I'm in AGONY!?!
Question: I posted a question earlier today, and thanks for the responses, I'm fairly resigned to the fact that I'll lose the tooth now.
Quick description - bottom right molar, 2 in front of my wisdom tooth was bothering me off and on for a while but I stupidly ignored it..this morning, eating breakfast, there was a crack and a LOT of pain...the tooth has broken, I'd say at least 50% of the tooth is gone, and what's left doesn't look too good, it's all rotten and black on the inside.
Anyway, this morning after the worst of the pain wore off, it wasn't TOO bad, but gradually over the day it's got worse and worse, and I'm in agony with it now. I've taken the maximum dose of ibuprofen, and I've tried oil of cloves without much help.
Is there ANYTHING I can do to help with the pain until I see my dentist on Thursday morning?
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The best thing you can do at home for a toothache is take 800 mg of Ibuprofen, which is prescription strength, every 6-8 hours as needed for pain.. it has an anti-inflammatory in it which will ease the pulp (nerve), therefore, it will work better than Tylenol and aspirin. Whatever you do, do not place an aspirin on the tooth or near the tooth.. this could cause a burn causing further damage and pain. You need an antibiotic and pain medication. if you are absolutely unable to go to the dentist until Thursday then I suggest you visit and emergency room. Good luck to you.
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Call your physician. He will (should) prescribe you something to get you by until your appointment. Good luck to you.
Ice, a cold modality is the best thing to do for pain, DO NOT Ice for longer than 20 minutes at a time, and less if it become numb at any time remove ice.
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Physicians for Life and Cold Modalities
go to a dentist and get rid of that tooth asap. the operation is very simple and painless. you will probably need to take some antibiotics for a few days to stop the infection. this will ease the pain a while and then you must go to extract the tooth. i've been in the same situation as you with the same tooth and i stayed home continuing taking analgesics because i feared going to the dentist until one night i was in such pain that i was ripping my face with the snot that was coming out of my nose and mouth until the next day. trust me. this is no pain you want to feel.
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personal experience
Vikidin or just get wasted on spirits personally i go for Jagermeister
I'm not a dentist so I can't offer you anything more than a "I'd do this" answer. I'd call the dentist and tell him I needed a pain killer or I'd go to the emergency room and let them pull it.
Good Luck and let us know how it works out. There's nothing worse than a toothache.
go to sleep till thursday or aply local anestecia in cream .. go to your favy drugstore and ask for one with tears in ya eyes.. will break anyone heart and u might even get it for free! good luck honey pie
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