and it sorted out my headache and toothache simultaneously.