Alternative Toothache Pain Remedy

In treating toothache pain, the dentist's advice is always the best. However, if you do not have enough budget for a professional service, you can always look for out-of-the-ordinary solution that won't sacrifice your finances while addressing your problem. These alternative remedies may or may not give you the instant relief that you need depending on the severity of your tooth condition. If you are complaining for a simple toothache, I believe these solutions are enough to give you relief.

1. Most common alternative solution for toothache is the saltwater gargle. Mix one teaspoon of salt in a small glass of warm water (just warm enough to be gargled) and swish on your mouth specifically targeting the aching tooth as long as you can hold it. Repeat as needed to lessen the pain.
2. If you want a fast relief, you can drop the clove oil directly to the affected tooth.
3. Also try putting in your aching tooth a cotton ball soaked in vanilla extract. It works.
4. A slice of bread can also help you especially of there are exposed nerves in your problem tooth. Bite down a slice of bread on the tooth because it can stop the air from striking the nerve which is the very sensitive part. When there is no air, there will be no pain on the tooth.
5. Try chewing a cinnamon gum and fill it around the aching area. It burns a little but it can put out the pain. More sensitive tooth can fell more burning effect from the gum.
6. Apply anise on the problem tooth and rub long the gum line using a q-tip. Make sure you do it on both inner and outer part of your gum. You can feel the relief almost instantly.
7. A strong mouthwash can temporarily ease the pain but if you want relief for a longer period of time (which I know you would) try brandy, scotch or whiskey. The high alcohol content of the said liquors can work like the mouthwash.
8. Mash a raw potato, add a little salt and apply it on the affected area. You can also just put a slice of fresh potato, holding it in place until the pain is relieved.
9. If your tooth is not sensitive to cold, you can put a slice of chilled cucumber on the problem tooth. It can give you immediate relief to your tooth pain. However, if you are sensitive to coldness, you can put the cucumber on a room temperature before putting it on your tooth.
10. Cold compress can help numb the pain of aching tooth. Put the cold compress on the cheek where your aching tooth is and wait until it numbs the tooth.
11. If cold compress doesn't work for you because of sensitivity, use a hot compress instead. This may lessen the swelling that gives the painful feeling.

Above all the remedies above, prevention is always better than cure so you better take care of your teeth and gums if you don't want to suffer from the nightmare of tooth pain.

By Kevin Fry

Home Remedies for Toothache

Nearly everyone had been in a situation needing a home remedies for toothache. That's why I made this pretty collection of well proved home remedies for toothache. I summarized all the well and lesser known old and new natural remedies for tooth pain.

Cause of Toothache

Dental caries (tooth decay): a small cavity in the protective enamel of the tooth can lead rapidly to tooth decay. If left untreated, the tooth beneath the enamel will begin to rot, it attacks the deeper structures of the tooth, causing toothache. When the process progresses the inner core (pulp) becomes affected and infected the tooth may die. In case of dental caries home remedies represent only first aid help, please organize a dental treatment!

Abscess: an accumulation of pus in or around the root of a tooth is known as a dental abscess, which can be agonizingly painful and may cause swelling (a gum boil). Home remedies can help to burst the gum boil, disinfect and clean the surrounding area. Even then, a visit at the dentist is necessary to clarify the underlying cause of the abscess.

Gingivitis (sore gums):inflammation of the gums, when the gums become purple-red, soft, shiny and sensitive and bleed easily especially when you clean your teeth. If gingivitis is left untreated, then pockets of infected pus can develop at the base of teeth, followed eventually by gum boils and loose teeth. Home remedies for toothache may give a tremendous help, keeping gums healthy or healing gingivitis.

Teething: is the process when milk teeth erupt from the gums in young children. It can be very painful, gums are swollen and red. A similar situation occurs in young adults, when wisdom teeth erupt. Wisdom teeth may cause a lots of pain as well.

Radiation: pain radiates from a nearby structure resulting the feeling of toothache. The most important causes:

sinus problems,

trigeminal neuralgia etc.

Best is to clarify the situation with a specialist and tailor the treatment according to the underlying cause.So, lets see now our valuable home remedies for tooth pain:

The best old home remedy is CLOVE (Syzygium aromaticum)

1. The most simple possibility is to hold a whole clove or a few cloves in the mouth near the painful tooth and chew or suck it.
2. Another kitchen option is using clove powder around the tooth or fill the tooth with the powder. You can empty a teabag and put the clove powder in the empty teabag and place this clove bag in the mouth.
3. My last suggestion is aromatherapy for toothache: using clove oil (essential oil of cloves). Rub the oil on to the aching tooth and around the gum this will anesthetize the whole area. Don't over-use it or you may burn the gum. You can also dip a piece of cotton wool into some clove oil, roll into a ball and stick it into the painful part of the tooth. Clove has antiseptic and painkilling properties, which work immediately after administration. Within 5 minutes you should be pain free.

If you don't have garlic at home, you can use a piece of raw ONION (Allium cepa) and keep inside the mouth, it relieves the pain and is antiseptic. If you can't stand the smell of onion or garlic, than you may try GOLDEN SEAL, the yellow root (Hydrastis canadensis) and old folk medicine in the US. You can use a piece of the yellow root itself or Golden seal tincture - put it on the affected area (it especially helps with abscess). Leave it in your mouth as long as you can stand it. More home remedies for toothache
Dentists often suggest an ICE PACK in case of oral inflammation. It helps with the swelling and keeps the infection from spreading. Put it 5 minutes on and 5 minutes off. It is better using ice cubes, than deep frozen stuff. You may combine it with any other methods, mentioned earlier.
There are dozens of homeopathic remedies working well in toothache. Without knowing the cause of the pain, I suggest following remedy combination:

• COFFEA C12 and
• PYROGEN C12

Taking alternately every 30-40 minutes for a couple of hours (2-3 pills dissolving under the tongue). You may use it together with other home remedies.
Please, visit your dentist regularly!
By Christina Tasnadi