Any suggestions how to help my pain?

Question

I have a horrible toothache, I can't sleep. I'm going to the dentist tomorrow but right now all of a sudden it started hurting so much, it hasn't been bad during the day. The orajel is not helping anymore, I put cloves, i took pain medication & ibuprofen.

Answer 1

Sounds like an abscess. If it is, there's virtually nothing you can do about it. It's unfortunate, but the pain, in my opinion, more than likely is no longer the tooth itself. Taking ibuprofen is about the only thing you can really do. As reccomended if one didn't work, you can take two. You can safely take upto 3, but only if it's a very rare occasion. Too much ibuprofen over a long period of time can cause complications.

I think after your dentist trip tomorrow, maybe the day after even will pretty much rock. Just hang in there. It's hard, but there's little to be done. Avoid eating anything sticky (jelly beans, peanut butter, etc.), and try rinsing your mouth with warm saltwater (teaspoon of salt per cup of warm water). That will clean it really well and may sooth it somewhat.

Answer 2

I have some experience with tooth pain. I have even gone so far as to put an attachment onto the vacuum cleaner and put it on the tooth.
I use clove oil, not cloves. You can get the oil at a health food store usually, and sometimes from a pharmacy.
You can try different temperatures of water to rinse it with. You can try warm salt water to rinse with. You can try hydrogen proxide to rinse with. Try an oral-jet water rinse machine if you have one.
You can also try baking soda (dissolved in water) as a rinse. Try air (sucking in cool air over the tooth).

Different tooth pains respond to different home treatments, usually, so you just have to try different things until something works for you.

I had one tooth that I had to rinse every few minutes with cool water...that was the only thing that would calm it down.

You can also try ice pack or heating pad.

Most times I've been prescribed 600mg ibuprofen plus an antibiotic, usually penicillin. They can do that in the ER..so go to the ER and get started on the antibioitic right now.

One more suggestion: you can do nothing to it and LET IT CALM DOWN. This may help you sleep. Just try to go to sleep and don't suck on the tooth or anything. Let it rest.
Good luck, I feel for you. Been there many times.

Answer 3

Hello. I wish you gave a little more info. ex.which tooth, what started the pain but I see you have an app. tomorrow so of course it has to act up at its worst. Curious about what kind of pain med &how long ago you took it. Either way I have a few emergency things to suggest. Everyone reacts different in trying to get relief from the toughest pain one could experience. First of all, if you are still awake, and it has a 'heart-beat' of its own you have to try to calm your body down which sounds stupid,but if you can concentrate and visualize the root from your tooth to your jaw and that area being infected surrounded by a red blinking light which represents the pain like a commercial for Oragel which is not working anymore as you have said and is most likely now adding more pain by aggravating your gums,tell yourself I am sending a message in the shape of a blue box from the opposite side of your brain to the red light of pain that is traveling from nueron to nueron or visualize the blue box of relief on top of train tracks or wires that will reach your tooth in 10seconds and upon arrival the blue box engulfs the red light thus stopping the pain.Sounds crazy but if you can visualize that you created and sent the "message of relief" it will work. Ok I was hoping by stalling that I could get your mind to focus or get angry at me for going on so long.The first thing you should do is get a good size glass filled with very warm water, not hot to burn, but hotter than luke warm or just warm with a tablespoon of regular salt added and completly stirred and not sitting on the bottom of the glass. Take half of a mouthful and rinse your mouth as vigorous as you can for as long as you can at least 30-45 seconds. If the salt taste is not close to almost making you gag add some more. Like wise if your first mouthful is so gross you can't gargle long enough throw it out and make another one. You did not mention if the tooth was sensitive to cold or warm water which it sounds like it isn't but as i have said it sure sounds infected inwhich the rinsing should give you some relief. The reason they feel worse at night is because your brain is trying to relax, and with no other input there is nothing to distract the pain. I have found taking 2 plain old Bayer Asprin surprisingly stopped the pain in a very short time and does work better than all of the non-asprins. If you are lieing down trying to go to sleep and you feel its not going to happen turn on the tv or read anything to get your mind off the pain. A shot of wisky rinsed in your mouth and swallowed sometimes works but it will burn like hell on your gums so I would stick to rinsing and some asprin. by the time you get this you will probably be better since it took me over an hour and a half to complete because I had just activated this address and 15min.later just happened to stumble across your Q but I had forgoten one character of my ID and had to go through the proceedure of getting a reply on my PC along with typing for the 1st time on my brand new wire-less laptop. I cannot believe it is going on 4:30am but I was determined to finish with hopes that you fell asleep and may read this tomorrow. Last thing finally. IF you are in bad pain at the dentist DO NOT MAKE A DECESION OR AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE YOUR TOOTH PULLED under the impairment of your reasoning skills because of such intolerable pain.I would like to know how you made out if possible. john

Answer 4

Toothaches are painful but can be prevented
by take suitable precautions. Avoid eating
food which will result in the formation of acid
in the mouth, brush teeth regularly with a fluoride
toothpaste. I found the information at
http://aches.in/preventtoothache.html

Answer 5

a pharmacist near me told me I could take tylenol and an aspirin product together at the same time (but not two aspirin products...aspirin like products are aspirin, motrin (ibuprofen), naprosyn (naproxen)...naproxen is very good...I like it alot..

any way one type works on the knowledge of pain in your head (tylenol) and the other type works on the inflammation at the site (aspirin like products)...one is metabolized in kidneys, other one thru liver...ask your pharmacist to be sure...or your doc.

when it gets to a certain point of abcess, neither hot nor cold will help even if it did help at one time...even moderate temps can set it off then..I know from personal experience...

Worst case scenario...go to the hospital ER to get a stronger pain prescription...but that would be a large bill if no insurance..probably $2000 with no insurance (but could pay in payments)...

Answer 6

Go to the hospital, let them know when your last dose of pain medicine was, and tell them the pain is getting unbearable, you'll need someone to drive you, hopefully they'll give you a shot of pain medicine. They did when my toothache got unbearable. Of corse I was litterly in tears.

Answer 7

use salt as tooth powder n apply 2-3 times a day u will feel better from the 1st try

Answer 8

There's not much else you can do if the pain killers don't work. You might try a heating pad or hot water bottle (anything pretty warm will do), sometimes that will help.

Answer 9

hi and hello hopefully this will relive your pain get a sock and yes a sock lol the ones you wear and put some uncooked rice in it heat it up in the microwave and place it on your cheek where it hurts allso try a tea bag hopefully this will work good luck

Answer 10

try letting an aspirin dissolve on the tooth, other than cloves that's all Ive got