Toothache Home Remedies

You may have tooth pain due to several reasons. Toothache is a painful experience. The toothache home remedies given on this page may stop toothache and give you relief from pain.

The tooth pain can be due to a number of reasons. Common causes of toothache are:

1. Tooth decay
2. Abscess (Infected tooth) may be a cause of toothache. A tooth abscess is a collection of pus resulting due to infection at the center of a tooth. Infection may spread out from the root of the tooth and to the bones supporting the tooth. Tissues within the tooth may get swollen due to infection which may be seen as a swollen bump near the tooth causing the toothache.
3. An impacted tooth, a tooth that has failed to emerge fully through the gums.
4. Gum disease often lead to toothache.

1. Cloves or Clove Oil for Toothache:

   Chew cloves or rub clove oil on the tooth. Chew a clove slowly with the aching tooth to release its juice and leave there for half an hour. Repeat 2-3 times. When applying clove oil you should be careful because too much of it can damage your teeth. Your pharmacist can give you a safe clove oil for your teeth.
2. Salt water gargle recipe for sore tooth: Mix 1 tablespoon of common salt with 1 cup of warm water. Take a mouthful of this water and move it around the aching tooth. Salt is an excellent astringent. so salt water disinfects the tooth. You can do gargle with this water to act as a salt water sore throat remedy. It is a good idea to do salt-water gargle in the morning and evening to prevent sore tooth and throat.
3. Garlic in Toothache: Peel and crush a clove of fresh garlic and mix it with peanut butter. Apply it to the aching tooth and keep it there for 5 minutes.
   You can also use the garlic oil. Crush a clove of a garlic and wrap with a small piece of gauze and press hard until garlic releases its oil. Place the gauze on the tooth that is hurting for five minutes. Any longer and the garlic will burn the skin on inside of your mouth. Repeat 3-4 times with a gap of an hour.
4. Ice in Toothpain: It is best to numb the nerves in your tooth by using ice or ice pack to stop the pain. Just wrap 4-5 ice cubes in a towel (or take a ice pack) and place it on your face over the side of paining tooth.
5. Add some lime juice to asafetida (hing) spice powder. Soak a piece of cotton and hold it on the tooth and gum.
6. Burn some turmeric (haldi) spice sticks, make a fine powder and use as toothpowder.
7. Chew a ginger piece slowly with the aching tooth/teeth to release its juice and leave there for half an hour. Repeat 2-3 times.
8. Take a papaya leaf stick, scrape the bark, then sqeeze the juice out into the paining tooth. Repeat 2-3 times. After some time, the pain should disappear.
9. Drink the juice of 2-3 star fruit twice a day to get relief from the tooth pain.
10. Boil 5 gram of peppermint and a pinch of salt in 1 cup of water. Drink it to relieve toothache and other pains. You can use peppermint mouthwash.
11. Pour a few drops of Vanilla extract on the paining tooth.
12. Pour a few drops oil of oregano on the paining tooth or gum.
13. Gargle with a mouthwash.
14. Soak a cotton ball with 100 proof whiskey and place it on the tooth that is paining. Leave it there until all the whiskey comes out.
15. To use this treatment, take one real Crush one aspirin tablet and put the powder directly on the affected tooth for half an hour.

Helpful in Toothache

1. Do not put anything like a toothpick inside your tooth while it is paining.
2. Do not eat any sweets/desserts when your tooth is aching.
3. Rinse your mouth with mouthwash or salt water frequently to kill the bacteria inside your mouth.
4. Heat can make a toothache feel better but do not apply a heat pad if the tooth is infected. It may spread the bacteria causing the increase in pain and result in a swollen face.
5. If you have a fever, go to your dentist as soon as possible.

1. Teeth Stains: Add a drop of clove oil to the toothpaste and brush.
   Brush your teeth with soda-bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate), it removes nicotine and other dark stains. It helps to prevent the formation of tartar and keeps the teeth white.
2. Teeth and Gums - Bleeding:
   Bacteria form plaque causing gums to recede and bleed due to inflammation. This is called gingivitis. Several treatment for gums bleeding are available.
3. Loose Teeth
   Message teeth and gums with a paste of mustard seeds and table salt for about 10 minutes, twice a day.