Toothache, like any other, is a kind of protective mechanism of the body. It occurs as a result of caries, pulpitis, periodontitis. If the tooth starts to hurt because of the impact of temperature, mechanical or chemical stimuli, and after removing it the pain goes away, it is likely to decay. Such pain may be the result of hypersensitivity of the tooth enamel.
Sharp or dull, pulsating throbbing toothache characteristic of periodontitis, with pulpitis pain are paroxysmal in nature and usually occur at night. To get rid from toothache can help medical painkillers, if well at hand are no traditional medicines.
If you have any tooth pain, you first need to brush your teeth to remove food debris. Then rinse your mouth with warm soda solution (1 teaspoon of baking soda to a glass of warm water) or decoctions of sage, chamomile, oak bark. Then you need to take any pain medication means: ibuprofen, tempalgin, aspirin, etc. Before using a prescription, carefully read the instructions to the drug, check whether you have any contraindications for its reception.
Possible local use of painkillers. If the tooth is carious cavity, put in a piece of pain pills and cover the top with a cotton swab.
A cotton swab soaked in valokordin and placed in a cavity, also helps to cope with a toothache.
If you are a supporter of folk medicine or you simply do not have at hand the medical painkillers, try to put on the aching tooth piece of fresh unsalted bacon. Or make a paste of garlic, salt and onion: take the ingredients in equal proportions, mash them. Then place the pulp on the bottom of the cavity of the tooth and cover with a cotton swab.
Another interesting way to get rid of a toothache is tied to the arm of garlic. On the arm opposite the aching tooth, find the place that is checked for a pulse. RUB the area is cut in half with a slice of garlic. Now, this section of the tape the garlic clove with a bandage, pain must pass.
If tooth pain has caught you, for example, in the bus or any other place where you have no at hand, no pill, no other auxiliary means, try to use the techniques of acupuncture. Massage the earlobe and the upper edge of the side of the patient's teeth for at least 5 minutes.
Massaging the area of intersection of the bones of thumb and index finger of the hand opposite to the aching tooth, also relieves pain.
Do not delay your visit to the dentist, even if you managed to get rid of a toothache. After all, the reason has not disappeared, but the complicated forms of caries is much more difficult to treat and often lead to tooth loss.