Toothache

When a tooth hurts badly, and there is no possibility or desire to get an appointment with the dentist, then a variety of means are used: from trying to pick your own tooth with a needle, to all kinds of prayers and conspiracies. If a person is sure that a conspiracy from a toothache will help him - well, perhaps it will be so. Oddly enough, but in certain cases it works: pain decreases or even completely disappears. However, it is important to understand here that even if the pain is gone, then the disease itself will not disappear, and moreover, if untreated, it can become chronic with serious complications. For the sake of curiosity, let's try to figure out which conspiracies from toothache are most often practiced in alternative medicine and how their healing power is justified ...

Unfortunately, we can face toothache at any time and at any age. Naturally, no dentist will prohibit the use of home methods to get rid of toothache, if they do not contradict common sense and do not have a harmful effect on the body. However, as practice shows, many people are completely unaware of what to do to properly relieve toothache, sometimes they begin dangerous home activities and risk their health. Well, it's time to get acquainted with folk and professional methods of help in such situations, as well as learn more about the various mechanisms of toothache.

Generally speaking, folk remedies for toothache are much less effective than modern pharmaceuticals. However, in many cases, those who suffer from pain in the teeth prefer folk recipes rather than various pills. And there is nothing surprising in this: it is generally accepted that folk remedies are safer, and therefore they can be used without harm to health. But are folk remedies always safe? And which of them can really effectively calm a toothache, and which ones will not give a special effect? Let's figure it out ...

It often happens that, it would seem, the tooth has already been cured, a seal has been placed, but suddenly it starts to hurt. Especially often pain occurs after treatment and filling of channels. Is this the norm, and if so, how long will it take to endure such pain? Why does this pain occur and can it be dangerous by any complications? We will consider the answers to these and some other interesting questions further ...

It would seem that a tooth closed with a crown should not hurt, since as a result of treatment it appears to be walled up in a kind of “sarcophagus” that reliably protects from external influences. However, life dictates its own rules, and sometimes there are cases of pain under the crown - immediately or after some time after its installation. A certain percentage of pain passes quickly and without harm to a person, but there are situations when a tooth under a crown or a gum adjacent to it needs serious help to avoid complications such as gum swelling, fistula with pus, abscesses and osteomyelitis, often leading to tooth extraction . What you need to know about pain under the crown, in which cases you can relieve pain at home (and how to do it), and in which cases it is better to consult a doctor right away, and also about what you can expect in a dental clinic - all this we’ll talk later ...

Ketorol is a well-known pain medication that helps even in situations with very severe and acute toothache. It, like Ketanov, is often prescribed by dentists to patients who have pain after a complex or extensive manipulation for a certain period of time, or in cases when treatment is not possible without urgency, and a patient with acute pain needs to wait for a doctor's appointment. Given the strength and side effects of the drug, it must be used in strict accordance with the instructions. It is about the pain relief with the help of Ketorol and the rules for its use that we will talk about later, and also see how those who have already tried it in action speak about the effectiveness of the drug.

Teething of the lower wisdom tooth (less often - the upper one) is almost always accompanied by severe pain. And painkillers here will not always help, since inflammation of the gums above the wisdom tooth often develops into purulent edema, sometimes with pus moving inside the jaw, up to the development of sepsis (blood poisoning) with a possible fatal outcome. In the past, dental surgeons used excision of the gingival hood above it for emergency treatment of pains from a teething wisdom tooth, but the statistics of failures subsequently led to a change in treatment approaches. We can talk about what you can do at home to anesthetize your gums, as well as what can be expected in the clinic if you go there with pain from a growing wisdom tooth ...

People of old school are often afraid to remove their teeth in general, including wisdom teeth. And often this is due to memories of how during the Soviet era, dental surgeons for a long, very painful and very difficult to remove using a special chisel and hammer. It is clear that pulling out a wisdom tooth was very painful, especially in difficult cases, when it had to be taken out of the gums literally in pieces. However, today dentistry has stepped far forward and has a set of necessary techniques and tools that allow the wisdom tooth to be removed as painlessly, comfortably and without consequences, as well as the prevention of possible complications. We will talk more about how the procedure is carried out and how painful it is to remove wisdom teeth today ...

For patients with acute toothache or after complex manipulations, dentists often prescribe Ketanov - a drug that is effective even with severe pain. Knowing this, many are trying to use Ketanov at home on their own, without a doctor's prescription. Given the contraindications and side effects of this remedy, such self-activity can be very dangerous. Let's figure it out together in what cases and how to properly take Ketanov to relieve toothache, and when it is better to completely abandon the use of this drug.