Anyone got tips for toothache :(

edited April 2008 in Chit chat
as above, Had the mother of all toothache back in August 2004, thought I knew what tootache was until then, and then suddenly realised a whole new level of pain, so much so that I couldn't deal with it and snapped my tooth out myself, still got the root there and after nearly four years the same tooth has kicked in again :( Cannot see myself getting out to the dentist for a few days so wondering if there's anything I can do to allievate the pain, it's not 'bang ya heed against the wal' bad yet but is constant and dreading those sharp sharp violent tinges that invariably come :(

Drank 24 cans so far over the weekend, just to help get to sleep and cope (and planning on listening to some AY Riders You are Adult and Antique Toy music as that helped to perk me up last time)

What's that stuff you use for toddlers, bonjella or summit, would that potentially help? I'd make a big joint but from past experience found smoking dope often just help you concentrate on the pain and makes it worse :(

anyway, any advice is very welcome :) Thanks
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  • edited March 2008
    Clove Oil.
  • edited March 2008
    Cheers mate, just been reading the wiki about it, tbh I didn't really know if there was anything that might help as painkillers don't do anything to shift the pain (even tried chewing cocodamol and letting a bit of paste settle into the half tooth)

    Will see if someone can get me some tommorrow :)

    thanks again *_+
  • edited March 2008
    I would get to a dentist asap, if you have had the root left in there long term you have an infection path right down to the jawbone. If you have an abscess in there you run the risk of septicaemia, which can be fatal.
  • edited March 2008
    Does Orajel exist out there? Or Cepacol? (liquid or spray)

    Aside from that ... go have it looked at ASAP.
  • edited March 2008
    go to casulty, there you will be able to see an emergency dentist. even if they can't sort the problem out they will give you a script for painkillers
  • edited March 2008
    Agree with miles, you ain't gotta choice...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • edited March 2008
    Interesting you should say that painkillers didn't work because they certainly worked for me and I've had some motherf*****s of toothache bastards.

    Neurofen was the one that did the trick and got to work within half an hour and kept the pain away for many hours. If you've tried them then try a different brand such as Ibuprofen.
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    edited March 2008
    I agree with Womble, make an appointment with the dentist pronto.
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  • edited March 2008
    Mile, I'm dissapointed how you didn't suggest some good 'ol weed :-)
  • edited March 2008
    Winston wrote: »
    Mile, I'm dissapointed how you didn't suggest some good 'ol weed :-)

    oh yes sorry. but weed wouldn't be the answer. ketamin would work much better. :)



    (you should never self medicate of course.)
  • edited March 2008
    I've had toothache recently too, got a loose tooth that had an abcess just behind it. The tooth itself doesn't really hurt, but the abcess really really did hurt. Got rid of it with nothing but plain old saltwater, took 1g codeine tablets for the pain and I've got to go see the dentist today (not looking forward to it, either).
  • edited March 2008
    A pinch of Cocaine, removes the pain (but only for about 20 mins....and it's expensive :D).
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  • edited March 2008
    A pinch of Cocaine, removes the pain (but only for about 20 mins....and it's expensive :D).

    i was gonna mention that, but he's prolly best off on heroin. a couple of hits of that and he'll be fine. the only problem is that it's very moorish.
  • edited March 2008
    mile wrote: »
    i was gonna mention that, but he's prolly best off on heroin. a couple of hits of that and he'll be fine. the only problem is that it's very moorish.

    Might leave him feeling slightly lethargic, too!!
  • edited March 2008
    mile wrote: »
    it's very moorish.

    Moorish, as in a bit like the North Yorkshire moors?
  • edited March 2008
    Winston wrote: »
    Moorish, as in a bit like the North Yorkshire moors?

    Heh heh.

    (In an American Werewolf In London Brian Glover accent....)

    "Stay on the path. Stay off the moors. Beware the moon." :D
  • edited March 2008
    I went to Sheffield the other day (from Manchester) and instead of the longer motorway way i cut across via 'devils pass'. About 45 minute journey stuck behind a lorry all the time doing about 30, nightmare !

    That road is how i thought all northern roads were like ! (being a southerner with stereotypical views on northerners ! ;)

    At least they had got rid of the cobbles (probably last year ;)
  • edited March 2008
    When I was driving from the south west to the south coast with a friend, repeatedly getting stuck behind slow caravans, horseboxes and lorries, we came up with a novel solution to dealing with large and slow vehicles, such as caravans, horse boxes, other trailers, slow lorries - anything hard to overtake doing under the speed limit.

    Each large slow vehicle has an explosive device, linked to a radio. Every car has an 'annoyance' button. When more than 10 cars following the 'rolling roadblock' vehicle have pressed their annoyance button, the driver of the caravan/lorry etc. gets 5 minutes to find a spot to pull over and let the traffic pass. If the 5 minutes expires and they haven't pulled over, their trailer explodes.

    Over here, quite a few slow drivers actually do pull over and let people pass...and caravans need planning permission, so you only ever see caravans during the big road races (and those caravans are being driven by competent drivers, and spend most of their time in the paddock rather than on the road!)

    How's that for thread drift? From toothache to exploding caravans.
  • edited March 2008
    As a kid every summer had a holiday to Cornwall. I obviously didnt drive at the time but down some lane in Cornwall stuck behind a caravan for 40 miles was a nightmare even to me as a young non-driver !

