Ouch ouch oooooooh ouch

I’ve broken a wisdom tooth. Been to dentist but they can’t do anything as it’s broken lower than the gum line. So it’s got to come out in hospital but I won’t get the referral till new year.

My god it hurts. The whole side of my head and even my eye socket is throbbing. Eating painkillers every four hours but even that’s only dulling the pain.

Any top tips? Someone said to me about clove oil, does that actually work?

Can’t say I’m exactly looking forward to my Christmas dinner now.

 

Anyone recommend a good over the counter pain killer?

 

booze, plenty of it.

 

Unfortunately I don’t really drink. Might take it up now though.

 

Clove oil does work but maybe not for severe pain like that, give it a try-dab on with a cotton bud. It normally only lasts a short while so you have to keep re-applying but it might give you a bit of relief. I’ve got toothache just now and I’m surprised how effective ibuprofen is but I’m sure you’ve tried that. Good luck with the turkey

 

Thank you. I will give anything a go at the minute. I might just stuff my whole mouth with cloves like a hamster

 

Zapain. Ask the dr. Makes you sleepy though, and clogs you up.

 

Weed

 

Best pain relief you can do over the counter is co-codamol (paracetamol and codeine) and ibuprofen. You can take both and stagger the doses so you are popping pills pretty regularly. Clove oil as well might help a bit. The GP can give you something with a higher dose of codeine in it. Good luck.

 

Ooh ow ouch indeed. Surely the dentist can do something? Cover the exposed nerve with a temporary filling or something? They can’t leave you like that.
Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man springs to mind.

 

Thank you for all of your suggestions. I think I will make a festive trip to the chemist. Or perhaps the local drug dealer.

 

Is your dentist private? My back tooth was nearly gone n I thought noway is he he gona get it out .He cut round it and did feel the pain thou . I put the drugs on mine save wasting time it having ta go all the way down to ya stomach. You could just rub brandy on it . Fecking always Christmas when you might wanna eat init . Hope you said happy Christmas too ya dentist good luck

 

Thank you.

 

Such a rubbish thing to happen to you just before Xmas. Cocodamol is the kiddie for pain relief as others have said. Be careful with clove oil. I overdid it once by continually applying it with cotton wool and the next day the skin on the roof of my mouth peeled off - not nice. Oh and yes a puff of weed will work wonders, so I'm told.

 

i have a mortal fear bordering on phobia about dentistry however the only time i went with no fear was with a backtooth broken down to the gum
(xmas 79) one thing, though it might not be appropriate , that was causing the pain was the fluids in the mouth getting to the nerve and i found pieces of dry bread on the tooth kept the tooth dry for short periods of pain relief - when the emergency dentist took the tooth out i still felt some pain but didn,t care indeed the tooth shattered and for many weeks small bits of tooth kept rising out the gum

 

I've used clove oil .it helps but not for long ,you need some cotton wool Budd to apply it in the right place

 

cloves do work and you l smell of xmas lol

 

Yep - horrible -I feel your pain - I had a molar out last week - only just settling down now. People swear by cannabis oil - at least it's legal now unlike weed

 

Warm salty water will reduce the inflammation around it which should knock back the pain ...
Start with body temp and not much salt, and build up both. My old man was a dentist as well as an actor for about thirty years