Tooth Decay Pain - My Home Remedies

Home Remedies for Tooth Decay Pain

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Tooth Decay Pain Home Remedies:

Submitted at 2011-07-14 04:15:08
Not all tooth pains are created equal, but I hope my solution can help someone else. I have a cavity that keeps giving me intense pains in the middle of the night.

I got it to go from a massive throbbing pain to a dim and tolerable pain (at least this I can sleep through).

Here's what I did:

First, brush GENTLY with sensodyne. Second wet a q-tip with peroxide and hold it against the cavity for half a minute (contrary to strangely popular belief, peroxide does not hurt in the least, and doesn't even taste very bad). Third, repeat with clove oil (be careful about this one though--it burns when touched to anything besides your teeth). Lastly, rinse thoroughly with mouthwash, twice (I use alcohol-free Crest Pro-health). Then give it 3-5 minutes to get over the agitation caused by messing with it.

With ALL of these steps, spit but DON'T rinse. The remnants of all remaining on the affected tooth will provide more lasting relief than if you remove it all. And if you finish with a pleasant tasting mouthwash, it wont be too inconvenient either.
rating: 7 (14 votes)

Submitted by Oscar at 2011-08-18 04:08:03
Hey guys, I have been dealing with unbearable tooth pain from a cavity/filling that must have cracked on one of my molars. It seems to come only at night.

Anyways, I found a product at Walgreens/CVS Pharmacy that INSTANTLY relieved my toothache. It's called 'Red Cross Toothache Complete Medication Kit'. You basically dip a very small cotton ball into the medicine, and then place it on the tooth/or cavity for a minute. Instant relief! It costs around $5-$8.

Thank me later!
rating: 6 (22 votes)

Submitted by Matt at 2011-10-15 19:41:01
So I have 2 teeth that are decayed (1 decayed down the the gums and the other just starting). I have tried many different remedies. Some of them are:

Peanut Butter on the tooth (worked for maybe 3 minutes for me)

Saltine Crackers chewed into paste (slightly worked)

Brushing my teeth thoroughly (worked for a few days but had to do it about every 3-5 hours)

Swishing soda (still currently working after about 4 days but doesn't last to long)

Clove Oil (worked for a few hours then stopped and became immune)

Swishing Salt Water (still some what works but only for short periods and have to constantly do it)

Ice/Heat Packs (ice packs normally do the trick for after I have tried something else but heat packs make it worse for me)

Swishing Vanilla Extract (worked for a few hours but had to swish it at least every 30-45 minutes)

Salt Water with Oregano (so far it has worked the best, completely takes the pain away)

Bread on the teeth (doing this will help prevent air getting to the nerve and aggravating it)

Chewing Onion on the tooth (worked for about 10 minutes then pain came back)

Mouthwash (it worked for me only if I swished until I couldn't handle it anymore)

Toothpaste (this works great if it is put over the whole in a tooth, but I does not work for me anymore)

I'm still testing things as the pain comes back after everything else fails.
rating: 6 (23 votes)

Submitted by Chouamae at 2009-12-28 00:52:16
My tooth has been excrutiatingly painful to the point where I wanted to pull it out myself... I've tried most of the remedies from pain meds to the vanilla extract. Nothing worked for me until I decided to give up. Fifteen minutes before I went to sleep, I took two extra strength excedrin and a few minutes later, I swished 7up around in my mouth. My pain went away almost immediately and lasted up to 6 hours, long enough to take another two excedrins and rinse my mouth out with 7up again. Warning: It has to be 7up, no other lemon-lime soda will do because 7up is made with Natural Flavors and not artificial flavors.
rating: 5 (7 votes)

Submitted by R. Burns at 2010-03-23 22:12:44
i have had a toothache all day tylenol and excedrin only took care of the pain for awhile so i came up with a plan 1.) get warm water and mix with some salt swish around for 60 sec. spit out water 2.) get some oragel put it in the infected tooth 3.)then make a paste with some hydrogen peroxide and goodys pm and put the paste on the q-tip and put as much as the paste on the infected tooth tastes nasty but this is only thing that has helped all day
rating: 5 (2 votes)

Submitted at 2010-04-07 04:46:50
i had a terrible pain in the root of one of my teeth which was stuck in my gums, i took 2 paracetamol, 2 other even stronger pain killers and i smoked a joint of weed it really worked i had no more pain and i fell asleep from 7:00am until 5:00pm after being awake all night i took more pain killers when i woke but the pain was gone after i took the pain killers. PS. only smoke weed if you need to sleep cause it will put you to sleep after taking the tablets!!
rating: 5 (12 votes)

Submitted by jeffspirit at 2010-05-02 05:24:51
I don't know, it differs among the folk who use different things and many work wonders temporarily of several minutes to near permanent.

