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How To Stop A Toothache From A Broken Tooth Naturally?

Dental Trauma ranges from low to very high levels of severity (emergency cases), which is basically an exposure of a tooth or teeth to a heavy force against them, that could be any sports injury, accident or miscellaneous causes, resulting in dislocated or drifted, broken tooth. Sometimes, with major or minor damage to surrounding structures, in turn, accompanying Pain.

Best Ways To Stop A Toothache From A Broken Tooth

Treatment aspects to stop a toothache from broken tooth has several modalities, majorly they are classified as home remedies. An ease to adopt such treatment is favourable and easily accessible. Some significant ones are listed below

1. Salt Water Rinse

Stop a Toothache from Broken Tooth with Salt Water Rinse

Acting as a Natural disinfectant, this approach is highly recommended as a first aid. With 1/2 tablespoon of salt into a warm water, using it as a mouthwash, or keeping at the affected location for few minutes. That may provide a gradual relief from pain. Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, Antibacterial properties it possesses. Its movement (flow) in the oral cavity may release debris sitting underneath loosened teeth and other unwanted or waste foodstuff. A recommendation of using salt with pepper is also in existence.

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2. Hydrogen Peroxide as Mouthwash

Due to its high oxygen molecules carrying property, it can be used as an antibacterial agent, which also aids in the healing process, and relieving toothache to a significant extent during an emergency or an acute condition. It’s bactericidal, kills microbes readily. 3 percent of Hydrogen peroxide with equal parts of water will be an effective quantity.

3. Cold Compression

The basic function of this measure is the Constriction of Blood Vessels, in turn restricting the flow of blood to the affected area, resulting in pain relief and swelling.

An ice cube wrapped in a towel ( or whatever you have, but clean ) could be placed for around 20 minutes at the affected region with a repetition done after every few hours until you get a sufficient desired relief from a toothache.
It’s basically an Ice Pack.

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4. Garlic

Stop Toothache from Broken Tooth with Garlic

Available next to you usually, carrying significant and effective Antibacterial property, credited to the presence of a compound called Allicin. A fresh clove of Garlic (either alone or along with a bit of salt) can be chewed gently or to be placed at an affected location, positively results in pain relieving due to a toothache by broken tooth.

5. Eugenol

Popularly known as Clove, been used since a long history for toothaches, has antibacterial and antiinflammatory property and its easily available. Acting as a Natural Antiseptic or Anesthetic, a drop of clove oil over a cotton ball can be placed at the desired location for few minutes along with caring for further repetitions of the same, will provide a significant relief from pain. As a mouthwash, putting a drop of clove oil in warm water will fulfil the purpose.

Wheatgrass, Guana leaves, Aloe vera, Thyme ( Essential oil ), Vanilla extract are some of the miscellaneous sources for home remedies that could aid in toothache relief, but not necessarily with traumatic cause or a broken tooth. They are in conjunction to direct effective measures, significantly for wound healing.

Medically Reviewed By
Dr. Kaushal M. Bhavsar (MBBS, MD)Assistant Professor in Pulmonary Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Ahmedabad
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Shikha Sardana

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