Toothache

[Berlin]

I need some advice fellow organs.

I've got toothache (had it for about a week) and its going to be at least a week till I can get to a dentist. Probably two.

I've got a deep filling thats come loose but not fallen out. Any quick fixes? I'm going through Ibuprofen like they're smaries! I've tried co-op sensitive tooth paste... no joy.

Any ideas?

C

[simesb]

Oil of cloves rubbed in your gums may help.

[svdemon]

Nurofen is a lot more effective at easing toothache in my experience

[andrewsmith]

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[muddi]

ooh I feel ya pain!! I had toothache a while back, had to have a canal root filling, like you I was going thru ibroprofen like smarties - even ran out one day - that was fun, not!

Get an ice pop and try numbing your gum with it - leave it on for around 15 mins, gives a bit of relief, oil of cloves is normally used too, never tried it myself but heard it stinks :smt120

Doubt you will get any decent relief though until you have been to the dentist and get it sorted. You might have got muck inside your tooth if its lose and its caused an abscess, can you visit your Dr any sooner to get some antibiotics. Thats what I had and because it was in the root canal I didn't have the tell-tale swelling (thank god lol)

Hope you get it sorted soon x

[minimorecambe]

I have found that Paramol works with toothache. Did for mw anyway when I had a tooth out, cut the gum to get it out and stitches :(
You can get it in Boots over the counter

[kitkat]

clove oil is amazing. I had an impacted wisdom tooth, looked like a hamster, couldnt close my mouth properly or open it very wide. put clove oil directly onto tooth and pain was completely gone. redid it every hour and was pain free until I saw dentist

[timwilky]

Explain to your dentist you are in pain, most will see you same day under those circumstances. Mine even opened up on a Sunday morning and travelled from Southport where he lived to his surgery in Preston. Oh and he was NHS and not a money grabber as well.

[Berlin]

Cheers Peeps. Looks like Clove oil is the winner.

C

[diamond]

Nurofen is a lot more effective at easing toothache in my experience


It's the same thing just it's a brand name.
They may sugar coat it and charge you 3 times the price but the active ingredients are the same.

Try 2 ibroufen and then 2 hours later 2 paracetomol 2 hours later 2 ibrofen, this keeps you topped up and they can be taken together like this as the active ingredients are not the same. Just do not exceed the daily recomended dose of either so of the top of my head 8 of each in 24 hours.

[timwilky]

Careful with the ibuprofen based stuff. It can burn your guts, still that takes your mind off the toothache. Personally I find rinsing the tooth every 2 minutes with a good slug of scotch works very well

[maxinc]

As above but you may combine 1 ibuprofen + 1 paracetamol at the same time as they are more effective taken toghether.

Most dentists see you the same day if you are in pain. They keep empty slots for emergencies all the time. Worth calling them again and tell them the pain is unbearable and I'm sure they will see you the same day.

Until you clean the tooth and cover that exposed nerve, no medicine will offer you too much relief.

[Littlepeahead]

Careful with the ibuprofen based stuff. It can burn your guts, still that takes your mind off the toothache. Personally I find rinsing the tooth every 2 minutes with a good slug of scotch works very well

Did you spit or swallow?

[timwilky]

Swallow every time:smt119. certainly takes your mind off the tooth ache once you get to the second bottle. Although some dentists don't like working on you whilst you are under the influence.

I used to have to go to the pub the night before an appointment. Just to make sure my dentist had sufficient to stop his hands shaking.

[Daimo]

Get it sorted. If its open, then it risks infection, and I can assure you from experience, an abcess under your tooth really isn't something you want to go through.

I feel the pain, i've had my teeth clean recently, and my gums are verys roe still 1 week after. Bleeds when i bursh etc. Ulcers lining the tounge, its a real nasty thing at the moment. Hopefully it'll sort itself soon, but at the time, owchy..

Teeth look shiney though :lol:

[seedy100]

If you cant get anywhere with an emergency appointment with your dentist then I reccomend that you go to A&E. You may be luck and get to a hospital dentist, if you pick your time right (say about 8am).

HTH

[husky03]

sorry mate wish i had seen this earlier-clove oil until monday then-

Emergency Dental Treatment Centre
Floor 1
Glasgow Dental Hospital
Tel: 0141 232 6323.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:30 -17:15.

[svdemon]

It's the same thing just it's a brand name.
They may sugar coat it and charge you 3 times the price but the active ingredients are the same.

Try 2 ibroufen and then 2 hours later 2 paracetomol 2 hours later 2 ibrofen, this keeps you topped up and they can be taken together like this as the active ingredients are not the same. Just do not exceed the daily recomended dose of either so of the top of my head 8 of each in 24 hours.


I was taking 2 ibuprofen then 2 paracetomol and they had no effect. Nurofen (or whatever tescos own make is called) sorted it!

[maxinc]

I was taking 2 ibuprofen then 2 paracetomol and they had no effect. Nurofen (or whatever tescos own make is called) sorted it!

It's called placebo.

[kellyjo]

try something herbal:smt033

[skidmarx]

A soluble aspirin rubbed on the gums next to the tooth works, but it's a short term fix and prolly make it bleed if u keep doing it!

[jans1971]

paramol its the strongest paracetomol you can get over the counter without a prescription, its really really good but dont drink alcohol when taking them

[Berlin]

Well it looks like Sensodine Fast action Sensitive toothpaste has worked! I couldn't fine the new Colgate fast action Sensitive toothpaste in any of the supermarkets (whats going on there then?)

Two days and no pain so far. It'll do until I can get to the dentist!

Cheers for the replies.

C

[Daimo]

Get to the dentist?

:lol: Its been a week, can't have been that bad. Real toothache means you wanted it sorted yesterday, it has you on the floor in agony :lol:

[BigBaddad]

Bit down on one of these...it helps with the pain

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