Tooth Ache Cure. Please Recommend Most Effective.

[Marijn]

Can anyone recommend most effective pain killer for tooth ache? Also mouthwashes or whatever that will help. Thank you

[vodkancoke]

Apparantly chewing on cloves helps.

[vulcan42]

Clove oil.

[chrisgel]

Ibuprofen or if really desperate whisky

[margie04]

Some people recommend a mouthful of whisky.

[Sqad]

A bit more information please.
Is this "out of the blue?"
Have you lost a filling?
Is this the result of some recent dental treatment?

[Marijn]

Thank you all very much. I went to dentist a week ago and had check up, everything was fine, and dentist said everything was fine too. But now I've had a tooth ache for four days and it's getting me down. I haven't lost a filling, so I guess it's "out of the blue", or maybe dentist did it by poking around too vigorously.

[Sqad]

;-)..OK

Ibuprofen 600mgms in one go (3*200mgms) and repeat every six hours if need be.

[Svejk]

Whisky works for me.

[Marijn]

Thank you all very much. I'm going to get all three; Ibuprofen, cloves and whisky.

[maggiebee]

All of the above are great but only in the short term - think you need to revisit your dentist.

[Brenden]

I always have a tube of Oragel handy - its like a nervocane it numbs the gums - this is only a temporary measure .

[jno]

as maggiebee says - back to the dentist.

[Connemmara]

back to the barbarian

[Marijn]

Ha ha Connemmara, that's what I was thinking. He did it in the first place!
Thanks for all the answers, everyone. :-)

[J9PUR]

Of all the above suggestion, the two most appropriate ones are:
1) Ibuprofen (providing there is no reason why you cannot take them)
2) Return to your GDP for diagnosis and treatment

[Connemmara]

long time no hear J9pur - thought you had left. Con

[J9PUR]

I'm here - though sometimes I just lurk! ;-)

[Marijn]

Woteva