Sunday, 9 November 2008

Making Sense of Tooth Pain

No one has to endure the pain caused by impacted tooth or sensitive teeth. Once you feel pain in your teeth, it is best to immediately set an appointment with your dentist for consultation.

However, there may come a time when you set an appointment with your dentist, but he or she is unfortunately not available. In times like this, you may need to improvise ways on how to lessen the pain your are experiencing until your consultation with your dentist.

To help you with this dilemma, the following are some natural tooth pain relief tricks that you might want to check out:

Make use of pure food grade clove oil or whole cloves.
Herbalists from many centuries back have always recommended the use of whole cloves or clove oil to relieve tooth pain. While this natural solution really works, remember that the relief it gives is only temporary. Hence, you still need to go to your dentist for consultation.

Make use of aloe vera gel.
Although an aloe vera gel is not really a strong pain reliever, it is still one of the top all-natural pain reliever by most adults. For better pain relief, you might want to try mix the aloe vera gel with cloves or clove oil.

Go for acupuncture or acupressure.
Another recommended tooth pain relief tricks are the acupuncture and acupressure. By getting acupressure, this can also provide relief to other bodily pains you are experiencing. A lot of pain relief centers today offer these kinds of treatments at very reasonable fees.

Learn the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).
For temporary relief to tooth pain, you can also try learning the Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT. EFT, which is a type of acupressure that combines affirmations and deep breathing, is known to be very effective in lessening various types of bodily pains and aches.

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