Probably, there is no such person who has never had teeth ached at least once in his life.
Toothache is perhaps one of the most painful trials that can befall a person. Ideal if you can immediately see a doctor. And if there is no such possibility? Then it will be necessary to fight with this misfortune, so to speak, with improvised means, in order to ease the pain before the obligatory (certainly obligatory!) Visit to the dentist, even if the tooth then has stopped hurting.
This article will talk about how to deal with aching teeth.
It is with aching pain, and not with acute, sharp, jerking or pulsating, because these types of pain indicate the presence of very serious problems and such pain can be removed only with potent painkillers and then only for a short time.
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Sources and causes of aching toothache
First of all, it should be noted that the appearance of any pain - it is always a sign of disease. Aching toothache is no exception to this rule.
What could be the source of aching toothache?
It may be:
- the nerve of the tooth, which is affected by some external factor (heat, cold, acid or mechanical stimulus);
- gum;
- periosteum of the jaw (the most unpleasant case).
The most common causes aching toothache:
- If aching toothache appears during eating as a reaction to the use of acidic, hard, cold or hot food, then this is evidence that the structure of the tooth enamel was damaged and small cracks and chips were formed in it. All this in the future may lead to the development of caries, and subsequently pulpitis.
- Often there is a re-development of caries, when again healed earlier tooth starts to hurt. The reasons for this may be different - medical errors during treatment, infection or non-compliance with the doctor's recommendations.
- Quite rarely, aching toothache may result from allergies to drugs that the dentist used during treatment.
- Another cause of aching toothache is teething wisdom. In this case, the pain is localized behind the extreme teeth of the upper or lower jaw. Process «birth» wisdom teeth can be quite long and, in addition to pulling and aching toothache, can also be accompanied by general weakness and even fever.
- If the aching pain is felt in several teeth arranged in a row? and when you press them pain increases, then it is the symptoms of periodontitis or periodontal disease. If these diseases are not treated, then there is a very high probability of losing a part of the teeth, so that at the first appearance of such symptoms, it is urgent to consult a specialist.
- Often the teeth begin to whine with increased sensitivity of the teeth, which is manifested during breathing with cold air. To solve the problem of increased sensitivity of teeth can restore tooth enamel.
- There are cases of aching pain after tooth extraction. Usually such pains disappear in 3–4 days, if the removal has passed without complications and the healing process proceeds normally.
How to relieve and relieve aching pain in the tooth
If there is a hole in the tooth, then it’s probably leftover foodwhich must be removed. To do this, rinse your mouth with boiling warm water.And even better if it is a warm soda solution. To soothe the pain, you can also attach to the cheek, from the side of the whining tooth, ice or a container with cold water.
Important. In no case can you warm the aching tooth (put a heating pad or a compress), because elevated temperature intensifies and accelerates the inflammatory process.
If this did not help (or helped, but not for long), then we must proceed to the next stage of solving the problem of relieving or alleviating toothache.
For this various methods are usedthat can be grouped into three categories:
- Medications.
- Folk methods.
- Nontraditional methods.
Medications
Painkillers for internal use
This is primarily - aspirin, paracetamol, efferalgan, analgin, ibufen, ibuklin, etc.
For reference. The safest painkillers are paracetamol and efferalgan. Ibufen and its analogues are the most suitable products for children.
To relieve aching toothache, you can also use drugs based on nimesulide (ketans, nise and their analogues). These are strong remedies that effectively relieve pain for a longer time, but at the same time they have many contraindications.
An adult can take an aspirin pill with analgin pill. This combination of drugs will help relieve even severe pain. But there is one limitation - you can use this combination of drugs a maximum of twice a week.
A nagging pain in the tooth can also be removed by a combination of one pill of no-shpy and one pill of analgin.
Painkillers topical products
It is necessary to crush the anesthetic pill into small parts, and then put its piece into the hollow of the tooth (if it is open and of suitable size) or place it in the region of the affected tooth. After the drug is dissolved, the nerve of the tooth should numb for a while.
Important. It is strictly forbidden to do this procedure with aspirin, because there may be a burn of the mucous membrane.
Also, dental drops, which insist on alcohol and consist of a mixture of herbs, help:
- valerian;
- camphor;
- peppermint (oil squeeze).
These drops soothe dental nerve and at the same time disinfect the oral cavity.
Lidocaine can also be used. Lidocaine is a local anesthetic.which is more effective than Novocain. For home anesthesia, this tool is applied in the form of a gel and an aerosol.
