If you ever go through this, you may never forget it. You are out on your Mongoose mountain bike. You hit a bump and notice that your jaw is sore. Maybe you are at a fast food restaurant and bite into a hamburger. There is pain. It may start out as a mild annoyance. It could also begin as sensitivity to hot or cold. It may progress to having difficulty chewing food. Eventually it may become severe pain. What do you do? Are there things to temporarily relieve the pain? Here are answers to those questions.

This problem may take a while to fix. Call your dentist. The sooner you call, the faster you will get in. You may have to wait several days or more. Maybe it is a weekend or holiday. Not everyone has dental insurance, either. Dentist visits can be very expensive. Same day visits may cost a great deal of money.

If you cannot make it to the dentist any time soon, do not panic. When you call the dentist office, ask for pain medication. Your dentist may call a prescription in to your pharmacy. This may help you until you can come in.

Call your personal trainer and cancel your workout. You may wish to avoid strenuous exercise, until your tooth is taken care of. Exercise will get your blood pumping harder. This can increase the throbbing of a toothache.

Are there no prescription pain pills, available? You may need to get something like aspirin or ibuprofen. You may also try acetaminophen or naproxen, too.

Some people find relief by rubbing cayenne pepper on the tooth. You may also try clove oil. It is available at many local health food stores. Apply it with a cotton swab. Place the swab in the painful area. Leave it there for several minutes. If you have a hole in your tooth, try cotton. Soak a small piece in clove oil. Stick it in the tooth.

Many pharmacies carry toothache kits. They have cotton pellets, tweezers, and clove oil. If your tooth has an opening or hole, this may work very well. There are also creams and lotions for numbing your gums and teeth. All of these are designed to be a temporary fix.

Summary

Pain from a toothache can be excruciating, at times. Remain calm, to lessen the pain. Call your dentist for an appointment. Ask for pain pills, also. Are you going out on your Diamondback bikes, this evening? This may not be a good idea. Exercise can make you hurt much worse. Check out remedies like cayenne pepper and clove oil. Pharmacies may carry toothache kits and over the counter pain medication.