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In Detroit, in 1999, I had a bad “toothache.” I went to a dentist, who, after taking x-rays, couldn’t find anything wrong except for an impacted wisdom tooth pressing up against a tooth which was in the area of the pain. I then had the wisdom tooth removed by an oral surgeon. To my disappointment, the pain was still there, just like before!
Since then, I’ve discovered, through the agency of a more experienced dentist in Houghton, Michigan, that if I get a “toothache,” the problem is actually periodontal infection, probably caused by a particle of decaying food having gotten lodged under my receding gums or under one of my crowns (caps)! (They don’t tell you that getting crowns increases your likelihood of getting a painful infection!)
You could go to a dentist and get a prescription for an anti-biotic and/or prescription mouth wash, but it’s usually not necessary. I’ve discovered the (painfully) hard way that the infection can usually be gotten rid of by doing the following procedure two times a day, once in the morning, and once just before bed:
1. Scrape your tongue using a tongue scraper. (I use a solid copper one which was made in India, but plastic tongue scrapers may be purchased at Wall-Mart®.)
2. Floss your teeth paying particular attention to the afflicted area. (I use Johnson & Johnson® dental tape.)
3. Rinse your mouth for 60 seconds using Listerine® Whitening Pre-brush Rinse, rigorously swishing it around and through the afflicted area.
4. Brush your teeth spending a lot of time brushing the painful area, especially the gums around the painful area. (I use an Oral B® soft 40 cross-action vitalizer tooth brush and Colgate’s® Ultrabrite baking soda & peroxide whitening toothpaste, who’s active ingredient is sodium monoflourophosphate, which was determined by Consumer Reports several years ago to be the most effective fluoride toothpaste additive.)
5. Rinse your mouth for 30 seconds using Listerine or Wal-Mart® Equate® amber colored mouth wash, rigorously swishing it around and through the afflicted area.
My conclusion is that using non-prescription mouthwashes such as Listerine Whitening Pre-brush Rinse, and Listerine or it’s equivalent amber mouth wash deliver a very effective “one-two punch” for getting rid of oral infections, but they should be thought of as very powerful medicines, so don’t use them as a regular thing, because then, when you really need them to get rid of an infection, they won’t work as well.
This is because the only infectious bacteria left in your mouth will be the ones that are resistant to the mouthwashes.
In addition to the above, it also helps to sleep with an electric heating pad on top of your pillow and pressed up against the painful area or to apply Tiger Balm® to the painful area. This has an immediate effect of reducing the pain, but more importantly it increases the blood flow to the area of the infection, thus speeding up the healing process.
It also helps to gargle with a solution of 1 cup of warm water and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Another thing that usually helps is to “make like a dentist” and pick around under the gums in the area of the pain using a stainless steel dental pick. (Don’t be afraid of a little blood!) In addition to a regular one that I purchased from Wal-Mart®, and which I keep in the bathroom.
The last time that I tried all of the above, it greatly reduced the pain, but the infection continued to “hang on” for several days. I figured that my immune system must be weak due to a lack of exercise, and being cooped up indoors during the long winter of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. My solution was to eat meals such as “Quick and Easy Immune System Booster” (http://LLBest.com/ImmuneSystemBooster.htm, which uses the powerful immune system boosting spices: onion and garlic. The result of adding this special diet to my mouthwash and heating pad treatment routine was that my “toothache” was gone in two days!
If you are prone to getting periodontal infections, then it’s a good idea to avoid eating onions and garlic as a regular thing, otherwise they won’t have as much of an effect when you really need them to help fight off an infection.
If all else fails, go to your doctor or dentist and request a prescription for a 10 day supply (30 tablets) of “PENICILLIN VK 500MG TAB.” I've done this 3 times, and each time there was no more pain within a few minutes of swallowing the 1st tablet!
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