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What's up you guys? How are is your Christmas going so far? Well, I got a situation. I HAVE A REALLY BAD TOOTHACHE! The thing is, my abscess is filled and the nerve inside is driving me INSANE! I can't go to the dentist's office because it's Christmas and no offices are open. So... how do I ease the pain WITHOUT any ibuprofen. Answers are greatly appreciated. ;) (p.s I need something that works really quick, if there are any...)

Hey (you guys that answered)! Thank you so much for giving me the advice... although I can't do anything about it right now, you guys were so caring and you actually answered my question (on Christmas)! Thanks a bunch!

Here is what I found for natural remedies, just in case the pain killers do not work well enough or you get to the limit of how many you can safely take.

From the Web site: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/home-reme... :
"Using Icepack: Ice offers excellent numbing properties. Hold the ice around affected area and try to compress it there. Most often, the pain gets reduced as it is excellent in suppressing pain at nerve endings.
2. Get fresh peppermint (approximately 5 grams), add it in one cup of water and boil it, add half table spoon of salt. Make the water lukewarm and drink it. When ingested, this solution acts as pain killer and can eradicate other pains like headaches.
3. Using cucumber: Get cucumber from any vegetable stores, cut it into thicker slices. Hold these pieces on and around the tooth that is paining and it will start working to give soothing effect. If cucumber is refrigerated, it is better as its very chillness acts as catalyst to its soothing effect.
4. You can try out swig of whiskey over the irritating tooth. Once the gums surrounding absorb some quantity of alcohol, it delivers a kind of anesthesia to the affected area which results in lessening the pain.
5. Using oats: If toothache is experiencing the presence of abscess at gums then holding oats there can draw out the puss. The pain will be reduced.
6. Using dried peppermint leaves: Place a small stack of dried peppermint leaves around the aching tooth for 15 minutes and then spit out. Repeat this procedure10 to 15 times a day. Peppermint acts in a dual way. First, it brings the abscess to the upper surface if there any and then acts as pain killer.
7. Using real vanilla extracts: Get a cotton ball and put some real vanilla extract on it. Apply it on the inflamed location and you will be amazed to find out that it numbs!
8. Using Clove: From ancient times, clove oil has been one of the regular instant therapies. If you are not able to find the clove oil, then search your kitchen shelves to find out few cloves. Try to squeeze this towards the painful area. Clove being analgesic in nature will reduce the soreness.
9. Asafetida: Another miraculous pain killer! Take a half spoon of it and mix it with bit of lemon juice to make the paste of it. Make this paste Luke warm and apply the mixture with help of cotton ball.
10. Use of Iodine: just a drop of iodine put on the tooth do the job. But you have to be cautious and you should not swallow it.
11. Oil of Oregano: Although it tastes bad and leaves a burning sensation behind after application, it has got natural antibiotic properties.
12. Garlic: Make a paste of garlic and add some rock salt to it. Make a homogeneous mixture to apply on the affected area.

There are few home made preventive measures which can be used effectively to counter the emergence of toothache. After each meal and at bed time, rinse with salty water by adding one tablespoon of salt in 12 ounce water. If this doesn鈥檛 work, then use the flossing techniques gently. Every day morning, have a gentle massage of gums by fingers using salt."

I have found some natural remedies to work quite well.

Best wishes for a pain free day,
Ro
www.RoLashua.com/health.htm

Baby Orajel stuff can like numb it, that works pretty well. If you have any kind of pain relieving medicine that might help. Other than that I really don't know, good question! Ice? I don't know if any of this helps!

GOOD LUCK! hope it feels better soon! Sorry it happened at such an inconvenient time, that stinks.

Why are you opposed to taking ibuprofen? It's the best thing for dental pain and since you have an abscess there is swelling, which is causing the pain. If you can't take ibuprofen, take some aleve or aspirin. Tylenol won't do anything, so don't bother with it! If there is a visible abscess that you can see, you can poke it with something sharp (like a needle--clean it off first of course). I know it sounds bad, but the swelling and pressure is what is causing the pain and if you can relive some of the pressure it will feel better. If nothing will work and you're in terrible pain and can't wait until tomorrow to see a dentist, go to the ER and they will give you some stronger painkillers. Of course you will be there 4 hours and will get a $500 bill.....
Good luck, and try to have a Merry Christmas!

\seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee a dentist

Use some grown up stuff called Anbesol from the convenient store or somewhere and it sure will numb it and make a dentist appointment tomorrow when they open and tell them emergency. It it fixed soon ASAP, it will hurt so much and you need it helped. Merry Christmas, mine is the pits.
But sometimes we can't help that either.====

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