How can you relieve pain from swollen gums around wisdom teeth?

Question

my wisdom teeth have just started to get swollen just out of nowhere can anyone tell me how to relieve the pain i get from the swollen gums?

Answer 1

The best pain medication for most types of inflammatory pain is ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, etc.). The chemicals that cause pain are the same ones that cause swelling. Ibuprofen stops these pain/swelling chemicals from being produced. It's better at this than naproxen (Aleve) and acetaminophen (Tylenol). As long as you are in good health and have no history of sensitivity or allergy to ibuprofen or aspirin, you can take ibuprofen for the pain. Try taking 2 pills, 200mg each, for a total of 400 mg at first and see if this works. If not, you can take up to 800 mg (4 pills of 200 mg each) every 6 hours MAXIMUM. Do not exceed 3200 mg in a 24 hour period. It is very bad for vital organs. Take as little as you possibly can, as long as the dose is effective. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Remedies
Folk
Acupressure Press gently but firmly on the sides of either index finger opposite the base of the fingernail.

Cloves
Place two drops of clove essential oil on a sterile cotton ball; place the cotton ball against the aching tooth between the tooth and the cheek until the pain subsides.

Place a whole clove between the aching tooth and your cheek. It can be held in place by holding your finger on the outside of the cheek. Chew the cloves a little to release their juice, then leave them in place for half an hour or so or until the pain subsides.
Salt Combine two tablespoons of salt with one cup of boiling water; take a mouthful of water as hot as possible and slosh it around your mouth near the tooth; repeat as necessary.

Teabag
Suck on a teabag. Place it as close to the aching tooth as possible.

The 2nd site listed also gives more natural remedies. Hope at least one of these works for you.

Answer 4

How To Reduce Gum Swelling

Answer 5

One of my wisdom teeth started to come in and it gave me somewhat of a head cold along with swollen gums. A nurse friend of mine told me to garcle warm salt water, that helped tons

Answer 6

Different solutions to this problem are readily available. Pharmacies carry a variety of them These recommendations are by no means in order of preference.1.Topical oral anaesthetics and analgesics.
2.See your family GP dentist.
3.Liquid nutritionally sound diets for a limited time.
4.Do not brush the sore area, should give you a few ideas that will definitely help you.

Answer 7

You can greatly reduce the amount of pain associated with gum trauma using a combination of anti-inflammatory drugs (ibuprofen) and warm salt water rinses. For the rinse, simply add a teaspoon of salt to one cup of warm water, swirl it around in your mouth (or let it soak if it's painful) and spit it out.

NOTE: You should not use ibuprofen if your gums are bleeding a lot, doing so will cause more bleeding as ibuprofen thins bloods and promotes blood flow.

Answer 8

Have you tried swedish bitters? Get it through your local health food store. Put some of that on a cotton bud (Even dilute it) and then on your swollen gums. Worked for me.

Answer 9

Go to a drug store, like CVS, etc, and buy Hurricane Gel, The best I have ever used. It is kinda expensive, but well worth it, alittle goes a long way.

Answer 10

ground a few cloves and roll them inside small piece of napkin.
then place it in your mouth , by the side of the tooth, gradually it will be wet and the released juice from cloves will numb the area around
that pain full tooth.