Clove Oil Toothache

Clove oil has been used to treat toothaches for hundreds of years. Toothache pain is soothed and relieved quickly with clove oil and it is frequently mixed with zinc oxide to create a temporary filling to relive pain until a real filling can be placed with the hopes that a root canal won’t be necessary. This does not always work, but it is the hope that it will and sometimes it does.

You may find clove oil under the name eugenol or simply as clove oil at the pharmacy. If you are trying to treat a toothache with clove oil then simply soak a cotton ball in the oil and then place on the affected tooth for about an hour at a time. Generally, this is about as long as the oil will be effective and you will need to soak another cotton ball and then replace the old one. This may be continued until you are able to see a dentist.

Dental Care

When you have a toothache it is usually necessary for you to see a dentist as quickly as possible. Most of the time when you have a toothache it is a sign of something wrong, whether it’s a cavity or some other type of dental problem it most always won’t go away on its own. Because of this you will need to schedule a dentist appointment as soon as possible and simply use the clove oil to help you manage the pain of the toothache until your appointment. Travelers may find that carrying clove oil with them is a really good idea if they are not keen on the idea of having dental care in a foreign country. Otherwise, it’s just a great thing to have in your medicine cabinet because you never know when you might have a toothache. For some unknown reason, they seem to occur most at night and on weekends when the dentist is closed.

Toothaches are usually caused by injury to the tooth or gum, decay, tooth loss, infection, or another dental problem. There are some situations, too, where the tooth pain is not actually from a tooth but rather from the sinuses, jaw, or another part of the head that is transferring the pain to the mouth.

Remember, you can use clove oil to help you get over any toothache pain you may be experiencing but don’t put it off too much time before visiting the dentist or you may experience more pain and require more dental intervention than otherwise would have been required.