Tooth pain
In one line
Rinse with warm salt water, take the pain relief you normally tolerate, keep your head raised, and call the clinic today so the cause can be found and treated.
What helps
- · Rinse gently with warm salt water
- · Take the pain relief you normally tolerate, at the stated dose
- · Cold compress on the outside of the cheek, 15 minutes at a time
- · Keep your head raised, including when sleeping
- · Keep the area clean, brushing gently around it
What makes it worse
- · Do not place aspirin against the gum — it burns the tissue
- · Very hot, very cold or very sweet food and drink
- · Chewing on the painful side
- · Poking the tooth or gum with a pin or wire
- · Heat applied to the outside of the face if there is swelling
When to seek care immediately
- · Facial swelling
- · Difficulty swallowing or breathing
- · Fever
- · Injury to the tooth or jaw
Contact the clinic
- Wakad: Mon–Sat 9:30 am – 9:00 pm · Sun closed
- Hinjewadi: Mon–Sat 10:00 am – 9:00 pm · Sun 10:00 am – 2:00 pm