4 Home Remedies for Toothache – Tooth pain, Wisdom Tooth pain, Tooth Abscess

Tooth pain is one of the most painful conditions which many patients say is the most severe pain they have ever experienced. In some situations when you are not in a position to visit a Dentist or get hold of any Analgesics and want to reduce pain, we will be sharing the 4 Best Home remedies to reduce Toothache or Tooth pain. It is very important to get yourself checked by your dentist to identify the cause of the toothache, which can be anything from Decay, Caries, Impacted Wisdom tooth, Ulcer, Fracture of tooth, etc. 

Note: These are not permanent remedies or treatment for a tooth pain, these tips help in giving you temporary relief from pain till you visit a Dentist or get professional help in identifying and treating the underlying condition which is leading to the toothache.

Ginger:

Ginger is known to be one of the most used ingredients in reducing tooth pain in Ancient India, Ginger can be used in two ways to reduce pain.

1) Clean and Peel the Ginger properly, now cut it into smaller chewable pieces. Place on piece on top of the tooth which is paining and start to slowly chew on it to let the juice out. Keep biting on it till you find relief or you can repeat the same thing with another piece.

2) Take a couple of Ginger pieces and put it in water and bring it to Boil, now strain the ginger pieces and let the liquid cool down. Take this liquid and gargle making sure it touches the tooth which is paining. Let the liquid rest on the affected tooth.

Clove or Clove Oil:

Clove is always used to treat Tooth pain by many generations of people across the globe. Clove or Clove Oil has been used regularly to reduce or relieve tooth pain. Let us look at the two ways in which you can use Clove to treat Tooth pain. 

1. Bite on a whole clove piece directly by putting it directly on the tooth which is paining or the adjacent tooth. Make sure that the juice that comes out from it comes in contact with the affected tooth
2. You get Clove Oil directly in stores, take a small piece of cotton and dip it in Clove oil. Put that cotton pellet on the affected tooth, or if you have a Caries lesion you can place the Cotton pellet dipped in Clove oil into it. Clove oil helps in relieving tooth pain temporarily till you can visit and get checked with a Dentist. 

Salt Water Gargle:

Salt is known to be antibacterial and by mixing it with water we are allowing it to reach all the places in the oral cavity. With the Antibacterial property of Salt using, it as a relief for tooth pain is suggested. 

Mix Salt be it normal or rock salt and mix it well, now take the water in your mouth and start to gargle. Make sure that the water touches the tooth which is paining. If you are comfortable let the water rest on the tooth for a few seconds and then spit it out. This can be done 2-3 times to give relief from tooth pain (Temporary). 

Note: Avoid doing this in patients with High BP, as any ingestion of Salts can lead to increase in Blood Pressure.

Cold Compressions: 

Using Ice pack or Ice water packets or Ice cubes to compress on the site of the tooth pain either from out of the mouth or on the tooth. Applying cold on the tooth in question will help in constricting the blood vessels which in turn relieves the intensity of pain. This can be very useful in patients who are having Swelling due to tooth infection. 

You can apply using an Ice Pack, wrap an ice cube in a towel and apply it from the outside in case of a swelling. 

In case none of the Home remedies work and it is difficult to vist a Dentist immediately, these over the counter medications can be taken for temporary pain relief – Ibuprofen, Paracetamol (mild pain), NSAIDS (Diclofenac or Acelofenac). 

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Toothache or Tooth pain can be caused due to many reasons, so identifying the cause of the pain is of utmost importance as if left neglected it can lead to some complications. If the toothache is caused due to Dental Caries which has led to Irreversible pulpitis, it has to be treated with Root canal treatment. If this is left untreated it can lead to more complicated Space infections which can be difficult to treat and in some cases life threatening. 

So, identifying the cause of the tooth pain is important and the methods mentioned above are only meant for temporary relief and getting checked by the Dentist to find the cause and getting it treated is a must.