My teeth are terrible. A lifetime of neglect. Reasons major is cost. Never been afraid of the dentist or pain. And I've had super severe pain in these teeth. If you get though it without infection, is the miracle worker you are.

Then, keeping a dead tooth intact is impossible. Once the nerve dies, the tooth starts to crumble and becomes like really old concrete.

All you can do is keep the mouth clean as possible every 24 hours at least. That's because of that plaque that forms from bacteria. If you can keep that down, you won't have pain.

However, teeth that have pieced themselves out over time, tend to move. Especially when eating. Right now I have a situation of an upper eye type tooth, left side, long, long, ago decayed away. What happened is I ate something and the gum tissue moving maybe, moved the still in the gum leftover, piece of tooth up.

I thought it was infection, but, know now it is not that. That jagged piece has moved like a needle stabbed into tissue, which, causes pain. There is no swelling, like an abscess. It is a tiny swollen as with a minor cut to cause inflammation.

I put tooth ache med on the area up to that mouth part, it's nearest where the front cheek and muscle area meet, it helps some. The Eugenol gark.

What has helped is the old fashioned take enough pain killer to kill yourself, if they find me in the morning they'll never believe it was suicide. Or end up with liver cancer caused by too much pain med.

This is not an infection pain, it is like someone cut the tissue up in there with a tiny knife, and that's the problem. I just have to wait till the body heals it.

One time I went to a dentist to get these teeth out, he would not. He recommended me to an oral surgeon, which I ended up going to costing around $700. The guy had to saw out the tooth it was so tough. My teeth are deep rooted and long.

Now a days, they are so bad I would have to be hospitalized and go that route. Can't do that. Cost.

One person here posted mind over body thing. Yes. Works. Our bodies heal, and better if it's not in pain. I have found just powering up the mind to control pain, and have had success for a very long time.

Maybe I have super high pain tolerance, I don't know. Right now I'm pumped on pain killer. That will keep inflammation down, and gradually I will adjust to the sensation. This time it was severe as I have ever encountered. I must have really bit down on something to cause it to move in the jaw like that. I usually don't have this type trouble.

Anyway this is my post. A lengthy pondering about me teeth. It does seem true that we are modern in every which way some, yet we live with 19th century teeth problems.
rating: 5 (11 votes)

Submitted by josh at 2010-12-30 14:11:06
I took darviset and i took antibiotics which helped very well. i tried vanilla , tried brandy, tried warm pad, none of which worked, the pain pill and antibiotics did wounders for me till i could get to the dentist
rating: 5 (13 votes)

Submitted at 2011-05-11 01:37:16
I have a very bad decaying lower left wisdom tooth, and I am constantly having a dull throbbing pain, especially when I am digesting food. I jave an appointment to get all my wisdom teeth removed, but I have to wait a month and a half!

I have tried numerous remedies, but the only one that has worked is mixing clove oil with Listerene mouthwash...The one with the highest alcohol content! I simply mix some Listerene with 5 drops of clove oil, and swish it in my mouth, specifically where my decaying tooth is. Hold it there until the burning is gone, about a minute. My pain was gone for 4-6 hours!
rating: 5 (13 votes)

Submitted by kevin at 2010-03-18 14:11:51
never expected this to work, but it did
i was lying on the floor in pain, tried the saltwater trick
i think i can function enough to get through till tomorrow
rating: 4 (4 votes)

Submitted by DC at 2011-06-20 01:49:25
The winner so far is Oregano Oil. Its quick acting and works very well. It not only relieves the ache but it naturally kills bacteria and aides the overall infection. I've had a decayed tooth for a couple years now and sadly haven't had it fixed because I don't have dental insurance and haven't had the cash out of pocket. Generally it doesn't bother me but every once in a while if i chew on it too much or grind my teeth in my sleep I'll have a horrific toothache that will last anywhere from a day to a few days. I've tried everything under the sun including heavy painkillers which would help for a short period of time but I never liked the foggy feeling.
rating: 4 (12 votes)

