how to get rid of toothache

[Mr Aleks]

My tooth as been giving me aggro for abit now and just wondered if anyone knew of a way to soften the pain? Go to the dentist i know and i am doing but until then?????

[jaysay]

Its usually a cavity that causes the pain, crush an aspirin on it will help until you can get to a dentist

[Margaret Pilkington]

oil of cloves does the trick too, but not many folk have that in the house.
Try plugging the cavity in the tooth with tobacco......that may help......or try over the counter pain relief like paracetamol(no more than 8 tablets in 24 hours though)

[pam1]

rinse your mouth out with whisky or rum that will help

[jambutty]

Aspirin works for me and always has done better than any other pain killer available over the counter. But I never take it on an empty stomach or if I have to then I take Aspirin with a good mouthful of milk first, during and after.

As a kid I suffered from virtually chronic tonsillitis and my doctor back in the forties always told my mum to crush the Aspirin in milk.

I have never suffered from stomach ulcers any sort of stomach complaint.

[flashy]

come here, i'll gladly knock it out for you

[Neil]

ibuprofen is recommended by most dentists for dental pain relief.

You might try some baby calgel on it. It is a teething gel but contains a local anaesthetic. If it is an abscess or gum thing it might help very well. I have used it for ulcers and it is good stuff.

You can use paracetamol and ibuprofen at the same time or better still 2 hours apart.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by flashytart

come here, i'll gladly knock it out for you

Stop teasing we all know you are really a pussy cat

[jackyalex]

As margaret has said "Clove oil" works and they sell it in most supermarkets and chemists for 80p ish thats the chemist price it will cost you more at supermarket, buy some cotten buds to put it on your tooth

[shillelagh]

A pair of pliers

[Mr Aleks]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

A pair of pliers

Thats not a bad idea pal. After ive finished with them you want to borrow them to pluck your tash?

[magpie]

oil of cloves and a mouth full of rum/whiskey... and pain killers...

I have the same problem, but my tooth only really hurts when its very cold ( so going to see if I can keep it until after the summer)

[panther]

The only way to get rid of tooth ache is to get the thing pulled out!!!
the best tip going

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by Neil

You might try some baby calgel on it. It is a teething gel but contains a local anaesthetic. If it is an abscess or gum thing it might help very well. I have used it for ulcers and it is good stuff

I have used calgel and found it very good, bonjela too. I used bonjela recently when I had a tooth coming through at the back of my mouth......I know, aged 30 and still teething. It's horrible. I know why babies cry so much when they've got one cutting through.

Are you teething, Aleks? Or is it a different toothache?

[emamum]

Its toothache, he is waiting to have it removed..... while we are on the subject of teeth.. where do your wisdom teeth come through?