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My filling is sitting on the nerve in there

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:'(

In reply to Trevers:

Dentists works most of the time.

In reply to Trevers:

Cloves can be used as a local anaesthetic. Most tooth ache is a result of an infection apparently (disclaimer. I'm not a dentist) so good strong mouthwash could help.

In reply to gethin_allen:
If it's an abscess cold drinks can help. Lager is my cold drink of choice, you get 2 benefits for the price of one.

In reply to Trevers:

A liberal frottaging of cocaine on the effected area.

I worked with a french chap who used this technique. He was an absolute stroppy fecking nightmare rantfest until the dentist fixed him but he said it definitely dulled the pain.

In reply to Trevers:

A hot whiskey with seven cloves studding the slice of lemon, instead of the usual five.

In reply to Trevers:

Bit late now I suspect but Paramol is ace for the pain before you can get to a dentist. Available at Boots.

In reply to Pete Houghton:


Ooh, that sounds delicious!

In reply to Trevers:

2 ibuprofen Plus with 2 paracetomal (taken together) as often as it allows (or a bit more). I've had a nightmare this last month or so - got the fecker pulled when on holiday celebrating Hogmany in Scotland.

In reply to Pete Houghton:


2 partridge wings and a lizard liver, warmed to 32.7 degrees C to be taken anally.

You forget all about your toothache.

In reply to Trevers:

Pliers and whiskey

In reply to Trevers:

Get some oil of cloves (any chemists) and rub it on the gum. Tastes pretty bad, but it will dull the pain quite a bit. Needs reapplying every few hours.

In reply to Trevers:

hammer.....

In reply to Tony Naylor:


"Is it safe"?




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Oil of cloves really does work, from my own experience . I put a few drops on a cotton bud and bite it or rub it on the gums.

In reply to Trevers:

The dentist is the only way in the end. Cocodamol in the meantime but no more than three days as it
is addictive

In reply to Trevers:

Dentist.

(One of my most vivid experiences so far was contrast between the pain of the dentist drilling down through the filling into the abscess, and the almost orgasmic relief as the drill was withdrawn and the puss spurted.)

In reply to Trevers:

Just had 14 days of pain hoping it would goawaygoawaygoaway.

It doesn't.
Until you see a dentist.

I just learned this the really hard way so that you might not have to!

In reply to DerwentDiluted:




Mine does go away. I've got a really deep filling on one of my teeth at the back, and it's very close to the nerve. Every so often I get bouts of pain for a couple of days where it's pressing into the nerve, but then I go for months at a time without feeling a thing. So the pain isn't alerting me to anything wrong, it's just pain for the sake of it. I can get a root canal but if I can deal with the occasional bouts of pain I don't really need to.

:'(

In reply to Trevers:

Extra strength sensitive toothpaste apply with a finger and leave it on. + painkillers.

In reply to Trevers:


It's not your 'filling pressing into the nerve', it's pulpitis. Right now it's reversible pulpitis but one of these times it won't resolve and if you're lucky the tooth will just die. Then again it might blow up into an agonising periapical abscess (if you think the pain has been bad up to now you are in for a surprise) or perhaps just lead to months of chronic inflammation.


Or you could talk to a dentist, who may have other options. Make sure you have his number ready anyway, because you'll be needing it in a hurry at some point.

In reply to Trevers:

If it's stopping you from sleeping put ur toothbrush on the bedside cabinet and when the pain gets too bad rub the tooth with the brush, just like cleaning but without the toothpaste, and the pain should go away for long enough to get back to sleep.

Did for me anyway.