I have a really bad toothache but my dentist cant see me till Thursday afternoon. I have tried taking aleve and numbing it with ambosol and oragel and that helps for meybe 15 -20 min then the pain is throbbing again. It started last night and I was able to sleep cause I had had some tylenol with codine left from my surgery this summer but i am at work now and need to get through the rest of the day here so do any of you have any tips for me to releive some of this pain? Thank you in advance

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When my wisdom tooth was hurting (entire side of my face was in pain) Ibuprofen helped. So did Excedrin Migraine but can't take that stuff daily. But Ibuprofen worked much faster and better than Tylenol. My father used to carry around some clove oil, not sure how that ranks with Anbesol (that was the other part of what I did for my wisdom tooth... went through that stuff FAST). There's also that temporary filling stuff you can buy, not sure what is causing your toothache.. but my husband lost a filling or something, and used that temp stuff and it helped a lot.

Aspirin helped me some when I was in your situation once.

Rinse with Cepacol several times during the day. It's an antibacterial mouth wash that helps kills germs. I do this anytime I feel one comming on. I also use it daily to help keep things from starting.

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Thank you all for the advice

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Be careful with the Aspirin. You don't want to have to much of it in your system when you go to the dentist (inhibits the clotting of blood).

If you have a filling that fell out or a hole in your tooth then you can use finger nail polish. The air on the nerve can cause your tooth to hurt so the fingernail polish will seal it. I have terrible teeth and I would try to put off going to the dentist for as long as possible. A bad toothache is terrible. If the dentist can't squeeze you in before Thursday I would ask them to refer you to someone else.

I take advil liquid gel. That always works the best for me. DH likes to take asprin.

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800 mg. Ibuprofen, 3 times a day. Should make the pain bearable until you see the dentist.

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clove powder

I've gotten relief with Ibuprofen because it stops inflammation. And, I'd be looking for a new dentist if he can't see you for 3 days. That's cruel and inhuman. Have you explained the amount of pain you're in to them? Or asked to speak to the dentist directly instead of his staff?

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I don't know if it works for toothaches but when they pierce your tongue they have you hold some Listerine in your mouth to numb your mouth.
It is the old original brown one that they used.

No, It wasn't me that had it done
It was a teenager and we were surprised that it numbed enough to do it.

Update... Thank you all for the advice. I didnt have a toothache after all, I have a bad infection On wed the pain was unbearable and I woke up with the lower right side of my face swollen and numb so I called the dentist and said i needed to see him or i was going to a new dentist so my dentist took me . what the dentist said was my lower right wisdom tooth did not come all the way through and somehow I got it infected... about 3 months ago (How I dont know cause i am always brushing my teeth) well anyways I have a high pain tolorance so it wasnt hurting me when i first got it, now that its at its worse I feel it . i am on amoxicillin for a week to get rid of the infection then I have to go get the wisdom tooth extracted and he said from the way the xray looks, the infection went down as far as my jaw bone.

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