| There are few things more terrible than tooth | | | | product called First Aid. This product contains |
| pain, even minor tooth pain. As soon as you | | | | clove bud, so it works in much the same way. |
| experience that familiar sharp throbbing, you | | | | Simply follow the directions on the box. |
| should call the dentist and make an appointment. | | | | If you can't find First Aid or clove bud, chew on a |
| However, don't wait in agony for your | | | | number of cloves from the supermarket, much |
| appointment. There are a number of different | | | | like chewing tobacco. Leave the cloves in your |
| things that you can do to ease terrible tooth pain | | | | mouth for about 30 minutes. This should numb |
| before you can get to the dentist. | | | | the pain for a few hours. |
| 1. Elevate your head at night. | | | | 3. Baking soda and water |
| When you lie down to go to sleep, the blood will | | | | Dissolve some baking soda in warm water. Rinse |
| flow to your head. This can increase the pain of | | | | your mouth with the baking soda solution to ease |
| your hurting tooth or teeth. Elevate your head | | | | the pain. It also might help to rinse your mouth |
| with several pillows when you go to bed for the | | | | with warm salt water to help prevent infection. |
| night, and you will have a better chance of | | | | If you are on a low sodium diet, you can still use |
| actually sleeping. | | | | warm salt water. Instead of using table salt, use |
| 2. Buy clove bud and some cotton swabs. | | | | Epsom salts. Epsom salts have magnesium in |
| Clove bud is an at home treatment remedy that | | | | them instead of sodium, so you won't have to |
| actually works. You probably won't be able to find | | | | worry about your blood pressure. |
| clove bud at any large store, like Wal-Mart or Rite | | | | 4. Remove any trapped food from your mouth. |
| Aid. If you go to any herbal store or whole foods | | | | Food particles that are stuck in your mouth can |
| store, you will be able to find clove bud. If you | | | | also cause pain. Rinse your mouth with warm |
| aren't able to find it anywhere, you can buy just | | | | water first in order to loosen up any food debris. |
| cloves at your local supermarket, but it won't | | | | Then, floss your teeth to remove any other food |
| work as well. | | | | that is trapped between your teeth. |
| Brush your teeth to remove any plaque or food | | | | 5. Use an over the counter treatment. |
| debris. Place a few drops of clove bud on the | | | | Some of the over the counter treatments that |
| cotton swabs. Apply the clove bud directly to the | | | | are available. Some of the more popular ones are |
| part of your mouth that feels pain. Also apply the | | | | Anbesol and Orajel. Simply follow the directions on |
| clove bud to the area around the tooth that hurts. | | | | the package. |
| Only use a few drops! Clove bud may burn, but | | | | 6. Pain relievers |
| that's pretty typical. | | | | Some of the most effective pain relievers for |
| The way that clove bud works is to basically | | | | tooth aches are asprin and ibuprofen. Take 324 |
| overwhelm the nerve endings. The burning | | | | milligrams of asprin every four to six hours. Or, if |
| sensation won't last for very long, so don't worry | | | | you prefer, take 200 milligrams of ibuprofen |
| about it. You can use clove bud for a short | | | | every four hours. |
| amount of time, but it can end up destroying | | | | 7. Ice it |
| your nerves. This means that you shouldn't use it | | | | All you have to do for this is take a bunch of ice, |
| for any longer than a week. | | | | wrap it in a towel, and hold it to the outside of |
| If you can't find clove bud, you can also try a | | | | your mouth for 15 to 20 minutes every hour. |