What to do if the tooth is aching: the causes of the appearance of toothache, recommendations for relief and pain relief

Probably, there is no such person who has never had a toothache in his life.

Toothache is, perhaps, one of the most painful tests that can fall to the lot of a person.Ideal if you can immediately immediately go to the doctor.And if there is no such possibility?Then to struggle with this trouble it is necessary, so to say, improvised means to calm pain up to obligatory( by all means obligatory!) Visit to the stomatologist even if then the tooth has ceased to hurt.

This article will tell you how to cope with aching pain in the teeth.

It is with aching pain, not with acute, sharp, jerking or pulsating, because such types of pain indicate the presence of very serious problems and can only be removed with powerful analgesics and then for a short time.

Sources and causes of aching toothache

First of all, it should be noted that the appearance of any pain sensations - is always a sign of the disease .Aching toothache is no exception to this rule.

What can be the source of aching toothache?

It can be:

• a tooth nerve, which is affected by an external factor( heat, cold, acid or mechanical stimulus);
• gingiva;
• periosteum of the jaw( the most unpleasant case).

The most common causes of aching toothache:

1. If aching toothache occurs during eating as a reaction to eating acidic, hard, cold or hot food, then this is evidence that the structure of the tooth enamel has deteriorated and in itFormed small cracks and chips.All this in the future can lead to the development of caries, and later pulpitis.
2. It is not uncommon for caries to re-develop when the tooth healed earlier starts to hurt again.The reasons for this may be different - medical errors during treatment, infection or failure to follow the doctor's recommendations.
3. Quite rarely aching toothache can occur as a result of an allergy to drugs that the dentist used during treatment.
4. Another cause of the aching toothache is the eruption of wisdom teeth.In this case, the pain is localized behind the extreme teeth of the upper or lower jaw.The process " the birth of " wisdom teeth can be quite long and in addition to the pulling and aching toothache can also be accompanied by general weakness and even fever.
5. If the aching pain is felt in several teeth located in a row?And when you press on them, the pain sensations increase, then these are symptoms of periodontitis or periodontitis.If these diseases are not treated, then there is a very high likelihood of losing part of the teeth, so that when the first appearance of such symptoms it is necessary to urgently consult a specialist.
6. Often the teeth begin to ache with increased sensitivity of the teeth, which is manifested during breathing with cold air.To solve the problem of hypersensitivity teeth can restore tooth enamel.
7. There are cases of aching pain after tooth extraction.Usually such pains pass through 3 - 4 days, if the removal was without complications and the healing process is normal.

How to relieve and relieve the aching pain in the tooth

If there is a hole in the tooth, then probably the residue of has got into it, which must be removed.To do this, rinse your mouth with boiled warm water.And even better, if it is a warm soda solution.To calm the pain, you can also attach to the cheek, from the aching tooth, ice or a container of cold water.

Important .In no case can the warm tooth be heated( put a heating pad or compress), because the increased temperature intensifies and accelerates the inflammatory process.

If this did not help( or helped, but not for long), then we need to move on to the next step in solving the problem of relieving or alleviating the toothache.

For this , a variety of methods are used, which can be grouped into three categories:

1. Medications.
2. Folk methods.
3. Unconventional methods.

Medications

Pain medications for internal reception

This is primarily - aspirin, paracetamol, efflergan, analgin, ibufen, ibuklin, etc.

For reference. The safest pain relievers are paracetamol and Efferalgan.Ibupen and its analogs are the most suitable means for children.

For the removal of aching toothache, it is also possible to use drugs based on nimesulide( ketans, Nise and their analogs).These are powerful tools that effectively relieve pain for a longer time, but at the same time they have many contraindications.

An adult can take an aspirin tablet with an analgin tablet.This combination of drugs will help relieve even severe pain.But there is one limitation - you can use this combination of drugs at most twice a week.

Aching in the tooth can also remove a combination of one no-pill and one tablet of analgin.

Painkillers topical application

It is necessary to break an anesthetic tablet into small parts, and then to put its piece in a hollow of a tooth( if it is open and the suitable sizes) or to place in the area of ​​a sick tooth.After dissolving the drug, the nerve of the tooth should become numb for a while.

Important .It is strictly forbidden to do a similar procedure with aspirin, because there may be a burn mucous.

Dental drops, which insist on alcohol and are composed of a mixture of herbs, are also good:

• valerians;
• camphor;
• peppermint( oil squeeze).

These drops soothe the dental nerve and at the same time disinfect the oral cavity.

Lidocaine can also be used. Lidocaine is a local anesthetic of , which is more effective than novocaine.For anesthesia at home, this remedy is used in the form of a gel and an aerosol.

