Thread: Hubby has a toothache any home remedies?

Hubby has had a little tooth ache off & on for the last week.he just woke up from it. He hates going to a dentist. Besides oragel or salt water is there anything good home remedies that work?

I just found this site that has a ton of home remedies. I've used the clove one before and it helped a little.

Remedies for Toothache Pain

If you find your toothache still pains you after trying either Ibuprofen, Aleve, Codeine, Tylenol, Aspirin, or Acetaminophen, then give these home remedies a try to stop toothache pain.

1 - First try a pressure point remedy by rubbing an ice cube into the V-shaped area where the bones of the thumb and forefinger meet on one hand for 5 to 7 minutes.

2 - A clove of garlic with a little of rock salt, placed on the affected tooth will relieve the pain. Alternatively you can chew a garlic clove daily in the morning.

3 - A good home remedy for toothache is to Place 2 - 3 drops of vanilla extract on the tooth that is aching this will provide instant pain relief.

4 - Apply a dab of “Vicks vapor rub” on the side of the face where the pain is. Place a paper towel on top and lay down in bed. The heat from the vicks absorbs into the skin and brings you toothache relief.

5 - Cut off a piece of potato and put on your sore tooth for about 15 minutes.

6 - A hot tea bag pressed to the tooth will provide almost instant relief

7 - Halls Cough Drops has a small amount of anestetic in it. Pop two in your mouth and let them disolve.

8 - The juice of wheat grass is an excellent mouthwash for dental decay and cures toothache. It draws out toxins from the gums and checks bacterial growth.

9 - Asafoetida grounded in lemon juice cures dental ache. Heat the solution, soak a cotton swab and place it in the cavity of the tooth to relieve pain quickly.

10 - Paste of the bark of bay berry mixed with vinegar applied on the affected area will alleviate the pain and strengthen the gums.

11 - Clove oil or oil of cloves is a mild anesthetic and applied to the cavity of the decayed tooth provides instant pain relief from the toothache. Oil of oregano on the paining tooth is also nearly as effective.

12 - Try gargling some Listerine antiseptic.

13 - Chewing leaves of the guava tree (if you have a backyard guava tree) will provide some relief from tooth pain.

14 - A pinch of pepper and ¼ tsp of common salt prevents dental cavities, foul breath, bleeding from the gums, painful gums, and toothaches.

15 - A pinch of pepper powder mixed with clove oil can be put on the cavities to alleviate the toothache.

16 - Put an ice cube on the aching tooth or on the nearest cheek for 15-20 minutes at least 3 or 4 times a day.

17 - Squeezing cotton wool soaked in brandy against the affected tooth helps numb the pain or try taking a swig of whiskey and holding it over the painful tooth.

18 - If the pain in the mouth is caused by trapped food, take a mouthful of water and rinse it vigorously. A thorough rinse may dislodge the food particles.

Thank you both for the suggestions. Hopefully one will take the pain away so he can sleep. Thanks.

I had a horrendous toothache over the weekend....got an emergecy Dentist appt. yesterday. Turns out it wasn't my tooth at all but a serious sinus infection pressing down on my gums and tooth. She gave me a heavy duty antibiotics prescription and told me to take Mucinex. It's slowly going away.

military wife is right, get to a dentist. Believe it or not people still die from bad teeth! Meanwhile, take aleve or advil and keep it in his system.

Yep the tooth can abscess and thats all she wrote... We got our home at an auction about 10 years ago because the guy that owned it was a bachelor and died from an abscessed tooth, right here in our living room, found him 3 days later.