Toothache - any advice?

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I remember meeting * petallus* at the Birmingham meet up probably 8 or so years ago. I wonder if she is still a member?

I hope it’s better by now- nearly 8 years on!

Go and see the dentist.

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Going to the dentist was the right thing petallus and I’m glad your pain is subsiding and the problem will be solved once the antibiotics have done their job.
Yes, it will cost money but there is no pain quite like toothache.

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A bit of a numbing effect too, perhaps. Not a long-term solution, though.

I suspect it's more counter-irritation, Elegran. Personally I have more faith in the tablets
Glad you're feeling better Petallus

Warmth makes the abscess expand so that it presses on the nerve and ice shrinks it and relieves the pressure. Isn't that right Janeainsworth ?

An update: I went to the dentist yesterday who took an x-ray and said the tooth had died and the root had become infected. She could not carry out any treatment until the infection had been dealt with and gave me antibiotics.

I like to think I'm fairly stoical but the pain was excruciating. Luckily it was partly relieved if I held icy water on it. Nothing else helped much. Then suddenly last night the pain went. It was bliss.

Later it will be extraction or root filling.

A piece of cotton wool soaked with oil of cloves, put on the offending tooth and gently bite down. Tastes ghastly but it deadens the nerve for a time. Then reapply, by this time you will get used to the taste. . Oh yes please see your dentist of course, this combined with painkillers will keep you sane for a while.

Hope you see the dentist today petallus - it sounds horrible.

You need a dentist I am afraid, be brave and get it over and done with Good luck

try reflexology, press your index finger tip with the opposite one on the side where it hurts. apply pressure on and off. go right down to the first joint with pressures. Aslo press your centre of palm with thumb of opposite hand in circular movements this helps relaxation and general wellbeing. There are many other things to do but the fingertip is the most effective. Foot reflexology is better but it is not comfortable to bend and touch your own foot unless you are extremely thin or vey agile which most of us aren't. Hope it helps but u need to phone dentist tomorrow

I shall be phoning the dentist first thing tomorrow morning.

merlotgran sorry to hear about your mother.

A fellow sufferer here, petallus. I split a tooth and lost a filling two weeks ago. I already have an appointment next Friday and the blighters won't give me an emergency one. I can't drive to the Emergency Dental Clinic because I'm spending every day at Mum's nursing home where she is clinging on to a small fragment of life

Keeping going by alternating ibuprofen and paracetamol, mouthwash, anbesol and a glug of whisky at bedtime - not in the day because of all the driving I'm having to do. The bit of tooth that has split away is driving me mad because it's quite loose and the the temptation to wiggle it with my tongue is overwhelming but I know it will make it more painful.

Hope you get it sorted soon. Drives you mad doesn't it?

When I had an abscess I was taking Ibuprofen and Paracetamol alternately, sort of 10am 2 Ibuprofen, 12.00 2 paracetamol, then 2pm, 2 Ibuprofen , 4pm 2 Paracetamol. Once I got the antibiotics it started to get better quite quickly.

Had a similar problem while on holiday in France , a couple of weeks ago,a friend recommended gargling with Listerine, mainly in the troublesome tooth area, & taking Ibuprofen. It worked till I saw the dentist a few days later. It was an abscess in my case, so was prescribed Amoxycilin (spelling? ) hopefully you can get to see the dentist very soon.