The gel is applied to the fleece and placed on the tooth, and the spray is sprayed in the area of ​​the diseased tooth.Anesthesia usually lasts up to 30 minutes, depending on the intensity of the pain.

It is not a bad thing to relieve and relieve toothache painkillers, which are rubbed into the gum near the aching tooth.

Important .Before taking pain medication medication should carefully read the instructions for their use.

Folk remedies

There are many folk remedies for relief and relief of aching toothache.In this article, only the most accessible of them will be considered.

Infusions of herbs

1. Infusion of chamomile - two tablespoons of dry collection into two cups of boiled water infuse for about 10 minutes.Then the infusion is decanted.Drink the resulting infusion after it has cooled to 30-35 ° C.
2. Infusion of Echinacea - four tablespoons of dry collection for eight cups of boiling water are infused for about 10 minutes.It is applied similarly I tincture of a camomile.
3. Infusion of a mixture of sage, camomile flowers and calendula - two tablespoons of the collection are poured into one glass of boiling water and heated in a water bath for 15 minutes.From the filtered and cooled to 30-35 ° C, the infusion is made for the sick tooth for 20-25 minutes.

Infusions of herbs are used for weak aching pains.

Rinses

1. Soda solution - a teaspoon of baking soda for a glass of warm boiled water.The resulting soda solution is used for aching pain after tooth extraction.
2. Infusion of such ingredients: half a glass of sage infusion, half a teaspoon of soda, a quarter of a teaspoon of salt and a glass of warm water.Rinse the sick tooth for one minute.
3. Salt solution - a teaspoon of salt in a glass of boiled warm water.Intensively rinse for 30 seconds in the area of ​​the aching tooth.
4. Weak solution of furacilin or manganese.Such a solution disinfects and removes the edema of the gums.

Dental lotions

1. Put on the sick tooth a cotton ball soaked in one of the following: Dent drops, tooth elixir, camphor alcohol, valerian tincture.Vatka changes every 10 minutes until the pain subsides.
2. Put on the sick tooth a mixture of grated chives and a piece of onions.
3. Put on the sick tooth a cotton swab soaked in a mixture of tinctures of marigold and valerian.
4. Freshly cut Kalanchoe leaf, rinse, knead and attach to a sick tooth.
5. Put a piece of propolis in the hollow of the tooth and close it with fleece.Keep propolis in the cavity of the tooth for 20 minutes.
6. One piece of fresh fat is applied to a sick tooth for 20 minutes.

Herbal tinctures on alcohol and wine

1. A crushed mixture of wormwood and medicinal verbena( two tablespoons of each mixture), pour a glass of red wine and keep after boiling for 10 minutes.After straining, rinse your mouth with the resulting broth.
2. One teaspoon of spirituous tincture of propolis to dissolve in a glass of warm water.Rinse the resulting solution with the place where the diseased tooth is.Also it is possible to apply a cotton wool soaked in a solution to a sick tooth.

Non-traditional methods of toothache removal

Using garlic

In folk medicine, there is one curious method of relieving toothache with garlic.It is necessary to rub garlic wrist, where the pulse is felt.Then pribintovat sliver of garlic at the same place of the wrist.If the tooth hurts from the left side of the jaw, then the garlic should be on the right hand and vice versa.

Ear massage

With this method, the upper edge or earlobes are massaged with the forefinger and thumbs of the hand, which is located on the side where the diseased tooth is.Massage is done about 7 minutes.

Massage Shiatsu - impact on certain points of the body

You can try these techniques:

1. Push on the point on the carotid artery under the lower jaw from the side where the tooth hurts.
2. With three fingers, push hard 2-3 times on the whiskey.
3. Long press three fingers on the cheek above the aching tooth.

Emotional impact

Researchers found that crying acts as an anesthetic, reducing pressure in the gums.

If you are a very sentimental person, then maybe you will be able to cry, remember something sad or touching.You can use a simpler method, for example, to cut a bow.

Distraction from pain

This method is, so to speak, in the " switching " emotion.It is necessary to try to escape from the pain, for example, to watch a cheerful comedy, read an exciting book, and engage in an exciting affair.This will help temporarily relieve the pain.

"Switching" of the cerebral hemispheres

This unusual method is in " deception " of nerve endings.To do this, you have to be left-handed for a while, if you are right-handed and vice versa.In practice, to achieve this is quite simple - put the watch and wedding ring on the other hand, try to use " is not your " hand in all household matters and in just 20-25 minutes you will so confuse your brain that aching toothache will subside.But this method is unlikely to help with severe pain.

CONCLUSIONS

The methods described above for the removal of aching toothache are only temporary measures that in no way can replace qualified treatment.

Even if it's easier for you, and the pain subsided, still do not forget to visit the dental clinic as soon as possible.