The gel is applied to the cotton wool and placed on the tooth, and aerosol is sprayed in the area of the diseased tooth. Pain relief usually lasts up to 30 minutes, depending on the intensity of the pain.
Not bad facilitates and relieve toothache painkillers, which are rubbed into the gum near the patient's tooth.
Important. Before taking pain medication drugs, you must carefully study the instructions for their use.
Folk remedies
There are many folk remedies to relieve and relieve aching toothache. This article will discuss only the most accessible of them.
Herbal infusions
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Camomile tea - Two tablespoons of dry collection for two glasses of boiling water infused for about 10 minutes. Then the infusion is drained. Drink the resulting infusion is necessary after it has cooled to 30-35 ° C. - Echinacea infusion - four tablespoons of the dry collection for eight cups of boiling water infused for about 10 minutes. It is used like chamomile infusion.
- Infusion of a mixture of sage, chamomile flowers and calendula - Two tablespoons of the collection are poured with one glass of boiling water and heated in a water bath for 15 minutes. From infused and cooled to 30–35 ° C infusion, baths are made for the diseased tooth for 20–25 minutes.
Herbal infusions are used for weak aching pains.
Gargles
- Soda solution - a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of warm boiled water. The resulting soda solution is used for aching pain after tooth extraction.
- The infusion of these components: a half cup of sage infusion, half a teaspoon of soda, a quarter of a teaspoon of salt and a glass of warm water. Rinse a bad tooth within one minute.
- Salt - a teaspoon of salt in a glass of boiled warm water. Rinse intensively for 30 seconds in the area of the diseased tooth.
- Weak solution of furatsilina or potassium permanganate. This solution disinfects and relieves swelling of the gums.
Tooth lotion
- Put a cotton ball impregnated with one of the following products on a sore tooth: “Denta” drops, dental elixir, camphor spirit, valerian tincture. Cotton wool changes every 10 minutes until the pain subsides.
- Put a mixture of chives and onion on a sore tooth.
- Put a cotton swab soaked with a mixture of calendula and valerian tincture on a sore tooth.
- Freshly cut a sheet of Kalanchoe rinse, mash and attach to the aching tooth.
- Put a piece of propolis in the hollow of the tooth and close it with a cotton swab. Keep propolis in the cavity of the tooth for 20 minutes.
- One slice of fresh bacon to the diseased tooth for 20 minutes.
Herbal tinctures on alcohol and wine
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Chopped mixture of wormwood and medicinal verbena (two tablespoons of each mixture) pour a glass of red wine and keep boiling for 10 minutes. After filtering, rinse the mouth with the resulting broth. - One teaspoon of propolis alcohol tincture diluted in a glass of warm water. Rinse the resulting solution where the tooth is. It is also possible to attach a cotton wool moistened with a solution to the affected tooth.
Nontraditional Tooth Pain Relief
Use garlic
In folk medicine, there is one curious method of alleviating toothache with garlic. It is necessary to rub garlic on the wrist, where the pulse is groped. Then pin a clove of garlic at the same place of the wrist. If the tooth hurts on the left side of the jaw, then the garlic should be on the right hand and vice versa.
Ear massage
With this method, the upper edge or the earlobe is massaged with the index and thumb, which is located on the side where the aching tooth is located. Massage is about 7 minutes.
Massage «Shiatsu» - impact on certain points of the body
You can try these techniques:
- Press the point on the carotid artery under the lower jaw on the side where the tooth aches.
- Three fingers strongly press 2-3 times on the temples.
- Long press down with three fingers on your cheek over the aching tooth.
Emotional impact
The researchers found that crying acts as an anesthetic, reducing the pressure in the gums.
If you are a very sentimental person, then maybe you will manage to cry, remember something sad or touching. You can apply a simpler method, for example, chop the onion.
Distraction from pain
This method consists, so to speak, in «switching» of emotions. We must try to escape from the pain, for example, watch a funny comedy, read an exciting book, do an exciting job. This will help temporarily relieve pain.
"Switching" of the hemispheres of the brain
This unusual method is to «cheating» nerve endings. To do this, you need to be left-handed for a while if you are right-handed and vice versa. In practice, to achieve this is quite simple - put the watch and the wedding ring on the other hand, try to use «not yours» hand in all domestic affairs, and literally in 20-25 minutes you will confuse your brain so much that aching toothache will subside. But this method is unlikely to help with severe pain.
findings
The methods of aching toothache described above are only temporary measures that can in no way replace a qualified treatment.
Even if you feel better and the pain has subsided, still do not forget to visit the dental clinic as soon as possible.
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