    Never liked caravans because of all the times we got stuck behind one ! I wont get one even when i'm 60 !
  • edited March 2008
    back on topic

    the new NHS dental charges from the 1st of April 08 will be as follows.

    Band 1 - 16.20
    Band 2 - 44.60
    Band 3 - 198.00

    FYI :)
  • edited March 2008
    I thought NHS dental stuff had ceased to exist?
  • edited March 2008
    Winston wrote: »
    I thought NHS dental stuff had ceased to exist?

    Nah, they still do it. I've literally just been to the dentist (like, 30 mins ago), he looked in my mouth, then looked at me and said "well there's no way I'm prepared to do anything for you via NHS, it'll be at least ?200"!! By which time, I already had my word-hole scraped and pulled and prodded, so I just nodded and let him carry on!! :(
  • edited March 2008
    Winston wrote: »
    I thought NHS dental stuff had ceased to exist?

    It's alive and well where I live. My family go for a check up and scale/polish every six months and it "only" costs about ?15 each for my wife and I. As mile has pointed out that will increase to ?16.20 from tomorrow.
  • edited March 2008
    GreenCard wrote: »
    Nah, they still do it. I've literally just been to the dentist (like, 30 mins ago), he looked in my mouth, then looked at me and said "well there's no way I'm prepared to do anything for you via NHS, it'll be at least ?200"!! By which time, I already had my word-hole scraped and pulled and prodded, so I just nodded and let him carry on!! :(

    it was prolly for the best. if you have any doubts, seek some advice from your local PCT.
  • edited March 2008
    mile wrote: »
    it was prolly for the best. if you have any doubts, seek some advice from your local PCT.

    You're right, it definately was for the best... Been putting it off for a while, had to get it sorted somehow.
  • edited March 2008
    Pleased you gotton your tooth sorted Greencard :)

    I just wanted to pop back on and say thanks for all the suggestions, my mam's got me some Clove Oil half hour ago and been biting down (ever so gently, ouch, hehe) on some cotton wool and it's eased the pain a bit. I gotta phone up dentist at 9 a.m. to get an appointment to get it cut out, can't wait :)

    anyway, I know I'm a whinging little bitch, but toothache really is one kind of pain I can't cope with, been awake all night but think I'll be able to have a little doze now that it's eased up a bit, so thanks again :D

    Cal... high maintenance biatch, hehe
  • edited March 2008
    CKay wrote: »
    Pleased you gotton your tooth sorted Greencard :)

    anyway, I know I'm a whinging little bitch, but toothache really is one kind of pain I can't cope with, been awake all night but think I'll be able to have a little doze now that it's eased up a bit, so thanks again :D

    Cal... high maintenance biatch, hehe

    Cheers mate, good to hear yours is better too. Ain't nothing wrong with moaning about toothache, sometimes it does indeed hurt like hell.
  • edited April 2008
    CKay wrote: »
    as above, Had the mother of all toothache back in August 2004, thought I knew what tootache was until then, and then suddenly realised a whole new level of pain, so much so that I couldn't deal with it and snapped my tooth out myself, still got the root there and after nearly four years the same tooth has kicked in again :( Cannot see myself getting out to the dentist for a few days so wondering if there's anything I can do to allievate the pain, it's not 'bang ya heed against the wal' bad yet but is constant and dreading those sharp sharp violent tinges that invariably come :(

    Drank 24 cans so far over the weekend, just to help get to sleep and cope (and planning on listening to some AY Riders You are Adult and Antique Toy music as that helped to perk me up last time)

    What's that stuff you use for toddlers, bonjella or summit, would that potentially help? I'd make a big joint but from past experience found smoking dope often just help you concentrate on the pain and makes it worse :(

    anyway, any advice is very welcome :) Thanks

    Clove oil is good, but I always have a pack of dihydrocodeine for the occasions I get toothache. I had a bout of severe toothache, a few yrs back and luckily my ex had access to many different types of painkillers, but this was the only one that allowed me a decent night's sleep until I saw the dentist. U need to get some prescribed from a medic, but one pack should last years (unless u are a chocolate fiend and never brush ur teeth:-P )
  • edited April 2008
    Winston wrote: »
    When I was driving from the south west to the south coast with a friend, repeatedly getting stuck behind slow caravans, horseboxes and lorries, we came up with a novel solution to dealing with large and slow vehicles, such as caravans, horse boxes, other trailers, slow lorries - anything hard to overtake doing under the speed limit.

    Each large slow vehicle has an explosive device, linked to a radio. Every car has an 'annoyance' button. When more than 10 cars following the 'rolling roadblock' vehicle have pressed their annoyance button, the driver of the caravan/lorry etc. gets 5 minutes to find a spot to pull over and let the traffic pass. If the 5 minutes expires and they haven't pulled over, their trailer explodes.

    umm, and that would make you get to your destination quicker how? :D

    once the road is full of mangled exploded HGV you aren't going to get through for days :p
  • edited April 2008
    Clove oil is good, but I always have a pack of dihydrocodeine for the occasions I get toothache. I had a bout of severe toothache, a few yrs back and luckily my ex had access to many different types of painkillers, but this was the only one that allowed me a decent night's sleep until I saw the dentist. U need to get some prescribed from a medic, but one pack should last years (unless u are a chocolate fiend and never brush ur teeth:-P )

    Yeah, that stuff hits the spot every time. Watch out with it though, never take it on an empty stomach.... I did once, and I collapsed!! :sad:
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