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[pauraque_bk]

I have a bad tooth that, for various reasons, can't be extracted until Wednesday.

I'm already doing Orajel and the saltwater mouthwash thing. Any other miracle cure suggestions?

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[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

A drop of oil of cloves, applied with a Q-tip, to numb the area.

[pauraque]

Where do you get that, health food store?

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Whole Foods or equivalent ought to have it, in the health and beauty section. Possibly also a pharmacy but if so they tend to keep it behind the counter even though it's non-prescription.

If all you have is an all-night supermarket, check the baking aisle.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I have been trumped with the clove oil suggestion! Most Australian pharmacies keep it, so maybe yours do too? There is also a Nyal brand. You need to apply it directly to the area. Don't follow the suggestion I have seen elsewhere of biting down on an actual clove, because that will hurt your tooth.

There's also a sachet powder called Amosan that you make into a rinse for your mouth. It's antibacterial and pain-relieving, and since emergency dental appointments have a 3 week wait here, we sell a lot of it. (Non-urgent appointments are 4 months).

[pauraque]

Yowch. My dentist was nice enough to see me the same day and didn't charge me for the visit (because all he did was snap a x-ray and refer me to an oral surgeon, and he knew I don't have insurance). He must be working on his karma.

[djin7.livejournal.com]

I was going to say clove, too!

But you also may want to consider upping the salt content in your salt washes, I find the more salt you can stand, the better the numbing. *nods*

Avoid certain foods that are acidic, such as tomatoes and citrus, coffee and wine, pop, bananas, things with vinegar in it.

Another thing that may help is aspirin (must be aspirin, not acetaminophen) directly on the area where the pain is. It tastes awful, but it really works to numb the area for a long time. You may have to make a slight paste, depending on the area, and keep it sitting on there for as long as you can. Good luck!

[djin7.livejournal.com]

Caveat to the above - do not, DO NOT put aspirin on a tooth or a gum where the tooth can be saved. This is a last ditch effort to kill severe pain while awaiting extraction only. FYI. It can deaden the nerve by burning it, which is what you want if you are taking the tooth out, anyways. I've done it, it works. But you have to be careful, it can burn elsewhere, too.

[pauraque]

The stuff I got from the health food store is 100% clove oil, is it okay to put that on undiluted (with a q tip)? _hannelore said she read you're supposed to dilute it with olive oil, which I tried, but got no results that way.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Full strength, just no more than a drop or two.

[pauraque]

Interesting. What's so bad about killing the nerve in a regular tooth? Infections or something?

[djin7.livejournal.com]

It's the burning of healthy tissue you want to avoid. But I lost a back molar once, and part of the tooth had broken while I waited for the dentist appointment, *exposed - ouch* and I stuck an aspirin in there, and it was glorious. That being said, it does burn the tissue, which could be a problem if there is an abscess, or similar.