How to Ease a Toothache Until Your Dentist Appointment

A toothache can be your worst nightmare. If you have already made an appointment with your dentist, here are some tips to help ease your pain until you get there.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Clove oil
• Cotton ball
• Ice pack
• Alcohol (to drink)

1. Use a cold pack. Ice works well and helps ease the throbbing. Do not use heat this can actually make things worse if the area is infected.

2. Clove oil is a remedy my mother in law swears by. Take a cotton ball and saturate it with the clove oil and then place it on tooth and bite down.

3. If the tooth is broken a piece of wax over the tooth can provide some relief, and wax really helps if the tooth has a jagged edge that is cutting you.

4. Alcohol works well too, that is, the drinking kind like vodka. I am not saying get drunk. Take a mouthful and swish over the sore tooth and then you can spit out or swallow your choice. This does seem to help though.

Tips & Warnings

• Even if tooth does start feeling better, make sure you keep your appointment with your dentist. Even if things feel better now, the pain will come back.

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[mikes197131]

on 8/4/2009 Great advice, thanks for this article.

[handyblog]

on 8/4/2009 thanks

[dthere]

on 8/4/2009 I never heard about clove oil. Thank you for the tip...5

[writedesign]

on 3/5/2009 I hate it when this happens. And it always happens over a weekend when you can't get in touch with anyone. 5*rec

[msknowalot]

on 3/5/2009 good article!5*