Submitted by daniel at 2010-01-14 20:42:05
I have extremely bad teeth and am unable to afford the 4600 dollars it costs to fix them. I have 3 teeth that are broken off at or below the gum line. I made a paste with ground cloves, oregono, salt, and tequila.(Im pretty sure any alcohol will work but that was all i had on hand) Put it on a q-tip and pasted above the gum line besid the cheek where you would think ppl put where chew. I found it worked very well. If you are reading this you are probably in extreme pain and i feel for you and wish you the best of luck.
rating: 4 (7 votes)

Submitted by IfeelForYou at 2011-04-02 23:48:03
last year I had a rotten tooth (a filling fell out) and it was the worst pain I have ever had in my life! Ever read about torture in war? Tooth ache pain has this all best to H3LL! Anyway, I called our local dentist and told him that I was broke and could not afford to get in to get the tooth pulled. He told me that it was the swelling that irratates the nerves. He told me to take Ibprofen (generic brand from walmart) (small brown round pills). I did this and it took some of the pain away but it was still there after an hour so I called him back and he said I could take more. I figured at this point I would rather be dead then feel this type of pain anyway so piss on it. I took 8 Ibprofen on top of the 3 I had taken an hour earlier. BINGO! 15 minutes later (no kidding) I was absolutely pain free. I made myself eat one piece of plain white bread so my stomach would not be empty. It worked! No stomach ache and my tooth was pain free for about 12 hours! No kidding. Ask any dentist. Ibprofen is not like asprin in that it will not upset your stomach like asprin will. It does however take the swelling away WHICH IS WHAT IS IRRATATING THE NERVES! Try it and post back here to let me know you are pain free.
rating: 4 (31 votes)

Submitted by Luda chris at 2011-05-16 19:39:02
hi, i've looked at all of these and have seen that alcohol works, im 20yrs old and have had a really bad tooth ache, i cant afford the dentist bills, so i decided that i would get a piece of tissue and soak it in pure alcohol, yes it can be hard to find but you can always order small amounts online, then i just put it between the crack in my tooth, and left it for about 10mins, and boom the pain is gone, if you only have vodka or some other drink with a high percentage then you may have to apply it a couple times, but it does work for me, it may not work for you, but its still worth trying.
rating: 4 (12 votes)

Submitted at 2011-07-06 00:01:54
Been suffering with a toothache due to decaying wisdom tooth. Took a shot of whisky and held it in my mouth for 5 min and then spit it out. I am now able to sleep. :o)
rating: 4 (15 votes)

Submitted at 2009-12-23 04:51:06
so ive had this really bad tooth ache for a few months its very bad to where i need to either get a root canal or get it pulled i dont have the money yet and every now and then i get a ridiculous extreme pain on that tooth. usually ill have painkillers that ill take and it works wonders for me. but on those nights i dont have them like tonight. i get to the point i just dont know what to do. i came on this site and tried the peanut butter. started to go away. then i tried the vanilla extract with a qtip and putting it right on the bad tooth. slowly started to work more and finally i did the Oregano put a bit between ur gum and the tooth and chew on a bit and rub it on the bad tooth and within min it was gone! idk what worked but between those remedys something worked hopefully now i can get some sleep. thanks so much everyone for your intresting remedys.
rating: 3 (7 votes)

Submitted by angel at 2010-11-04 11:18:42
i tried the peppermint oil & it did not work as good as i had hoped. But in my efferts in finding the pepperment oil i ran across some white vanilla flavor (double strength imitation) so i decieded to experiment. Onions are supposed to kill bacteria in your mouth so i chopped up some onion & soaked it in the white vanilla flavor, with a q-tip. Instant dullness, the flavors even out each other, with a long, 30 min so far & still chewin on the same q-tip.
rating: 3 (12 votes)

Submitted by jules at 2009-11-08 18:01:24
Rinse your mouth with warm water and baking soda, really well. All over, several times. This kills the pain instantly. I just did it! I have a tooth, 1/4 broke off due to decay, aches like the dickens and this really helped. Also take anti-inflamatory ibuprophen and amoxicillin for the infection. THEN.... have the tooth pulled if it is in the back. DON'T suffer needlessly. Fill the front, pull the back!
rating: 2 (6 votes)