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Toothache advice 🤒

EmilieT — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39:17 GMT

Hey guys,

One of my wisdom teeth has started coming out over the weekend, and I have an appointment tomorrow to get it looked at. In the meantime though, it's rather painful ... do you guys have any advice on how to reduce the pain, apart from painkillers? I don't know if ice, or any sort of tea maybe, might help for example. Also any food you'd recommend to eat, that wouldn't be too challenging?

Re: Toothache advice 🤒

MI5 — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:41:16 GMT

Clove Oil

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EmilieT — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:44:26 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Clove Oil

That sounds intense, I've never tried it! I'll see if I can get my hand on some, cheers @MI5 Are cloves by themselves also good for pain relief in your experience?

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Cleoriff — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:04:19 GMT

Orajel is pretty good @EmilieT . Can be bought at chemists and in different strengths depending on the level of pain

PS warm soup is ok to eat. Not hot as it will add to the pain.

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EmilieT — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:03:59 GMT

Thanks @Cleoriff, I've taken note of the name so I don't forget when I got to the shops later

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MI5 — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:48:32 GMT

Not cloves, just the oil. Any chemists will stock it.

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EmilieT — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:26:51 GMT

Got it, cheers

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JAZZ-trad — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 15:50:29 GMT

Sorry to hear that your tooth is giving you pain, nothing worse really. @EmilieT
I have used clove oil too comes in small bottle from chemist use just a small amount put on finger and gently around tooth with the your finger but the only painkiller for that as far as I'm concerned is paracetamol. Good luck sure you'll be ok.

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jonsie — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:41:30 GMT

Whisky on the affected area.....you could also drink a lot of it and you forget the pain....

Seriously, you have my sympathies @EmilieT

Re: Toothache advice 🤒

sheepdog — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 21:55:33 GMT

Suffer the pain Compared to having injections in your mouth, its not that bad. Believe me even with the anaesthetic cream those needles hurt. Fortunately you won't feel the cut from the scapel. Which probably isn't helping you much

If its coming out by itself then anything you take is only going to delay the actual pain of when its removed and healing. Ice is probably your best choice now - small bag of peas is more comfortable. Obviously you shouldn't eat either unless you want to. Water is probably the safest thing to have for now as everything you want to eat will aggrevate it in ways you never knew.

When I had a wisdom tooth removed (sadly nothing wrong with but had to come out due to an implant issue), it wasn't painful and healed up quite quickly.

Best advice: never go on a conference call after having dental work.

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pgn — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 22:32:42 GMT

Dental pain is no joke - hope you get it sorted OK soon.

Wise advice about conf-calls from @sheepdog 👍😁

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gmarkj — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 06:17:41 GMT

I've had one wisdom tooth removed so far but no doubt at least one other will need to be evicted at some point...
When the dentist removed it he also took the molar it was behind because it was so close to the nerve and the molar had been damaged by it.
Rather large hole left behind, and took longer than expected to remove as the molar did not want to go!

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EmilieT — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:51:37 GMT

Thanks for all the advice and support @JAZZ-trad, @jonsie, @sheepdog, @pgn and @gmarkj!

I have an appointment later today, so should know more then. I'm hoping there won't be a need to take that wisdom tooth out since it terrifies me (even slightly more after reading about some of your experiences ), but we'll see

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TallTrees — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:03:26 GMT

Hi @EmilieT

Nothing to bother about.

Dentists are so kind nowadays

and they are very conscious of

their patients worries too.

Best wishes TallTrees

Re: Toothache advice 🤒

gmarkj — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:17:28 GMT

As @TallTrees says, dentists are aware that people can be somewhat averse to visiting them and why.
My situation was not the norm apparently - with my fondness to needles it was even more of a job to get me through it.
Plus you have @Martin-O2 and @Marjo to keep your mind off it and keep you busy @EmilieT.
Oh, and the rest of us too!

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EmilieT — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:57:03 GMT

@TallTrees

That's the right attitude, I'm gonna try and keep your kind words in mind

@gmarkj

Thanks for keeping me busy yes, it definitely helps I hope you won't have to go back in for another tooth anytime soon yourself

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Mi-Amigo — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:01:54 GMT

Hope all goes well with your appointment @EmilieT

Be thinking about you

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EmilieT — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:04:27 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo, much appreciated

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TallTrees — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 07:16:27 GMT

Hi @ EmilieT
Thinking about you hope all got sorted for you at the dentist yesterday 🥰

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gmarkj — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:10:08 GMT

@EmilieT might not be at work today or is in late to recover @TallTrees!