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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

How to use home remedies to temporarily soothe a toothache

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There are not many things in life that are worse than a toothache. When a toothache strikes, you need to ul­ti­mate­ly see a den­tist to re­solve it but there are home reme­dies that can help you tem­porar­i­ly soothe the pain of a toothache while wait­ing for an ap­point­ment.

Some of these are read­i­ly avail­able at home or can be ac­quired eas­i­ly and can be done in­di­vid­u­al­ly as well as to­geth­er.

• Rins­ing your mouth with warm salt­wa­ter can help im­mense­ly with a toothache. It may help to dis­lodge a piece of food that is stuck in be­tween teeth caus­ing pain or may tem­porar­i­ly help with toothache by dis­in­fect­ing the mouth.

Swish room tem­per­a­ture salt­wa­ter made with warm wa­ter and sea salt and spit as of­ten as need­ed un­til you can get to the den­tist. Sea salt has more ben­e­fi­cial min­er­als than iodised ta­ble salt. Warm wa­ter will help to both dis­solve the salt and will al­so feel more com­fort­ing than the shock of cold wa­ter on a sore or sen­si­tive tooth.

•Use three per cent hy­dro­gen per­ox­ide as a rinse. Do not swal­low it. You will feel a strong bub­bling sen­sa­tion but this will dis­in­fect your mouth. It can al­so have a bleach­ing ef­fect and help bright­en your teeth.

• Rub the sore spot with your fin­ger or a cot­ton swap dipped in cloves, clove oil, vanil­la ex­tract or al­mond ex­tract if you have them. This can cre­ate an anal­gesic ef­fect and give you sub­stan­tial re­lief.

• Swish whiskey around in your mouth with­out swal­low­ing. Whisky can numb the pain of your teeth and gums and pro­vide a dis­in­fec­tant ac­tion like salt­wa­ter's or hy­dro­gen per­ox­ide's.

• Eat yo­gurt. Yo­gurt's healthy bac­te­ria can help soothe mouth pain and clear up sores in the mouth.

• Floss your teeth gen­tly to dis­lodge any food that might be hit­ting a nerve be­tween teeth or caus­ing dis­com­fort. -www.ehow.com


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