Please tell me the best pain relief for dental pain.

[Sunshineandrainbow]

I have needed a crown for two years on a broken tooth. I have been saving like mad but not got enough yet.
This last week I have nerve pain and throbbing and it is getting unbearable.
Does any pain relief help?

Oragel. You probably need a dentist though infections can turn nasty.

Oh god if it's an abscess get on antibiotics asap - does your gum under your tooth feel spongy when you bite on that tooth?

I don't really bite on that tooth due to it being broken..
I had a check up booked for next week I have brought it forward to Wednesday.

Co-codamol alternated with Ibuprofen is what my dentist recommended when I was waiting for antibiotics to work. That way I could take something every 2 hours.

Hope it helps you and you get it sorted soon, nothing worse than dental pain.

Thanks I will try that, I have both in the house.
Managed to bring appt forward again to Tuesday at 8am

Chew on whole cloves to numb the pain while you wait to see the dentist! Sounds nuts but I needed a crown when in Sri Lanka and they told me to do this and it works!!! Couldn't feel a thing as the whole area where my tooth had been hurting went numb! Temporary solution but works really well!

Alongside medication of course!

Co-codamol isn't actually particularly effective against dental pain and may not makey you feel particulary good. Ibuprofen is, particularly a higher dose in the short term, you can layer this with paracetamol quite safely. Depending how inflammed the nerve is, you might find that a cold compress or/cold liquid in the respite though it sounds like you might well require extraction or root-canal treatment to resolve the problem and present in infection developing.

A pair of extraction forceps

Clove oil is a godsend for instant pain relief to the source (rather than ingesting etc) but obviously drugs too.

Anbesol helps to numb the area

Yes, don't discount cloves as a topical pain reliever. Either clove oil or whole clove softened in your mouth and chewed slightly then tucked between your cheek and affected gum.

Absolutely this!!!!

My mum used to really suffer with toothache and abscesses, she was always using clove oil, bloody stinks but it works

The worst pain of my life was when I had dry socket. I used cocodemol and ibuprofen which helped a bit but I also found using straight vodka as a mouthwash and tilting my mouth so it stayed on it for 60 seconds or so completely numbed the area and gave me a bit of temporary relief.

Oragel clove oil. X

You'll need an extraction or the pulp extirpating if the tooth is salvageable when you go tomorrow. A crown prep isn't going to alleviate what sounds like irreversible pulpits or apical periodontitis.Good luck. Alternate paracetamol with ibuprofen tonight, head propped up tonight on an extra pillow and a cold compress on that side of the face.

Paramol - you can buy it over the counter at boots. It worked for me when I was having to go for multiple appointments for my root canal - the pain in between was unreal

Cocodamol is good for dental pain . Something like orajel doesn't last very long whereas cocodamol etc lasts longer within your body.

the throat spray numbs painful teeth. it’s amazing

you can buy it everywhere too

this

paramol, orgel and heavy duty ibuprofen. You have my sympathies. emergency dental appointment to check for infection.Sleeping propped up might help (but appreciate you probably think you'll never sleep again at this point if you're in pain- cold compress, all the drugs and some water to gently swill)

Cocodamol, ibuprofen and oragel gave me some relief when I had killer toothache recently. I had exactly the same problem, a broken tooth that I had left too long because I couldn't afford dental treatment. Hopefully you'll get antibiotics, they take a while to kick in so you will need pain relief for a few more days. But once the antibiotics work it is magical 😂

I ended up having to have the tooth out, the dentist wanted to try to save it but it was just too decayed unfortunately.

Probably diclofenac or naproxen.