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Any tips on taking the pain away? or at least numbing it? Cant get to the dentist till later in the week. Thanks
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putting toothpaste in your mouth helps if its an infection. though it stings a bit at first. keep doing that several times a day. ibuprofen probably helps.
also lying down with your head hanging off the edge of the bed. the blood rushing to your head helps ease the pain. dunno why. |
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Alcohol mate, it works for me
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Pain killers help a lot but nothing you'll get at this time of night
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orajel will take the pain away.
Its amazing stuff. Available at boots |
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Oil of cloves applied directly to the gum where the pain is helps.
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Sorry, just seen it is recommended not to apply it to the gum - apply directly to the tooth:
http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/pages/MedicineOverview.aspx?medicine=Clove+oil |
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Oil of cloves is best.
A trick I saw someone do was to crush an asprin and apply that straight on to the tooth with his finger. He seemed to think it helped. |
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try corsodyl... mouth wash.. swill in mouth for 2 minutes ..then repeat when pain comes.
good luck..miserable tooth ache |
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warm salt water also helps
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Cheers lads, its doing my head in. Will see what i can pick up tomorrow. Thanks again
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Prepared, here's a link to a dental site which gives advice on pain relief for dental problems.
For pain from abscesses or cracked teeth they advise using clove oil - but there's also other tips which may be helpful. Toothache is a bugger. http://dentistry.about.com/od/basicdentalcare/u/dentalconditions.htm#s1 |
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i had the same as u a couple of wks ago. As soon as i took orajel i couldnt feel a thing
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what percent is that mate? is it wine?
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Anadin Extra used to do the trick but not so good since they stopped putting quinine in it.
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Cheers for the link tommy and thanks for all the tips lads. Not sure i'm going to get much sleep tonight
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told you, hold your head over the end of the bed. or stand on your head, but thats probably not very realistic!
i used to do it when i had toothache and couldnt sleep. works wonders. |
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will give it a try bob, thanks pal
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oil of cloves works well but tastes really bad. vodka swished around the affected area is pretty good at taking the edge off it.
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Haven't looked at the other links but I have this here......
"Orajel" from the pharmacy. If I am expecting a filling I use it to anaeshetise the gum before I go. |
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still alive ?
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Yeah still alive pal, been high as a kite on painkillers these last few days. Didnt think of it at the time and call me a spud if i sound stupid. But could it be linked to my acid reflux which i suffer from? I ran out of my omerprazole a few weeks ago and havent been back to the docs to renew my prescription. Just a thought
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unlikely I would have thought
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i take 20mg omeprazole dailyf.
Def wont be that Did u try the orajel? |
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go pick a fight with some doorman he help you im sure
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Havent managed to get into town to pick up some orajel yet
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In agony with it today
 have managed to book an emergency appointment for this evening. |
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Not sure if anyone gives a sh 1t but i'll update anyway. Wisdom tooth is totally decayed and has become infected which has lead to other parts of mouth becoming fe cked as well. Got to go back next weds to have ripped out what is left of it and on antibiotics until then. Anyone ever had anything similiar?
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yep. Wisdom teeth can be impossible to clean properly so are prone to decay. Had a similar experience a few years ago and the pain was unbearable. Lying down made it worst and I'd have to get up to stand up through the night with very little sleep. Happened when I was away on business so was totally screwed. Ibuprofen did nothing.
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tom sawyer used to tie one end of a piece of cotton around the infected tooth & tie the other to the door handle .....slam the door shut and the tooth is hopefully removed ....although waiting for the dentist is probably best
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Thats exactly how i've been larry, had problems with me jaw and ear for ages and i was told today that it all relates back to the wisdom tooth, still one week of pain before removal though.
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http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/dry-socket-symptoms-and-treatment
Knew someone who had this... was paranoid i'd get it too after my wisdom tooth extraction... just be aware..hth. |
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Sorry to keep updating this, but f eck me ive never in my life known so much pain. This is just ridiculous now.
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try having sunburn
the worst possible pain i have experienced. Agony for 5 days. Had to go to hospital as thought i had done permenant damage. Wouldnt wish it on anybody the toothace i had a few wks ago doesnt even come close |
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I had my four wisdom teeth taken out under general anaesthetic when I was 23 years old. It is an early twenties problem.
The surgeon said a wisdom tooth was not descending into place properly (they do a 90 degree turn and drop into place). My tooth was going straight forward and compressing all my teeth. You will have front teeth like "falling gravestones" if the problem is not corrected. The pressure will do it. So he said he would take one out, then that will leave the opposing tooth with nothing to bite against so he would take that one out, that would leave the two wisdom teeth on the other side pushing everything around so he would take those out as well. So I had four taken out. A few days after I got out of hospital I was in the witness box in court trying to explain that the car driver who knocked me off my motorbike a few months earlier was a ****. But my face was swollen like a balloon, was discoloured from the bruising, I had four or five days of beard growth as I couldn't shave, and I was talking like Marlon Brandon in The Godfather. The judge said he couldn't hear what I was saying, didn't know who was at fault, and said it was 50/50.  |
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*****
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* rhymes with punt
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dunt?
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quality story kin
 pug its not that i just need it out, its totally decayed and infected and has gone on to infect halve my mouth/teeth. Have massive jaw, ear and under the eye pain as well. Not saying you're pain wasnt worse as sunburn is a bitch but this is really horrible pal |
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mate i feel your pain
i was lucky and got an app 3 days after my toothace. Dentist took my tooth out and she said just as well u got it taken out. Cos it was infected felt a bit weird for a couple of wks when ur eating but dont notice anything anymore |